Star Wars actor Mark Hamill pledges his support to Wolves

The 65-year-old, who plays Luke Skywalker in the multi-million pound film franchise, was asked on Twitter by supporter group Wolves Fancast if he was a fan of the gold and black because he kept liking tweets about Wolves.

And to everyone’s surprise, the Californian responded saying: “I am now. Never heard of them until 2 days ago. All because I “liked” a tweet from a #Wolves fan & they made me feel like family. Very nice!”

The club themselves got involved, saying: “The force is strong here. Great to have you with us.”

And then everyone’s favourite Jedi reiterated his support for Nuno Espirito Santo’s men.

“When asked if I liked the “Wolves” I thought they meant the animal,” he said. “But everyone got so excited-I HAD to be a fan-there’s no turning back now!”

The club, who have offered Hamill the chance to come to Molineux, said: “We were made aware of some social media chat where Mark Hamill had been interacting with the Twitter account run by Wolves Fancast, a group of supporters who produce a weekly podcast about the club.

"We sent a tweet to Mark, who replied to confirm that he has indeed now pledged his allegiance to Wolves – clearly he is a good judge!

“The force is certainly strong at Molineux at the moment with the team making an excellent start to the season, and it was perhaps fitting that Saturday’s game against Millwall finished Obi Wan-Nil.

“There is always room in the Wolf Pack for The Last Jedi, and there is the open invitation for Mark to attend a fixture at Molineux should his Landspeeder ever be passing.”