I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

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May 30 2002, 1:08 am
The actor who was inside the Darth Vader armor in the original Star Wars trilogy was a bodybuilder, cast for the part purely because of his physical size. He is now 66 years old, arthritic, and has a broken hip. He has also just announced that if he isn't asked to play Vader in Episode III, he expects fans to boycott.

I've gone to Star Wars conventions. I play trivia games. I hang out with devotees of obscure cultural references. All told, I do not believe I've heard the gentleman's name (David Prowse) spoken aloud more than three times in my life. I think it will be great if they want him for the movie and he's able for it. Fans boycotting for it? I can't see that happening. I'm sure there'll be protests... a lot of original trilogy fans will protest anything about the new ones... but boycotts?
#1 May 30 2002, 1:42 am
Well Jeez, they may be fans and he may be good, but give the man a break lol. I atleast think he should have one, unless he is volenteering on his own will...

Stealth2k
#2 May 30 2002, 4:21 am
Lesbian Assassin wrote:
He has also just announced that if he isn't asked to play
Vader in Episode III, he expects fans to boycott.

Let me tell you a little something about Dave Prowse.

When they were filming the original movie, he actually delivered the lines from underneath the Vader suit (soley as a mechanism for the other actors to know when to deliver their own lines).

After the movie was released, he went on a righteous crusade against Lucas, claiming that he had been lied to. Apparently, he was under the impression that his OWN voice would be used for Vader. Keep in mind that the man has a THICK Cockney accent. Also keep in mind that he went on to wear the Vader suit for two more sequels, so it's more likely that Lucas told him no such thing, and it was all a fabrication of his ego.

Since then, he's been quoted a number of times as saying that he would've done a far better job than James Earl Jones <snicker>.

Regards,
Corporate Dog
#3 May 30 2002, 11:45 am
If they can have several-hundred-year-old Yoda flying around in a lightsaber duel, I don't see why they couldn't put an old guy in a black suit.
#4 May 30 2002, 12:12 pm
In response to Foomer (#3)
Foomer wrote:
If they can have several-hundred-year-old Yoda flying around in a lightsaber duel, I don't see why they couldn't put an old guy in a black suit.

Hey, you're right! Don't use an actor at all, just make Darth Muppet. ;)
#5 May 30 2002, 1:14 pm
In response to Stealth 2k (#1)
I think Lucas should let him be in the new movie. not as vader, but as darth cripple.
#6 May 30 2002, 2:02 pm
In response to Corporate Dog (#2)
Apparently, he was under the impression that his OWN voice would be used for Vader. Keep in mind that the man has a THICK Cockney accent.

And the Tarkin character was added so it'd make sense when Vader ended every sentence with "guv'nor."

#7 May 30 2002, 4:37 pm
Lesbian Assassin wrote:

I've gone to Star Wars conventions. I play trivia games. I hang out with devotees of obscure cultural references. All told, I do not believe I've heard the gentleman's name (<FONT COLOR=WHITE>David Prowse</FONT>) spoken aloud more than three times in my life.


See Lummox, its catching on!

<FONT COLOR=BLACK>Tolldddd yaaa nyah nyah</FONT>.

-ST