Fisher confronted the actor when he was starring on Broadway in the 1980s Mark Hamill is Luke Skywalker — but he didn’t always feel good embracing that. On the June 3 episode of NPR’s Fresh Air, Hamill,

The Life of Chuck’ actor said the late actress “was someone that sort of put” his legacy with the franchise “in perspective for me.”

Mark Hamill, who played the legendary Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, recently opened up about the emotional process of embracing the role that shaped his career.