David Prowse Almost Ruined TESB!

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/David-Prowse-Could-Have-Ruined-The-Empire-Strike-Back-21655.html

The twist at the end of The Empire Strikes Back is easily one of the
greatest of all time, if not the greatest. It's hard to imagine a time
when it was an actual surprise, but there's little doubt that gasps
were heard in audiences around the country in 1980. Too bad that actor
David Prowse almost screwed the pooch.

The Retroist has uncovered a newspaper article from 1978 in which
Prowse, whose claim to fame is being the guy in the Darth Vader suit,
revealed that the Dark Lord of the Sith was, in fact, the father of
everyone's favorite Tattooine farm-boy. The article was found and cut
out by the poster's mother, who knew that her son was a big Star Wars
fan, and he has kept the article ever since.

What makes the story even more interesting is a piece of lesser-known
Star Wars trivia. In their write-up, io9 pointed out that there was
very little chance that Prowse really knew what was going on and what
the twist would be. According to the site, the original script called
for Darth Vader to tell young Luke that Obi-Wan killed his father and
considering that James Earl Jones' voice would be dubbed in anyway
(and Luke would have the same reaction to both pieces of news, there's
no reason why Prowse would have known about the paternity two years
before the film came out (Hell, in the article he says that the
surprise comes at the end of "Star Wars III."

When you consider the fact that the internet has become, ostensibly,
spoiler central, it's fun to know that movies were still being ruined
more than 30 years ago. You can check out the full article below or
see it full-sized over at The Retroist.

(scan of the original article is posted at the link)

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