News broke today that not only has the Knight Templar drama Knightfall been renewed for another well deserved season but that none other than Mark Hamill will be starring.
The force – the Templar force – will truly be with him!
The quest for the Holy Grail that began in season one will see Mark Hamill play a character called Talus, a crusader who has endured a decade in captivity. Actors Tom Forbes and Genevieve Gaunt will also be joining the cast in what seems to be a beefing up of the drama and commitment by the History channel to stick with the medieval knights!
You may also be aware that I appear in the accompanying documentary series Buried – in episode four to be precise. That’s when presenters Mikey Kay and Garth Baldwin arrive in Portugal on a Templar treasure hunt. We investigated caves in the Templar stronghold of Tomar to see if we could locate the Ark of the Covenant and any other booty – you’ll have to watch to see if we discovered anything!
And here’s a Star Wars/Templar related fact: it’s believed that George Lucas was originally going to call his sacred warriors Jedi Templars but then opted for knights.
You’ll have to wait until at least late 2019 to see Mark Hamill dressed as a Templar, by the way.
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