Darth Vader’s Voice Before Voice Over
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He sounds like Dark Helmet from Spaceballs!
What about that idiot on the video who thinks Prowse sounds like "some Scottish guy"? Now that's funny.
Yeah exactly. It may sound a bit weird coming out of Darth's helmet, because of what we're used to, but otherwise it just sounds like a bloke from Bristol - nothing particuarly comical about that.
There's one or two clips from the making of TPM which have Ray Park in his natural Irish accent (He was dubbed over by Peter Serafinowicz, a British actor/comedian). Peter also played Darth Vader on a sketch on his show.
Curiously Aunt Beru was also dubbed over in some prints, but not in others. A lot of the rebel pilots were also dubbed over with American accents.
Curiously Aunt Beru was also dubbed over in some prints, but not in others. A lot of the rebel pilots were also dubbed over with American accents.
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Dubbing is par for the course in all Star Wars movies. I don't think anyone outside of the main cast didn't get their voice replaced by some yank that couldn't lip-synch. Some of the Imperial officers were especially bad as I recall.
As for Prowse's voice, it wasn't as comical as I thought it would be. For some reason I pictured him having a bit more of a broad Somerset accent. Not that would have been funny.
As for Prowse's voice, it wasn't as comical as I thought it would be. For some reason I pictured him having a bit more of a broad Somerset accent. Not that would have been funny.
The Aunt Beru dubbing is especially weird to me - it's not as if Shelagh Fraser is a particularly unknown actress, and hearing the strange voice emanating from her mouth is an odd experience. (As has been said, it wasn't on all prints - I'm pretty sure you heard her own voice in the print that ITV used to show during the eighties - otherwise dubbed voice wouldn't have been such a shock to me on the DVD. It really ruins those scenes for me now.)
Still, I'm pleased that the great British actors playing the various imperial officers in Empire Strikes Back seem to have survived with their own voices intact.
Still, I'm pleased that the great British actors playing the various imperial officers in Empire Strikes Back seem to have survived with their own voices intact.
Christopher, I read your comment before I listened to it, and I thought, "No way." Well, way! You weren't joking! I wonder if Mel Brooks saw this footage before he made Spaceballs?
That sounds like a fan production. Do those controls on his chest call his mom to pick him up? lol
There's also a black and white rough cut of the cantina scene available. It's pretty interesting, including a more british-sounding Greedo with an alternate non-articulated mask:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxXormkENVI
The scene also feels very different without the iconic music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxXormkENVI
The scene also feels very different without the iconic music.
