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1 posted on 09/25/2017 9:48:18 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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George Lucas ended up real crazy and angry at Prowse for some reason fathomable only to Lucas.
From what I can gather, Prowse is a likeable enough fellow.


2 posted on 09/25/2017 9:54:16 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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David Prowse spoke at my college about 40 years ago. Nice fellow. Thing I remember is he had auditioned to be Superman and was a bit put off to discover Hollywood felt only an American could play the part.


3 posted on 09/25/2017 9:54:17 PM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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Prowse played the Green Cross Code Man in a series of public safety ads having to do with teaching kids to cross the streets safely.

(The car that comes close to hitting the kids is a 1975 Austin Allegro.)
4 posted on 09/25/2017 10:02:13 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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Prowse also was the guy who helped Christopher Reeve bulk up for his role in the first Superman movie.
5 posted on 09/25/2017 10:09:40 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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Here’s a true story about meeting David Prowse. He was at a memorabilia show at the Montgomery Fairgrounds in Gaithersburg, Md in the early 2000’s along with his son, and Peter Mayhew, Chewbacca, and others.

After I got his autograph on a beautiful color picture (also featuring Billy Dee Williams and Bobba Fett Jeremey Bullock), I asked him where Chewie was. He pointed over to a man stretched out on a chair and said “Never wake a wookie”.

I took his advice and finally got Mayhew’s autograph. I also one bought a couple packs of Star Wars Evolution series cards that were lying around a Walmart and in them was a Chewbacca autograph.

That day I actually got three autographs at two different stores, one of them being Mitch Pileggi from X Files The Movie (have two of the same autograph from two different stories).

Ah the memories of the past.


9 posted on 09/26/2017 12:22:34 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: nickcarraway

There is (or at least was) on Netflix a great biography on Dave Prowse called “I Am Your Father.”

Spoiler Alert: Dave Prowse was not born on Tatooine.


10 posted on 09/26/2017 12:29:54 AM PDT by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: nickcarraway

The burning question: does Vader take a knee in this video?


11 posted on 09/26/2017 12:39:14 AM PDT by Yardstick
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An old co-worker of mine has a sister who’s married to Prowse. Once a year, they come to Colorado for a visit and often just stay at his house. I remember him saying “Yeah, there’s nothing quite like taking a 2am trip to the kitchen, only to suddenly see the large dark silhouette of Darth Vader exiting the hallway bathroom.”


13 posted on 09/26/2017 1:19:03 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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Had the privilege of meeting Prowse at a sci-fi con in east Canada over 20 years back. He taught us a little song (to the Star Wars theme) “Star Wars/Made me a fortune/Paid off the mortgage/Bought a new car!”


15 posted on 09/26/2017 2:35:40 AM PDT by coydog (Time to feed the pigs!)
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First time I saw him was A Clockwork Orange. He had a rather impressive physique. A 'cheeky' fellow, you might say...
16 posted on 09/26/2017 3:51:35 AM PDT by DJ Frisat (Hey, what happened to my clever tag line?!)
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This has been sad for me. I met Dave right after Star Wars and we’ve been friends ever since. He took me to the Empire set and introduced me to George Lucas who gave him the cold shoulder. On one U.K. trip we went to a children’s event and he was dressed as the Green Cross Man, very impressive - the kids loved him. We’ve spent many good times over the years in the US and U.K. I walked with him to the London medical clinic when he was going to get checked for what turned out to be arthritis that has crippled him over the years since then, and five years ago his memory became a slight problem. I saw him late last year in Texas and still hope to see him again.


17 posted on 09/26/2017 4:14:47 AM PDT by Moonmad27
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Ping!


19 posted on 09/26/2017 12:56:50 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: nickcarraway

He must have been in a bunch of other stuff, because standing there pointing at actors in front of a blue screen while James Earl Jones says your lines doesn’t make you much of an actor in my book.


21 posted on 09/26/2017 2:52:34 PM PDT by Magnatron
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