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'Star Wars' icon Mark Hamill pays tribute to Leicester City's title triumph

The actor who plays Luke Skywalker has hailed the Foxes' magnificent "underdog" Premier League victory.

Leicester City has received congratulatory messages from around the world following its Premier League title victory — and now even Luke Skywalker has sent his props.

Mark Hamill, the actor who plays Skywalker in "Star Wars," has paid tribute to the Foxes’ unlikely title triumph, suggesting it is the soccer equivalent of his famous character's journey to defeating the Empire.

"Nobody knows what it is like to be an underdog and severely underestimated," Hamill told The Sun.