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Darth Vader’s original wimpy voice [video]

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Imagine a galaxy far, far away where Darth Vader sounded like any other British bloke strolling down the corridors of the Death Star. Before James Earl Jones provided the menacing voice of the Dark Lord of the Sith, English actor and bodybuilder David Prowse delivered the lines from inside the Darth costume. While George Lucas never intended for Prowse’s voice to make the flick’s final cut, it’s weird to imagine how different Star Wars would have been with a different Vader voice.

Full story at Huffington Post.

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Feb 09, 2010
Kevin Meyers liked this post.
Feb 09, 2010
David Rogers said...
Its a Bristol accent, not Scottish! Could have sounded a lot more menacing if properly recorded
Feb 09, 2010
While I never thought the Green Cross Code man was menacing, I would hardly call Prowse wimpy!

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