Luke Skywalker is the de facto hero of the Star Wars universe, and over time, becomes one of the Rebel Alliance's most ardent supporters. However, that wasn't always the case, according to Mark Hamill.
Hamill was a guest on Joe and Anthony Russo's Pizza Film School, where they discussed The Empire Strikes Back. During the course of the episode, Hamill reflected on a cut scene from A New Hope which sees Luke run into his friend Biggs Darklighter. Biggs, who recently graduated from the Imperial Academy, tells Luke that he has no plans to stay in the Empire.
Hamill lamented the fact that the scene was cut as it added a little more insight into Luke's naivete at that point in the film. “The only reason that is interesting to me is that Luke has no political persuasion,” he said. “He thinks it’s great he is in the Empire! Luke wants to be in the Empire if it will get him off the farm! So he is completely pure in that he is not politically motivated in any way, shape, or form.”
Biggs showed up later on in A New Hope where he joins the Red Squadron during their assault on the first Death Star. He sadly falls victim to Darth Vader during the assault.
Past episodes of Pizza Film School can be found on the AGBO Films official YouTube channel.
(via io9)