“Attention. The air alert is over. May the force be with you.”
the voice that reads Messageheard on english The version of the app that signals the end of Russian air raids on Ukraine belongs to Luke Skywalker (well, actor Mark Hamill).
The app gets a Star Wars-theme Updates This is one of many actions Hamill has taken over the past year to support Ukraine in its fight against the “evil empire” of Vladimir Putin.
In an exclusive interview with POLITICO, Hamill said his position as an ambassador for the fundraising platform United24’s “Army of Drones” project is the most important role he has ever held.
“I’m an actor, I deal in illusion and fantasy,” he said from his home in Malibu, California. “I’m like a modern court jester.” But the role helping Ukraine is “much more meaningful than what I’m used to doing. And I’m happy to be doing it.”
Furthermore, Hamill stated that he is not only an ambassador, but a “good soldier” and will do anything Volodymyr Zelensky (or his fundraising team) asks him to do. “I follow orders,” Hamill said.
Political revealed For the past week Hamill has been selling signed posters to raise cash to keep the Ukrainian military’s drone supply going. It really is Return of the Jedi — Hamill revealed he hasn’t sold autographed items since 2017 when “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” came out. “It’s not something I do,” he said. The posters are expected to arrive in Kyiv and go on sale any day now,
The “Army of Drones” project for which Hamill is an ambassador includes the purchase and maintenance of drones as well as pilot training, with the drones being used for front line surveillance.
it’s a joint enterprise between the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Ministry of Digital Transformation and the fundraising platform United24, which was founded by Zelensky and raised over €252 million.
“Drones are very important in this conflict. They are the eyes in the sky. They guard the border, do surveillance.
The actor said he was “honored” that Zelensky personally asked him to come on board. “I’m not used to contacting world leaders,” he said.
But he is used to taking a political stand.
Referring to himself as a “lifelong Democrat,” Hamill is very Vocal With the support of US Democrats on Twitter and have criticized Former President Donald Trump.
Hamill proudly said, “Every Democrat who asked me to help with their campaigns, zoom and make appearances… I said yes to all of them,” before proudly adding that he had once been asked by President Joe A letter was received from Biden, however: “I follow him on Twitter, but he doesn’t follow me back.
But for the time being, Hamill’s political focus is on Ukraine, and he said he feels “obliged” to do whatever Zelensky’s fundraising team asks him to do, “however small it is.”
Zelensky Thank you Hamill, in which the President said: “Light will overcome darkness. I believe in it, our people believe in it.”