Mark Hamill tells fans which Luke Skywalker meme makes him ‘cringe every time’

Actor addressed the now-popular meme taken from 1977’s A New Hope

Mark Hamill has said he “cringes” every time he comes across a certain Luke Skywalker meme.

Hamill – who played the beloved character in the original trilogy – has addressed the popular meme of himself in costume holding a lightsaber and pointing it directly toward his face.

The photograph, taken on the set of 1977’s A New Hope, is often accompanied by the caption: “Handed the most dangerous weapon in the galaxy – immediately point at face.”

The actor retweeted the image, stating: “This makes me cringe every time I see it.”

“I don’t remember doing this in the movie. I think it’s just an on-set production still, otherwise Obi-wan wouldn’t look so remarkably unconcerned,” he said.

His tweet has since been liked by more than 35,000 fans.

Earlier this month, Hamill told his 4.5 million followers the story behind another on-set photograph, which sees the actor together with Alec Guinness, George Lucas and producer Gary Kurtz celebrating a birthday.

“While shooting on location for the original #StarWars in Tunisia-North Africa, Gary Kurtz, George Lucas & I raised a styrofoam cup half-filled with warm champagne to toast Alec Guinness on his 62nd birthday. That was on Friday, April 2nd 1976. (I Googled it),” wrote Hamill.

The 69-year-old recently reprised his role as Luke Skywalker for a surprise cameo in the season two finale ofThe Mandalorian, for which Hamill was digitally de-aged.