Star Wars

[Miamipuck]

He's like the old guy that likes Chris on the Family Guy.

[Tommy]

I'm hearing that this will be the last trailer they release, which is great news since it doesn't give much away at all.

[Ignatius J Reilly]

I'm hearing that this will be the last trailer they release, which is great news since it doesn't give much away at all.

False.  It gives everything away.  We know who is going to die now.

[SixFeetDeep]

The black stormtrooper ruins it for me

[Miamipuck]

The black stormtrooper ruins it for me

But Darth Vader was white underneath, they need the symmetry.

[Heismanberg]

But Darth Vader was white underneath, they need the symmetry.

When I was in the fourth grade, the "actor" that walked around in the Darth Vader suit came to the mall in the city where we were living at the time.  He charged $20 per autograph. 

freaking Willow was there and he was signing excrement for free. 

[Ignatius J Reilly]

When I was in the fourth grade, the "actor" that walked around in the Darth Vader suit came to the mall in the city where we were living at the time.  He charged $20 per autograph. 

freaking Willow was there and he was signing excrement for free.

David Prowse acted in all three.  Every actor's response is to his voice, his cadences, and his performance.  His voice just wasn't right.  James Earl Jones didn't think he deserved credit just for voicing Vader in the first one, so he didn't allow it.  If anything, he's the one who did limited acting.  It wasn't like an animated feature where the actors occasionally react to each other in the same or adjacent booths.  He was the lone voice actor reacting to what he saw on film.

[Tommy]

David Prowse acted in all three.  Every actor's response is to his voice, his cadences, and his performance.  His voice just wasn't right.  James Earl Jones didn't think he deserved credit just for voicing Vader in the first one, so he didn't allow it.  If anything, he's the one who did limited acting.  It wasn't like an animated feature where the actors occasionally react to each other in the same or adjacent booths.  He was the lone voice actor reacting to what he saw on film.

I saw a video of the original opening sequence with Prowse's voice instead of James Earl Jones'. It was... weird.

So did James Earl Jones just do the voice over for all three? Why didn't they just bring him in to wear the costume?

[Ignatius J Reilly]

I saw a video of the original opening sequence with Prowse's voice instead of James Earl Jones'. It was... weird.

So did James Earl Jones just do the voice over for all three? Why didn't they just bring him in to wear the costume?

Prowse's voice would never have been used, but he was a much more imposing figure, and he acted well enough for the cast to turn out good performances on screen with him.  Jones had the right voice but not the right on screen presence.  He also wasn't cast until after the first film was shot.

[Tommy]

Prowse's voice would never have been used, but he was a much more imposing figure, and he acted well enough for the cast to turn out good performances on screen with him.  Jones had the right voice but not the right on screen presence.  He also wasn't cast until after the first film was shot.

Ah that makes sense. It's weird that during filming everyone is reacting to a voice other than Jones'.

[Johnny English]

David Prowse is actually better known in the UK amongst a certain generation (i.e. mine) for being the Green Cross Code Man, which was a series of public commercials for teaching kids how to cross the road safely. Obviously we know he was Darth Vader, but we recognise him for this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRUBMBi_lp4

[AlioTheFool]

****POSSIBLE SPOILERS****





This is just my theory, and I have nothing to base it on other than my own speculation, but I think Luke is in the poster, and is in far more of the final trailer than anyone realizes.

Luke wants to finish what his father started.



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[Heismanberg]

****POSSIBLE SPOILERS****





This is just my theory, and I have nothing to base it on other than my own speculation, but I think Luke is in the poster, and is in far more of the final trailer than anyone realizes.

Luke wants to finish what his father started.



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You are wrong. 

[AlioTheFool]

You are wrong. 

I guess we'll find out soon.

[Heismanberg]

I guess we'll find out soon.

We've already found out.  That's Adam Driver talking.  Not Mark Hamill.