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I'm Jonathan Kapart and welcome to K-Pup.

It's Christmas and who better to spend it with than Mark Hamill.

This conversation was originally recorded at his home in Malibu in April. Mark Hammel, welcome to the podcast.

Thanks.

What a treat just so the listeners know,

we are in your home right we're at your

dining room table right uh... so thank you you're very much for for having us

so correct me if i'm wrong you're the middle of seven children?

I am, yeah.

But the only actor in the family.

Only actor.

My older brother is a doctor, so we still consider the success of the family.

Because science beats the arts, let's face it.

Okay, fine.

But so where did the acting bug come from?

That's interesting because I always enjoyed making people laugh and being the middle of seven,

especially since my older brother was such an overachiever,

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