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Post #435743

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SpaceOddity
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What's the beef with Prowse?
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Date created
28-Aug-2010, 1:38 AM

So, this is something I've been wondering about for a while. What exactly did David Prowse do to incur Lucas' wrath? You guys are some of the most knowledgeable SW history fans I've seen online, so I thought I'd ask here. I heard about the BTS shenanigans going on at Celebration V, how he was banned from the event, how OfficialPix was told not to sell photos of Vader, etc.  Has he done something extra in recent years to piss Lucas off even more?

Anyway, here's what I've been able to gather off the top of my head... from various stuff I've heard about over the years.

- Annoyed that he was dubbed by James Earl Jones in ANH
- Took credit for much of the lightsaber stunt work in ESB? I've read interviews where Hamill was kind of bugged by that, when most of the stuff was done by Bob Anderson.
- Leaked ROTJ script details to the press in '82 or '83... the beginning of the end? lol.
- Signed "David Prowse is Darth Vader" on autographs for years and years. Recently, however, Lucas & Co. seemed to hear about this and told him to stop immediately.

..... Anything else? I also looked at this official site, and Lucasfilm told him that he was banned from appearing at Celebration V because had "burned too many bridges" with them.