Mark Hamill skips 'Star Wars' promo to visit sick kids

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CNN)"Star Wars" actor Mark Hamill skipped a recent promotional appearance for "The Force Awakens" to visit sick kids at a British hospital.

The actor, who portrays Luke Skywalker in the films, posted an image from the visit to his Twitter account.

It shows a young boy he identifies as "Oscar" listening to his heart with a toy stethoscope.

"Thanks for the check-up, Oscar," Hamill wrote.

At the time, the other cast members of the new "Star Wars" flick were taping an appearance on "The Graham Norton Show," Hamill told The Independent newspaper.

"Star Wars movies are meant to be a couple of hours of diversion from reality, and we need that," the newspaper quoted him as saying. "They are optimistic and hopeful stories."

But, he said, such things are "very trivial," compared with bringing comfort to ailing kids.

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[tabasco]

1. Nice guy.

Always liked him.

[JesterCS]

2. All of the cast from SWTFA

Have been very gracious and active with charities. Mark Hamill is an awesome human being, and one of my favorite nerds ☺

[Revanchist]

3. It would be awesome

If he did the visit using his joker voice

[Omaha Steve]

4. As the "Trickster" with the older Flash series

K&R!

[Rex]

5. Wing Commander would be nothing without Hamill.

Then they had to go make the flop movie without him...stupid.

[Dr. Strange]

6. Fortunately...

a droid had the rest of the map that allowed them to find where Hamill was.

[Initech]

7. Please tell me he entered the hospital with this:

[roguevalley]

8. he's a great guy. He looks just like my slightly younger brother. :D

[bdwker]

9. The Force is with you , Mark.