Mark Hamill may have survived the two duels with Darth Vader, but he finally met his match at the BAFTAs—his own pants.
In a moment more awkward than kissing your twin sister, Hamill’s trousers abandoned ship mid-speech, dropping faster than Boba Fett into the mouth of the Sarlaac. As he scrambled to pull them up, the actor’s shaky hands and panicked expression seemed to imply that he had “a bad feeling about this.” Don’t believe me? Check it out in the video below. Then watch it over and over again.
🚨🇺🇸TRUMP HATER MARK HAMILL LOSES HIS PANTS AT BAFTAS—LITERALLY
Star Wars actor & professional Trump critic Mark Hamill suffered an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction at the BAFTAs, with his pants dropping to his knees mid-speech.
Witnesses say he frantically grabbed at his… pic.twitter.com/sR6pcbh5nn
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) February 18, 2025
Mario Nawfal wasted no time delivering a forceful blow on X. “The man who lectures America on politics can’t even keep his own pants up,” he said. “The Force wasn’t with him this time.”
Indeed, the man famous for battling The Empire was thwarted by a faulty waistband. Witnesses, including Timothée Chalamet and Ariana Grande, watched in disbelief as Hamill’s dignity took a nosedive worthy of a TIE fighter crash. Hamill tried to pull them back up without too much fuss, but as a wise person once told him, “do or do not, there is no try.”
Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars (1977), Lucasfilm
But Hamill’s pants aren’t the only thing that’s been slipping. In recent years, the Star Wars legend has become better known for political meltdowns than movie magic. His BAFTA blunder is just the latest chapter in a saga of unhinged rants, including a now-infamous appearance on the Politickin Podcast hosted by California Governor Gavin Newsom, Marshawn Lynch, and Doug Hendrickson.
During the podcast, Hamill’s behavior was more Joker than Jedi. Disheveled, shaking, and slurring his words, he launched into a tirade against Trump’s re-election with all the composure of Anakin Skywalker after being denied a seat on the Council.
“I was devastated,” Hamill lamented, setting the stage for a rant more tangled than his trousers.
🚨 Mark Hamill completely off the deep end: “I was devastated. I want to get rid of the electoral college. It’s remnants of slave days. I stopped reading responses to my tweets. I muted like a mofo. I muted for 40 minutes. Who cares if I lose a role?” 🤦♂️pic.twitter.com/2dsn4ADSaG
— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) December 21, 2024
On social media, Hamill’s battles have been just as chaotic. He proudly admitted to muting critics faster than the Millennium Falcon can make the Kessel Run, saying, “I looked up one day and realized I’d been muting people for 40 minutes!”
Even Hamill’s family has tried to intervene. His daughter once pleaded with him to tone down his political tweets, but much like his waistband, Hamill rebelled.
“I love my country and I feel it’s my patriotic duty to oppose this sociopathic …I forget the other word… whatever it was… with every fiber of my being,” Hamill slurred. “Who cares if I lose a part in the movie because I hate the orange atrocity? I do. And I want people to know that!”
Mark Hamill at the Star Wars: The Last Jedi Japan Premiere. Photo Credit: Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
The BAFTA wardrobe malfunction feels like the perfect metaphor for Hamill’s current state: a once-revered hero now fumbling through the spotlight. From pants to politics, it seems Hamill just can’t keep it together. One thing’s certain: the Force may have been strong with Luke Skywalker, but for Mark Hamill, it’s barely holding up his trousers.
May the clean underwear be with you, Mark—you’re going to need them.
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