Re: David Prowse Almost Ruined TESB!

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

> 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.

Um, name and date of the paper, please?

I see that The Retroist says the article comes from "late 1978".  I guess 
that fits timewise, since the 2nd draft of the Empire screenplay -- which 
deleted the ghost of Luke's original father and turned Darth Vader into 
Luke's new father -- was written by Lucas in April 1978.  (Leigh Brackett 
wrote the 1st draft, in which Luke is visited by the ghost of his father, 
in February 1978.  Lawrence Kasdan got involved in October 1978.)

But supposedly, as noted, no one on set was told that Vader was Luke's 
father, with the exception of Mark Hamill, who was told just moments 
before the scene was shot.  (David Prowse said something *else*, and they 
let him do this because they were going to overdub his dialogue with James 
Earl Jones anyway.  Interestingly, Jones says he was convinced, at the 
time he recorded the dialogue, that Vader was lying.)

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