In “The Book of Boba Fett,” Matt Berry would go on to voice 8D8, the droid in Jabba’s the Hutt’s palace from “Return of the Jedi,” but Berry was not part of the “Star Wars” universe yet when Hamill filmed his appearance as Jim the Vampire. And some “What We Do in the Shadows” crew members were still starstruck by Hamill, discreetly asking him to sign autographs. Taking time out of his busy day to do that endeared him to them enough that they were all too eager to offer him another prop souvenir after his episode wrapped. He explained:

“The prop department, I was really touched by this, because a lot of times, they’ll be told, ‘Don’t bring in items for Mark to sign,’ by the production crew, and once you get to know the crew, they’ll say, ‘I know I’m not supposed to ask, but I’d love you to sign X, Y, or Z,’ and I’ll say, ‘Sure, come on, bring it in.’ By doing that, and it only takes a few minutes during your lunch hour or even if it’s just on set, but my point is, at the end of the show, the prop department gave me a dagger that was part of my character … but what was significant about it was they said, ‘This dagger is from the original “What We Do in the Shadows film,”‘ I said, ‘Oh, my gosh, what a great collectible that is.'”

Toward the end of “On the Run,” Jim forgave Laszlo his debt after Laszlo offered to give him the singing Big Mouth Billy Bass trophy mounted on the wall of his bar. It’s nice to know that some of the same spirit was going on behind the scenes with Hamill and the crew of “What We Do in the Shadows,” and that he now owns a piece of both the show and the movie’s history. Who needs a lightsaber — or “laser sword,” as Luke himself once called it — when you’ve got a nifty vampire dagger?