prowse vs lucas and head reveal

[poncho]

im under the impression prowse pissed off lucas during esb production or esb release.

had ne not clashed with lucas do you think his reward for portraying vader would off been his face in the reveal not shaws?

thoughts

 

[Bonsai_Tree_Ent]

I personally think the casting for an actor to play Anakin has been a poor choice, not once, not twice, but thrice.

Jake Lloyd was way too cute and adorable to convey a child that might be conflicted between light and dark.

Hayden Christensen was... well he was hamstrung by poor dialogue and acting inexperience but he was horribly wooden and didn't have the watchable charisma to lead such a big movie.

And Sebastian Shaw looked like some kindly old grandfather from Downton Abbey, when he should have looked like an imposing, craggy military man.

I believe Dave Prowse was wrongly identified as 'leaking' info to the newspapers, and as a result they kept him of set as much as possible for Return Of The Jedi. He also had a thick West Country accent. Personally I think Dave Prowse with the make up and dubbed by James Earl Jones would have been a better option than Sebastian Shaw.

 

[ChallengerFox]

Why would he be dubbed by James Earl Jones with the mask off ? The way Vader's voice sounds is because of the mask.

 

[Lom]

Would have to be dubbed by someone - hard to believe that with the mask on Vader sounds like James Earl Jones, and Worzel Gummidge with it off.

 

[Darth Bobby]

I personally think the casting for an actor to play Anakin has been a poor choice, not once, not twice, but thrice.

Jake Lloyd was way too cute and adorable to convey a child that might be conflicted between light and dark.

Hayden Christensen was... well he was hamstrung by poor dialogue and acting inexperience but he was horribly wooden and didn't have the watchable charisma to lead such a big movie.

And Sebastian Shaw looked like some kindly old grandfather from Downton Abbey, when he should have looked like an imposing, craggy military man.

I believe Dave Prowse was wrongly identified as 'leaking' info to the newspapers, and as a result they kept him of set as much as possible for Return Of The Jedi. He also had a thick West Country accent. Personally I think Dave Prowse with the make up and dubbed by James Earl Jones would have been a better option than Sebastian Shaw.

The fact that he looked like a kindly old man added to the scene I think. He looked dead frail and vulnerable under the mask so watching it you feel pity. Prowse in the eighties looked too healthy. When the helmet comes off I expected something scary like the emperor but in the end he was just a broken old man.

 

[Darth Bobby]

Would have to be dubbed by someone - hard to believe that with the mask on Vader sounds like James Earl Jones, and Worzel Gummidge with it off.

Ha ha ha :lol:

 

[Darth Bobby]

I'm sure I remember an interview with John Peel where he said his mother was in a relationship with Sebastian Shaw. Peel said he liked Star Wars but it ruined the end when Vader's helmet came off and it was his mothers boyfriend underneath.

 

[Richard_H]

I do believe that Prowse leaked, although unintentional, the plot of ESB. Alcohol loosens lips.

 

[chipsteak]

I agree, Bobby.

The moral being that what seems terrifying is actually just pitiful. I found that hugely important in ROTJ.

 

[ScruffyLookingNH]

I personally think the casting for an actor to play Anakin has been a poor choice, not once, not twice, but thrice.

Jake Lloyd was way too cute and adorable to convey a child that might be conflicted between light and dark.

Hayden Christensen was... well he was hamstrung by poor dialogue and acting inexperience but he was horribly wooden and didn't have the watchable charisma to lead such a big movie.

And Sebastian Shaw looked like some kindly old grandfather from Downton Abbey, when he should have looked like an imposing, craggy military man.

I believe Dave Prowse was wrongly identified as 'leaking' info to the newspapers, and as a result they kept him of set as much as possible for Return Of The Jedi. He also had a thick West Country accent. Personally I think Dave Prowse with the make up and dubbed by James Earl Jones would have been a better option than Sebastian Shaw.

The fact that he looked like a kindly old man added to the scene I think. He looked dead frail and vulnerable under the mask so watching it you feel pity. Prowse in the eighties looked too healthy. When the helmet comes off I expected something scary like the emperor but in the end he was just a broken old man.

Yeah, I agree. For me it drove it home that the Sith Lord was a Wizard of Oz style facade: the man behind this towering, black, menace was just a broken old man. It compelled the 7 year old me to compassion that Wurzel couldn't have conjured. It simply would not have been as effective with a monster behind the mask (no offence, Dave).

 

[Mr. Tie]

I personally think the casting for an actor to play Anakin has been a poor choice, not once, not twice, but thrice.

Jake Lloyd was way too cute and adorable to convey a child that might be conflicted between light and dark.

Hayden Christensen was... well he was hamstrung by poor dialogue and acting inexperience but he was horribly wooden and didn't have the watchable charisma to lead such a big movie.

And Sebastian Shaw looked like some kindly old grandfather from Downton Abbey, when he should have looked like an imposing, craggy military man.

I believe Dave Prowse was wrongly identified as 'leaking' info to the newspapers, and as a result they kept him of set as much as possible for Return Of The Jedi. He also had a thick West Country accent. Personally I think Dave Prowse with the make up and dubbed by James Earl Jones would have been a better option than Sebastian Shaw.

The fact that he looked like a kindly old man added to the scene I think. He looked dead frail and vulnerable under the mask so watching it you feel pity. Prowse in the eighties looked too healthy. When the helmet comes off I expected something scary like the emperor but in the end he was just a broken old man.

Yeah, I agree. For me it drove it home that the Sith Lord was a Wizard of Oz style facade: the man behind this towering, black, menace was just a broken old man. It compelled the 7 year old me to compassion that Wurzel couldn't have conjured. It simply would not have been as effective with a monster behind the mask (no offence, Dave).

So right that I like the Wizard of Oz comparison. To me Shaw was the perfect face of a good man behind a facade of hatred, I really had tears in my eyes but that was not only because of the scene in ROTJ. I lost my father when I was only 13 years of age and never got any recognition or love from him. In a kind of way Luke got recognition and some love from his father, who revealed his good side. Wish I had gotten that...

 

[ScruffyLookingNH]

The fact that he looked like a kindly old man added to the scene I think. He looked dead frail and vulnerable under the mask so watching it you feel pity. Prowse in the eighties looked too healthy. When the helmet comes off I expected something scary like the emperor but in the end he was just a broken old man.

Yeah, I agree. For me it drove it home that the Sith Lord was a Wizard of Oz style facade: the man behind this towering, black, menace was just a broken old man. It compelled the 7 year old me to compassion that Wurzel couldn't have conjured. It simply would not have been as effective with a monster behind the mask (no offence, Dave).

So right that I like the Wizard of Oz comparison. To me Shaw was the perfect face of a good man behind a facade of hatred, I really had tears in my eyes but that was not only because of the scene in ROTJ. I lost my father when I was only 13 years of age and never got any recognition or love from him. In a kind of way Luke got recognition and some love from his father, who revealed his good side. Wish I had gotten that...

Wow. And if this doesn't serve as a brilliant reminder how much SW means different things to different people I don't know what does. Thanks for sharing that, mate.