By Richard Luscombe
Publication Date: 2026-05-08 14:04:00
The White House has branded Star Wars actor Mark Hamill a “sick individual” after an AI-generated image showing Donald Trump in a shallow grave with the words “If Only” superimposed on one of the star’s social media accounts was posted.
Hamill, who played the lead character Luke Skywalker in six films in the legendary science fiction series and is a long-time critic of the US president, apologized and removed the post from his Bluesky account on Thursday.
The American actor replaced it with another message in which he made it clear that he did not support the president’s death.
“I actually wish him the opposite of death, but apologize if you find the image inappropriate,” Hamill wrote, adding that Trump “should live long enough to be held accountable for his crimes.”
The White House responded via its Rapid Response 47 account
