RIP Darth Vader

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The Hollywood Reporter described Prowse's early life:

Born on July 1, 1935, in Bristol, England, Prowse was misdiagnosed with tuberculosis of the knee and forced to wear a leg splint for four years as a youngster (it turned out he actually had osteoarthritis). Yet he went on to compete for the Mr. Universe bodybuilding title in 1960 before capturing the British weightlifting championship three straight years running, from 1962-64. (At age 50, he was still able to dead-lift 700 pounds.)
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DAYAAAM...
And I thought I was good at multiple 16 oz curls most of my life!

STILL... RIP Dude... the FORCE is greatly disturbed now! :thumb:

RIP and May the force "Rock On' with you! :headbanger:
 
Wait? That wasn't James Earl Jones?
 
RIP guy
 
funny little fact about him


David Prowse Didn't Know His Voice Would Be Replaced​

David Prowse is the body actor of Darth Vader in the original trilogy. At six feet and five inches, the British bodybuilder towered over his co-stars. During A New Hope, Prowse thought that he was also the voice of the imposing villain. Carrie Fisher said in the documentary Empire of Dreams that Prowse's voice was so banal that they would call him "Darth Farmer," which makes it less surprising that George Lucas would choose to cast a separate actor to voice the intimidating Sith Lord.

After discovering that his voice had been replaced with that of James Earl Jones, Prowse was so frustrated that he stopped learning his lines for The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Instead, he would improvise lines, sometimes speaking complete gibberish, forcing his co-stars to respond as if he had said the correct line.
 
ill said:
funny little fact about him


David Prowse Didn't Know His Voice Would Be Replaced​

David Prowse is the body actor of Darth Vader in the original trilogy. At six feet and five inches, the British bodybuilder towered over his co-stars. During A New Hope, Prowse thought that he was also the voice of the imposing villain. Carrie Fisher said in the documentary Empire of Dreams that Prowse's voice was so banal that they would call him "Darth Farmer," which makes it less surprising that George Lucas would choose to cast a separate actor to voice the intimidating Sith Lord.

After discovering that his voice had been replaced with that of James Earl Jones, Prowse was so frustrated that he stopped learning his lines for The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Instead, he would improvise lines, sometimes speaking complete gibberish, forcing his co-stars to respond as if he had said the correct line.
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I remember listening to a clip of the opening sequence of Star Wars with Prowse speaking the Darth Vader lines.

Let's just say his voice doesn't sound near as intimidating as Jones.
 
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