'Star Wars' star Mark Hamill thought the iconic movie was a parody at first

Mark Hamill became an icon thanks to his role in “Star Wars,” but he didn’t take it seriously at first.

During an appearance on the UK talk show “This Morning,” Hamil said that when he first read the script, he thought director George Lucas was making a parody of the sci-fi series “Flash Gordon.”

"The thing is I didn't get the whole script, for the screen test it was only eight pages. I thought, 'Who talks like this?' So I spoke to Harrison [Ford] and you know what he said? 'Hey kid, let's just get it done.' He was no help at all,” Hamill said.

He continued, “I went to George. I said, 'George this is sort of like a send up of 'Flash Gordon.' He went, 'Let's just do it and talk about it later.' Translation: let's just do it and never talk about it later.”

Hamill played the young hero, Luke Skywalker, in the now legendary first three films in the series, but he initially assumed he was going to be playing second fiddle to Harrison Ford.

"When I was filming, Harrison, to me, was a leading man, I just assumed he was the lead character and I was his annoying sidekick. Then I get the movie, and Harrison must be Luke,” Hamill said. “Then I started reading it and I was like, 'Oh my god, it's from my point of view,' which is really unusual to tell it through a teenager’s point of view."

He also noted that Luke Skywalker’s original name was Luke Starkiller, and he intentionally played him "as juvenile as I could so I could have some growth.”

But Hamill wasn’t fully on board with the name change.

"We shot the scene, 'I'm Luke Starkiller I'm here to rescue you.' I came back the next week and said, 'Why are we doing that scene again?' They said, 'Oh, they've changed your name.' I said, 'To what?' They said, 'To Skywalker,’” he shared. Let's face it Luke could use a little macho-ing up. It sounded like Luke Flyswatter, I hated it."

Complaints aside, Hamill said, "We had fun, that's for sure. It was really odd, because you were being paid for being in your backyard when you were 10 years old and pretending that you were Zorro or whoever. It was all a blast."