American actor Mark Hamill, who brought the iconic Luke Skywalker to life in the Star Wars saga, will hold an autographed movie poster auction for help the Ukrainian military acquire and maintain its drones.
“We’ve decided to sign Star Wars posters, a limited quantity,” Mark Hamill told the magazine. Politic confirming this initiative.
The actor, very active on social media, specified that this sale is intended above all for “true hardcore collectors, especially those who have financial resources”.
An advantageous purchase
These buyers could even make this purchase profitable, the proceeds of which will go towards helping Ukraine defend itself against a year-long invasion by Russia.
Exactly how the posters will go on sale has not yet been defined, but the idea is that “thousands of people participate (in a sort of auction to buy them),” Hamill told US media.
The sale of the posters is expected to start in a few days and will take place before the first anniversary of the start of the war in Ukraine, February 24.
unusual practice
Hamill, the film’s most famous Jedi warrior, 71, has revealed he hasn’t sold autographed items since 2017, when it came out. Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
It’s not something I do on a regular basis, he said, adding that this time he’s happy to do it to support Ukraine, whose ongoing fight against Russia is less than inspiring.
Mark Hamill added that he has learned something from the worlds of Star Wars it is to do “the right thing for the good of all, instead of focusing on self-interest”, and specified that this conflicted intergalactic world cannot be compared to the “true horrors facing the Ukrainians”.
“One is really a children’s fairy tale, originally it was Star Wars. And reality the harsh reality of what is happening in Ukraine is heartbreaking“, has indicated.
The money raised from the sale of the posters will go to the Ukrainian state fundraising platform United24.
Second PoliticHamill became an ambassador for that platform’s “Army of Drones” project last September, after the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenskypersonally asked him to join the fight against the “evil empire”, as he called Russia.
Mark Hamill is also known worldwide for composing the character of Freddy Krueger in the horror film saga Nightmare.
Source: Clarin
