A fictional exchange between Mark Hamil and George Lucas over the scene in Empire Strikes Back where Luke Skywalker attempts to lift his X-wing with the force.
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Today's post, Use the Try Harder, Luke was originally published on 02 October 2008. A summary (taken from the LW wiki):
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