RIP Dave Prowse (Darthe Vder)

[Padme]

The original Darth Vader 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/nov/29/darth-vader--dave-prowse-dies-aged-85

[DieselDaisy]

1 hour ago, Padme said:

The original Darth Vader 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/nov/29/darth-vader--dave-prowse-dies-aged-85

Thus far 2020 has killed-off Darth Vader, Bond, the Yorkshire Ripper and Maradona - to name just a few! 

[bucketfoot]

[rocknroll41]

RIP

[appetite4illusions]

David Prowse once spoiled the ending to Empire Strikes Back in an interview...two years before the film would even premier....talk about a world before the internet.

Second to last paragraph - he drops the dime, very nonchalantly. 

[James Bond]

I've seen a lot of people on social media using the unmasked Vader photo, which is in fact Sebastian Shaw.

Nevertheless, Prowse is the true Vader. Rest easy, and may the Force be with you always.

[soon]

7 hours ago, DieselDaisy said:

Thus far 2020 has killed-off Darth Vader, Bond, the Yorkshire Ripper and Maradona - to name just a few! 

Interesting tie ins as Prowse was in Casino Royale and performed as a 'phone book ripper' called Jack the Ripper.

He was also one of the first actors to embrace appearing at comic cons - so from a certain point of view - he also helped mainstream cosplay culture. And I thank him for that too!

But yeah between 2020 and Kathleen Kennedy there aint gonna be no OT characters left!

****

His embodiment of Vadar will forever be the one striking fear as he stalks through my galaxy.

RIP

 

[rocknroll41]

18 minutes ago, soon said:

Interesting tie ins as Prowse was in Casino Royale and performed as a 'phone book ripper' called Jack the Ripper.

He was also one of the first actors to embrace appearing at comic cons - so from a certain point of view - he also helped mainstream cosplay culture. And I thank him for that too!

But yeah between 2020 and Kathleen Kennedy there aint gonna be no OT characters left!

****

His embodiment of Vadar will forever be the one striking fear as he stalks through my galaxy.

RIP

 

To be fair, it was time to move on from the OT characters anyways. The sequel trilogy was always gonna be their “farewell” no matter what. Even the original Lucas outlines for the sequels had Han and Luke both dying. Leia was supposed to live, but then Carrie’s real death in 2016 (another shitty year) put a stop to that, sadly...

[soon]

19 minutes ago, rocknroll41 said:

To be fair, it was time to move on from the OT characters anyways. The sequel trilogy was always gonna be their “farewell” no matter what. Even the original Lucas outlines for the sequels had Han and Luke both dying. Leia was supposed to live, but then Carrie’s real death in 2016 (another shitty year) put a stop to that, sadly...

Well, if thats the case, they didnt need to have them be an absentee father and a burnt-out Jedi before they killed them off!

[bucketfoot]

1 hour ago, soon said:

as he stalks through my galaxy.

Sounds a bit sexy, that.

[ZoSoRose]

RIP to half of Vader 

 

 

 

 

[dontdamnmeuyi2015]

RIP. He played such an iconic role and any Star Wars fan will agree. 

[rocknroll41]

4 hours ago, soon said:

Well, if thats the case, they didnt need to have them be an absentee father and a burnt-out Jedi before they killed them off!

On one hand I agree, but I also think the story coulda been more boring if Han was just a military leader and Luke was just a “super Jedi,” as expected. By the time the sequel trilogy came along, family drama had already become pretty “baked into” the dna of the franchise, despite it not being there initially (as I said in my blog). So now it’s kinda hard to suddenly imagine starwars (and particular the Skywalker saga) without any of the family drama aspects.

[soon]

15 hours ago, rocknroll41 said:

On one hand I agree, but I also think the story coulda been more boring if Han was just a military leader and Luke was just a “super Jedi,” as expected. By the time the sequel trilogy came along, family drama had already become pretty “baked into” the dna of the franchise, despite it not being there initially (as I said in my blog). So now it’s kinda hard to suddenly imagine starwars (and particular the Skywalker saga) without any of the family drama aspects.

I hear ya. You make a good point about how family drama is part of the dna of the franchise. And Ive enjoyed you blog very much so far btw. I need to take some more time reading it when Im not otherwise distracted.

I think Han having grown into a present father would also be in keeping with the OTs archs, though. It doenst even seem like thats what fucked Ben up? Or the family drama could have been from master luke and his padawan Leia - the difficulties of that relationship is old school too. Maybe Luke says Leias not ready to train Rey? Anyways... I loved the fake out of Chewies death in TROS

I dont mind new characters at all. I like the disney era novels so currently my favourite Star Wars character is Eryka Quell (who? lol). I even read a comic about Anne Tico haha

[rocknroll41]

13 minutes ago, soon said:

I hear ya. You make a good point about how family drama is part of the dna of the franchise. And Ive enjoyed you blog very much so far btw. I need to take some more time reading it when Im not otherwise distracted.

I think Han having grown into a present father would also be in keeping with the OTs archs, though. It doenst even seem like thats what fucked Ben up? Or the family drama could have been from master luke and his padawan Leia - the difficulties of that relationship is old school too. Maybe Luke says Leias not ready to train Rey? Anyways... I loved the fake out of Chewies death in TROS

I dont mind new characters at all. I like the disney era novels so currently my favourite Star Wars character is Eryka Quell (who? lol). I even read a comic about Anne Tico haha

I think the family drama in starwars just naturally tends to happen between different generations (father and son, uncle and nephew, etc.). Tho it is refreshing how Mando shows that there are such a thing as good dads in the starwars universe too lol.

I think when Ben Solo was a little kid his powers were already a bit out of control and he overheard Han and Leia calling him “a monster” behind his back. Also he saw them sending him to Luke shortly after as a form of abandonment.

[DieselDaisy]

He is in Clockwork Orange and has a role in one of my favourite Hammer bodice rippers, the immortal Vampire Circus. 

[alfierose]

My husband told me yesterday that the Green Cross Code man had died. After a couple of minutes going on about his 70s childhood he finally got to mentioning he was also Darth Vader. Talk about burying the lede.