Mark Hamill, famous for playing a Jedi, honors ‘real-life hero’

Mark Hamill — famous for playing Jedi Master Luke Skywalker — honored a front-line worker amid the coronavirus pandemic.

What’s going on:

• On “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” last week, Hamill surprised San Diego nurse Chloe Ducos, who has been engaged with increased testing for the coronavirus pandemic in the California city.
• Hamill appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
• He said:  “I’ve been reading about all you’ve done, six years as a nurse, teaching at night, you’re in the tents.”
• He added: “I mean, that’s so great, I mean to me, I’m a pretend hero, you’re the real-life hero. So thank you for your service.”
• Hamill said he sent the nurse a signed lightsaber.
• Ducos received $100,000 from PayPal as well, according to Fox News.

Hamill weighs in on protests

• Hamill shared a photo of a Yoda statue on Tuesday. The statue had the words “matter black lives do” spray-painted on the front of it, part the ongoing protests over the death of George Floyd, racial injustice and police brutality.
• Hamill said: “Luminous beings are we... ALL.”