During a conversation with George Lucas at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, the 'Star Wars' creator addressed some longstanding criticisms of his franchise for a perceived lack of diversity in its cast. 'They would say, ‘It’s all white men.' Most of the people are aliens!' he noted.
  • Skullgrid@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Lucas didn’t realise until after filming that there wasn’t a black actor in the whole movie, which kinda dismayed him and led them to hire James Earl Jones.

    The original voice is pretty fun :

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQFho0_G1VI

    David Prowse did the vocal takes seriously too. People may recognise him in Clockwork orange as the writer in the wheelchair’s … bodyguard? Servent?