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Re: Request regarding "Spoilers"
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lugnet.starwars
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Wed, 12 May 1999 00:10:27 GMT
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Sproaticus wrote:
> Steve Bliss wrote:
> > On Mon, 10 May 1999 16:35:29 GMT, Sproaticus <jsproat@geocities.com> wrote:
> > > I love the stories of security on the SW sets. In the TESB script, on the
> > > soundstage, in everything, it was Ben Kneobi who was Luke's father; James
> > > Earl Jones and Lucas were the *only ones* in the room when Lucas had JEJ
> > > read those four fateful words. (1)
> > Help me out here: at what point did Mr. Vader realize who Luke was? Was
> > this shown in the TESB, or did it happen off-camera?
>
> The actor in the suit portraying Sir Vader (David Prowse) spoke Vader's
> lines, to cue the actors around him. However, Sir Vader's *real* voice
> (James Earl Jones) was dubbed in during post-production. That particular
> scene on the catwalk was one of the very last items dubbed into the film.
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> So: David Prowse tells Mark Hamill that Ben Kenobi was Luke's dad, Hamill
> has a fit and jumps to his character's dramatic rescue -- and at the wrap
> party, people are remarking on the very strange turn of events in the
> story. Meanwhile, Lucas and Jones are in a recording room, committing a
> dark conspiracy that will change the face of science fiction forever, and no
> one else is the wiser until opening night.
>
> True story. I heard about it on Entertainment Tonight. :-P
Well, the part you left out is key - Prowse did NOT know he was going to be
voiced over until the movie was released, or soon before.
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| (...) Yeah, but that was for A New Hope. I'm sure he figured out by the time he was filming Empire that he was going to be voiced over... "This time, they'll use my voice, for sure!" Eric (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Request regarding "Spoilers"
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| (...) The actor in the suit portraying Sir Vader (David Prowse) spoke Vader's lines, to cue the actors around him. However, Sir Vader's *real* voice (James Earl Jones) was dubbed in during post-production. That particular scene on the catwalk was (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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