Mark Hamill is niet alleen een popculture icon, maar is ook een hardcore nerd, want sinds de jaren zeventig verzameld hij comics, art, action figures en andere coole shit. Zijn verzameling spullen gaat hij nu in zijn webshow Mark Hamill's Pop Culture Quest en daarom had de website Collider een interview met met deze held en daar van kan je hier onder alvast een stukje lezen.

There was a rumor that when you signed on to do Return of the Jedi, you asked for one of everything, as far as the collectibles, toys and memorabilia. Is that rumor true?

HAMILL: The story is right, it's just the wrong movie. I remember doing that on Star Wars. I said, "I read the script, George, and it's like a big, giant toy box, with the light swords and the floating cars and the robots. I'd gladly be on a list." I knew there were comp lists, so I said, "Can you get me one of everything?" And he said, "Yeah, sure!" I thought there would be an original soundtrack album of John Williams' music and there would be a poster, and there was a t-shirt they made for the crew, that yellow one that's probably really valuable now, but I had no idea about the absolute, gigantic tsunami of merchandising that was to come. I could imagine a board game, but I didn't imagine a sleeping bag, Underoos and a toothbrush. I love all that stuff! I know there's a downside and people think it's over-commercialized and that the focus is too much on the merchandising rather than the stories themselves, and I can see the criticism. But playing devil's advocate, it's supply and demand. People want this stuff. I never thought people would want a Jawa cookie jar, but somebody does.