"And then I went home and told a little kid that was sleeping on my couch, after a six-pack of Heineken, all about it, and his name was Mark Hamill," Englund says. "I said, 'Hey, Lucas is doing this space movie. Maybe you’re right for it. The lead guy’s like a teenager….' So Mark got on the phone to his agent and I think he went up the next day. He nailed it, and the rest is history."
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