VIDEO: Prowse suiting up as Vader, 1976

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OK, I realize that this may have been posted years ago, so before I get JediFyfe'd on this.... it's new to me, and I think bears a repeat viewing.

I had only ever seen a small portion of this clip, the few seconds of Prowse donning the Vader dome on the original "Making of Star Wars" TV special from the 1970s.
This clip is a minute and a half, and for some reason I find it fascinating. Especially when Prowse yawns at the 28 second mark.

Hard to believe this was 40 years ago...




BONUS


Here is a 1980 interview with Prowse and the ESB suit... notice the RAW, unmodified flash handle on the Vader suit, and Prowse says, "No, that's not the one I use"

 
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I can almost hear the tabs clicking together when the helmet is set on the mask.

Also, who's gonna be the one to start a whole research thread to replicate that Graflex?:lol
 
nice to see these again, thanks..... IIRK. lucasfilm effectively "sacked/disowned" Prowse after his comments in the second interview clip because of his "black/negro voice" comments........ When I saw Prowse at a convention in Harrisbug, PA, in the late 90s, he was vocally critical of George.....
 
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nice to see these again, thanks..... IIRK. lucasfilm effectively "sacked/disowned" Prowse after his comments in the second interview clip because of his "black/negro voice" comments........ When I saw Prowse at a convention in Harrisbug, PA, in the late 90s, he was vocally critical of George.....

I don't think it was comments like that.....in fact, at a time before political correctness,....he spoke very delicately in that clip,....& that was edited for a kids TV show.....it was his comments to the press about the plot,...or what he thought was the plot

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nice to see these again, thanks..... IIRK. lucasfilm effectively "sacked/disowned" Prowse after his comments in the second interview clip because of his "black/negro voice" comments........ When I saw Prowse at a convention in Harrisbug, PA, in the late 90s, he was vocally critical of George.....

He wasn't much better in Pittsburgh around that time either when I saw him. He was the only person in the entire comicon that was selling autographs and it wasn't going over as well as I think he'd hoped.
 
I think there are a few that have already pieced that one together, mine only needs. A lick of paint at the top :)

Silver -UNmodified- Kobold flash unit (D-ring added), shoven into a Graflex top (no glass-eye, no red button), partially painted.
A couple of these builds surfaced already, yes :)
 
For some reason I thought there was a front and back underneath the top of the helmet. Mind Blown, and I feel a little silly :lol
 
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