US actor Mark Hamill arrives for the 41st Film Independent Spirit Awards at The Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, California on February 15, 2026. (Photo by Valerie MACON / AFP)

US actor Mark Hamill at an awards ceremony in Hollywood on February 15, 2026.
Photo: AFP / Valerie Macon

The White House has called Star Wars star Mark Hamill “one sick individual” after an AI-generated image of US President Donald Trump in a shallow grave was posted on one of the actor’s social media accounts.

“If Only” was inscribed on the image of Trump lying with his eyes closed adjacent to a gravestone, surrounded by daisies, with the inscription “Donald J. Trump 1946-2024.” The image was posted on Hamill’s verified Bluesky account.

Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the classic Star Wars films that debuted in 1977, wrote that Trump “should live long enough to witness his inevitable devastating loss in the midterms, be held accountable for his unprecedented corruption, impeached, convicted & humiliated for his countless crimes”.

“Long enough to realise he’ll be disgraced in the history books, forevermore,” the actor added.

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press outside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 13, 2026. Trump refused to apologize Monday for criticizing Pope Leo XIV, after the pontiff called for an end to violence in the Iran war. "There's nothing to apologize for. He's wrong," Trump told reporters, a day after a social media post and comments slamming the US-born pope. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

US President Donald Trump
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The White House responded on X, calling Hamill “one sick individual”.

“These Radical Left lunatics just can’t help themselves,” a post from the White House press team said. “This kind of rhetoric is exactly what has inspired three assassination attempts in two years against our President.”

A representative for Hamill did not immediately respond on Thursday (US time) to a request for comment on the White House remarks.

Hamill later removed the gravestone image and sought to clarify his remarks.

“Actually, I was wishing him the opposite of dead, but apologize if you found the image inappropriate,” he wrote on Bluesky.

Last month, a man stormed a security checkpoint and fired a shotgun outside the White House correspondents’ dinner in what authorities said was an attempt to assassinate Trump.

Trump was shot in the ear in 2024 at a rally in Pennsylvania. The shooter was killed by the Secret Service.

Also in 2024, a man was found hiding in bushes with weapons close to wear Trump was golfing. He was convicted of attempted assassination in February.

-Reuters