Published May 4, 2026, 1:01 PM EDT Plus it features C-3PO tap-dancing Mark Hamill's Muppet Show episode anticipated something no one else saw coming Image: The Jim Henson Company If you’re filling Star Wars Day (May the 4th) with Star Wars media, and you need a breather between intense episodes of Andor , you can do no better than the Mark Hamill episode of The Muppet Show . Featuring Hamill both as himself and as Luke Skywalker , alongside R2-D2 , C-3PO , and Chewbacca , the episode features the Star Wars staples in wonderfully out-of-character moments, a great running joke at Hamill’s expense, and an ending that seems shockingly prescient. Image: The Jim Henson Company Airing during The Muppet Show ’s fourth season in Feb. 1980, the episode begins with a fakeout. Scooter comes into the dressing room of the “host,” a Muppet named Angus McGonagle, a plaid-wearing gargoyle who can gargle George Gershwin tunes. Suddenly, Luke Skywalker busts through a wall with his two loyal droids R2-D2 and C-3PO.…