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Vader wants to end Fued with Lucas
The very body of Darth Vader has been attending the fan circuits regailing his tale of mistreatment and bitterness while still holding dear respect for the Star Wars Franchise and the experience he had in the role he played. David Prowse has his story, Lucas has his. It might be time to let that go. Prowse assumes Lucas will be attending Celebration IV and hopes to see him there.
There has been a bit of a feud between David Prowse, the original actor to portray Darth Vader, and George Lucas ever since the filming of Return of the Jedi. Apparently Lucas was quite unhappy that rumors circulated that Prowse gave away plot details to the press. This is something that David Prowse denies to this day.
And from Prowse’ side of the tracks:
Although he spoke the dialogue during the production of the films, James Earl Jones overdubbed the character’s voice in post-production, a fact which Prowse bears some resentment for towards Star Wars creator George Lucas, since he was never told that his voice was not going to be used.
Prowse still owes pretty much all of his recognition to the role he played in Star Wars, so he is biting the hand that feeds him, but it is more of a nibbling as he does have some valid concerns about the way he was treated on set.
Prowse still contests that had he been told of the changes as they had happened, that he would have had no issues with the changes.
And perhaps this fued lead to us seeing this weak shadow of the menace we know as Vader and Hayden’s half foot shorter Vader crying a weak “Noooooooooo!” I still think Prowse should have cameo’d and Jones should have spoken the last lines.
Id pay for a new version with Prowse as Vader at the end of Sith and for Hayden NOT to be in ghostly form at the end of Jedi.
Not to mention replacing Sabastian Shaw’s Anakin ghost with that of Hayden’s Anakin.
I did mention that Darren;
“Hayden NOT to be in ghostly form at the end of Jedi”
Ah, but you didn’t mention Sabastian Shaw!
(note: I don’t disagree that maybe older Anakin could have been played by Prowse)
Wouldn’t that suck if your best work had been done more than 25 years ago and you were desparately trying to cling to that legacy?
Poor Dave needs to realize that he was in the suit less than Bob Anderson, is no more the soul of Vader than any of the other actors who portrayed him and like all the Guttenbergs that have gone before him, he needs to get over it and move on.
What is he going to do? Deny it to George? Kiss George’s ass? The only thing he is going to succeed in doing, is look pathetic and reveal the truth that Dave is nothing but a gym teacher who got lucky.
That’s not a bad thing. I’d give my right arm to be half as lucky, but I also have the sense to know when the gravy train has left. Dave struggles with that part.