As we anxiously wait for Season 2 of The Witcher to drop on Netflix in 2021 , IGN spoke to showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich about the social media frenzy over the potential Witcher casting of Mark Hamill as Vesemir , Geralt's wise and wizened instructor.

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As a refresher: back in 2018, Hamill jokingly responded to a Twitter thread suggesting that he would be the ideal fit to play Vesemir. The veteran actor replied via his Twitter account: "I have no idea what this is or what it's about but agree it could/should be played by me." Jump to a year later, after The Witcher's premiere on Netflix, and Hamill made another Witcher comment on Twitter in response to a post from IGN , offering some hope for fans that he might one day play Vesemir.Check out Hamill's response below:Hissrich (who replied to Hamill's above tweet with a tantalizing side-eye emoji ) told us that she's a "huge Star Wars fan" so was particularly excited when Hamill first tweeted about the role: "It was one of those first Witcher moments for me where I was like, ‘oh my God, is this even possible? That Mark Hamill knows what this is and would be interested in doing that?'"She added, "Mark has always been of interest to me and interest to the project. We have not contacted his agent yet because we’re not casting the role quite yet, but that being said, I am loving what’s happening on the internet. And I’m loving all of the fan reaction to it. Obviously, we’ve seen what a huge fanbase The Witcher has, and to add that to a Star Wars fanbase... it makes my mind explode a little bit."For more on The Witcher, find out why the series didn't adapt Geralt and Ciri's first meeting from the books , how The Witcher was influenced by Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk , and what the rest of the IGN's staff thought about The Witcher's first season

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