The goat of villains
Thursday, 13 Mar 2025
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Filmmaking is collaborative…
1. Dave Prowse wore the suit
2. James Earl Jones did the voice
3. Bob Anderson was the stunt/fight double in ESB and ROTJ
4. Ben Burtt did the sound (breathing)
5. Syd Wragg was his hand in the pilot scenes (ANH)
6. John McLeod was Vader on the Endor platform
7. Craig Barron was his hand double holding Luke’s Lightsaber
8. Stephen Calcutt was his stand-in
9. C. Andrew Nelson did a Bespin scene in ESB:SE
This is not an exhaustive list, but just off the top of my head.
Why do they need a different person for body and stunts ?
It takes a village to raise a sith lord :
George Lucas: “I’m just gonna replace you all with Hayden in my shitty special edition”.
I DEMAND JUSTICE FOR SEBASTIAN SHAW!
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He’s more men now, than man.
Hayden Christensen: The Legacy
Mark Hamill, our true and one Jedi Master, posted a couple years ago that all of these guys “were Darth Vader.” Always thought that was cool of him.
This isn’t even a meme, let alone related to the Prequels… this sub really just sucks now
Villain so badass it took 4 men to make him.
Stunts?
All gone
Also Harold Cole who was a stand in for Prowse during RotJ reshoots.
Isaac Hayden – The Goat
There was a real person named Sebastian Shaw?
Hayden Christensen ghost and or tv adaptation
Sheev Palpatine – THE SENATE
I thought Darth Vader would’ve been like batman or james bond.
An actor steps in, has their time and then passes it on to someone else. Like with the video games or shows where other voice actors stepped in and did great jobs.
But with James earl jones selling his AI rights before he died it will be him forever as the voice.
The dead speak!
“and I’m Hayden Christensen!”
I didn’t know George Lucas gave them all schrifts, very cool!
Let’s be honest recognize the others, but it all comes down to JEJ.
The Sound, The Look, The presence, and The Movement
A villainous character too great for any one man to portray!
And all of them have passed away, too 😢.
Rest in peace.
Darth Vader was so iconic villain, that they needed four different people to play all aspects of him. One simply was not enough.
I wonder if there were really really old school Star Wars fans who were genuinely surprised Anakin/Vader was white
Young Vader was a handsome man
So cool
Lucas needed 4 actors to be able to show Vader’s power
And George W. Bush was the real life version.