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White House calls Mark Hamill 'sick' after actor's Trump grave post
Key takeaways
- The image, posted on Hamill's Bluesky account, showed Trump lying with his eyes shut, next to a headstone with the inscription "Donald J.
- Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars films from 1977 onwards, later deleted the post and apologised.
- BBC News has asked the actor's representatives for a comment on the White House remarks about him.
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Paul Glynn Culture reporter Reuters The White House has called Star Wars actor Mark Hamill "one sick individual" after he posted an AI-generated image of US President Donald Trump in a shallow grave, alongside the caption "if only".
The image, posted on Hamill's Bluesky account, showed Trump lying with his eyes shut, next to a headstone with the inscription "Donald J. Trump 1946-2024".
Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars films from 1977 onwards, later deleted the post and apologised. "Actually, I was wishing him the opposite of dead, but apologize if you found the image inappropriate," he wrote.
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