darth_ender said:

That article leads me to wonder what bridges exactly did Prowse burn? He claims to have been unaware of the "I am your father" secret until the film's premiere, yet Lucas supposedly cut off most contact after he leaked that secret. I know first instinct here is to accuse Lucas of being paranoid, selfish, egotistical, or whatnot, but does anyone really know why Prowse was cut off? This question probably merits its own thread, but I don't feel like starting one.

Theres actually an untold story about Prowse that I haven't seen on the net before and was related to me from a friend who helped on the Men Behind the Masks tour, a convention tour of Prowse, Bullock, Kenny Baker, Mahew etc that happened during the mid 90s. This came from a conversation with the other cast members.

Prowse as you known was fond of talking to the press but there was a female member of the press (he may not have known she was press) he had taken a fancy too. So he decided to take her on the tour of the set, the carbon freezing chamber set!

Now before Empire came out, the real big secret of the film wasn't so much the Luke/Father aspect, but that Han Solo doesn't make it to the end of the film. Somebody caught Prowse bringing this women to the set and the rest is history.