Whatever happened to Mark Hamill?

Mark who? Mark Hamill, that master thespian whose performance as Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars trilogy made a mark on every adolescent of our generation. Here's an actor who appeared in three of the highest-grossing films of all time, only to follow them up with some classic bombs.

Anyone remember Corvette Summer or The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia?

How about Black Magic Woman?

While fellow space warrior Harrison Ford has become one of the most consistent actors of his generation, Hamill is floundering. Recently, he could be seen in a cheesy Showtime flick called Body Bags, a straight-to-video release called Time Runner and, of course, on the Howard Stern pay-per-view special that aired on New Year's Eve.

To top off a career of misses, Hamill can be seen tonight on CBS's "Burke's Law" as a character named Simon the Sorcerer. Not bad, but considering that he's billed under Tom Bosley and Roddy McDowall . . . oh well.

I feel bad that one of my childhood idols is now reduced to providing the voice of The Joker on the animated Batman TV series, but maybe that's where he belongs. As Hamill once said, "Acting in Star Wars, I felt like a raisin in a giant fruit salad, and I didn't even know who the cantaloupes were."

Amen.