It seems that space travel for us non-astronauts is now a reality, and speculation continues to grow as to who will be next for a galactic launch.
Star Trek’s Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner, broke records this week with his 10-minute visit to the stars aboard Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin shuttle Shepherd, becoming the oldest person ever to travel into space.
Credit: Boeing Space
And now, Star Wars fans are debating whether Luke Skywalker himself — Mark Hamill — should be next to have a space adventure.
With 40 years under his belt playing the famous Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker, Hamill appears to be on every Star Wars fan’s mind. Space travel and Star Wars (1977) go hand in hand, so it has fans telling Hamill, “‘Yoda the one’ to go next!”
Credit: Lucasfilm
One Star Wars fan, Daniel I. Pedreira, exclaimed on Twitter:
Straight away, fans replied to Hamill’s post, as they always do. One user going by Glynnisl commented on the rivalry between Star Trek and Star Wars fans, laughing:
I’d bet the majority are saying it from love. 🙂 We both know there’s a percentage of people who can’t stand for Star Trek to have one up on Star Wars, tho.
– Glynnisl (@Glynnisl) October 15, 2021
Another user, Maka, added a great suggestion:
What about dressed as Luke Skywalker??
– Maka [heart] Mark Hamill(@maka_gh) October 15, 2021
Star Wars fan, Jenn, had to use the Star Wars actor’s name to explain the Shatner launch itself to her children — who are clearly not Trekkies:
My kiddo didn’t know who Shatner was so I explained “it would be like if they shot Mark Hamill into space!” and he then understood COMPLETELY!!!!
Star Trek and Star Wars fans have had a fun rivalry since the 1970s, when George Lucas released his first movie Star Wars: A New Hope (1977), starring Hamill, Harrison Ford, and Carrie Fisher. William Shatner played USS Enterprise leader, Captain Kirk, in the original Star Trek series beginning in 1966, serving as an explorer for Starfleet under the United Federation of Planets.