GEORGE LUCAS IS DARTH VADER....real life? Darth Vader star explains feud with George Lucas David Prowse’s reveals how he was shut out by Star Wars hierarchy Chosen for his build and size, Prowse was physically perfect to play the imposing villain Darth Vader, but was a limited actor. His best known role before ‘Star Wars’ was a bodyguard in ‘A Clockwork Orange’. Prowse recounts several humiliations heaped upon him. He was given fake dialogue for the climactic “I’m your father” scene in ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ (Prowse only found out the real plot twist at the premiere). Also in ‘Empire’, British fencing champion Bob Anderson was hired for the lightsabre battles, so Prowse was barely present for the climactic duel. He was replaced with Sebastian Shaw when Vader was unmasked at the end of Return of the Jedi, because Shaw was friends with Alec Guinness, apparently. Most famously, James Earl Jones was picked to be the voice of Vader, with no one telling Prowse.
Posted on: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 01:44:21 +0000
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