R.I.P. James Earl Jones ..AKA Darth Vader .

Great voice over and actor .

Think he came to my school once when I was a kid and gave a talk on road safety

RIP Darth Vader and Mufasa.
Despite the gap in years between them, I watched Star Wars and the Lion King at broadly the same time, about 10 years old, and Mufasa's death was more profound to me than Vader's revelation.

Be careful not to choke on your aspirations - RIP Darth Vader

Probably not a kid born since 1980 who hasn’t heard his voice.

This is CNN….

Goodnight James.

Was good as admiral Greer too in the Tom Clancy films.

RIP

No idea how he got the Darth Vader gig.

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Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 09, 2024 11:21 pm

Think he came to my school once when I was a kid and gave a talk on road safety

He didn't, as I'm sure you already know.The guy who was The Green Cross Code man and toured schools was called Dave Prowse and was a body builder from the west country. He was the guy who actually played Darth Vader in the first three films because they wanted someone really big and tall, but his west country accent was far too pronounced, so Jones voiced over the character. I did meet Prowse and he told me this himself. He also said he was invited to a dinner at the White House and the then president didn't know this and couldn't understand him when he spoke and was disappointed as he wanted to hear have Jones' voice!

Where's the facepalm emoji when you need it?

Impressive

RIP James Earl Jones

He found Kunte Kinte.

And he was The King, to Eddie Murphy’s Prince Akeem in Coming To America. Great movie.

RIP Mr. Jones.

Absolutely brilliant as Terrence Mann, the reclusive author ( based on J.D.Salinger ), in " Field of Dreams " ...

The film consistently voted as the one " most likely to make grown men cry " ...

Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 09, 2024 11:21 pm

Think he came to my school once when I was a kid and gave a talk on road safety

That was Rolf Harris.