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Bob Anderson, the Man Behind Vader's Lightsaber, Dies at 89

Posted by timothy on from the sad-news-for-the-new-year dept.

An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from Australia's ABC News: "Bob Anderson, an Olympic swordsman who staged fights for films including the Star Wars and Lord of the Rings trilogy, has died at the age of 89. ... Anderson donned Darth Vader's black helmet and fought light-saber battles in two of the three original Star Wars films, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, but his role was not initially publicized." The accompanying video clips are great; I never thought about anyone being in the Vader suit besides David Prowse.

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  1. Obligatory Family Guy by antifoidulus · · Score: 3, Funny

    What would Star Wars have been like if James Earl Jones also did the stunts? RIP, they don't make guys that can do all the special effects without green screens like you anymore.

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    Monstar L
  2. Re:Meanwhile... by paintballer1087 · · Score: 5, Funny

    the real guy behind Darth Vador

    -5 Nerd points

    the real guy behind Darth Vader

    FTFY

  3. Re:Meanwhile... by formfeed · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fun tidbit: in French, Darth Vader is named "Dark Vador", R2D2 is "D2R2", C3PO is "Z6PO"

    JigJag

    With the strict language laws, shouldn't it be "Vader noir" ?
    (And all the other main characters un-postable on ASCII centric /. )