James Earl Jones On Being The Voice Of Darth Vader

[Newenlightenmentnow]

Well I wouldn't have anybody else be Darth Vader's voice... I think it's George Lucas who lucked out. Without James Earl Jones, Darth Vader would just be some random villain.

[AlphaFoxtrot7790]

DAVID PROWSE ISN'T SCOTTISH! HE'S FROM BRISTOL!  =P

Happy Birthday to James Earl Jones!

[damarh]

$7000 even today is good money :D

What cost $7000 in 1977 would cost $24.888 in 2010.

[ndgh209]

@damarh wat about now 2012?

[92af]

James Earl Jones is a great actor

[baarbear]

Thumbs up if you believe that Vader would be half the villain he is today without James Earl Jones doing the vocal honors.

[mattmaggitti29]

Its Mustafa!

[Imdroppingdimes]

@mattmaggitti29 You mean Mufasa?

[TheDrYes]

so darth vader is a 6 ft stutterig black man from michigan lol

(i know prowse was the 6 ft one)

[Ol0fsson]

@TheDrYes Not 6 ft....6 ft 6.5 inches. for David Prowse.

[2kol4scool]

The original OG. Made star wars in my opinion

[shinumaruX]

mufasa!!

[JohnyAngelo]

7 000$ back then.. i bet this interview cost more.

[lanceyourlot]

O.k., I smiled when I watched that. :) This man embodies the magic of the films more than all the other actors combined.

[LordHannigan]

Voice on a movie that is still going strong that will celebrate 35 years this coming May.

[tangoman111]

wow only $7k to do the voice of DV? that's... well., i wouldnt say no to that actually. not in todays economy atleast... >.>

[AAAAAAdddddrrri]

gassymexican should have been darth vader

[ErinPrimette]

James Earl Jones would make a great voice role for Sin from Final Fantasy X!

[MrLotus2035]

I saw a clip of some guy who worked on StarWars saying that he thought David Prowse was some Scottish guy because of his accent, and we hear Jones repeat something similar here. The truth is David Prowse is from Bristol which is in the south west part of England and is as far south as London, it's nowhere near Scotland. lol

[LinusQvarnstrom]

@MrLotus2035 All they said in this video is that he had a Scottish ACCENT!

[TheSirPrise]

@LinusQvarnstrom Perhaps if you could move those sausage fingers to check the guy out before making presumptions. Americans have no knowledge of the outside world and you took what they said about the man literally?

[theairborne145]

imagine the voice on the kid if james earl jones and morgan freeman got busy together

[whotaughtyou]

STAY LIKE U S AIR FORCE BRUCE

[XSuperTortugaX]

James Earl Jones! Read my bed time storys Please!

[PCGamerNET]

What if Darth Vader's voice was a combination of Morgan Freeman and James Earl Jones' voice?

[privatealpha]

$7k back in 1970 is about $40k in todays money. Not bad for your first acting gig.

[MrCrazypython]

Still prefer him in Coming to America and The Lion King. Vader's too science fiction.

[GrandMasterSuperPhD]

damn.. 7k ... I wonder if for another 7k he would come to my party and do lines from Star Wars as we all get drunk !!!

lol... it would be awesome.

[Jvergakis]

7k pssssh u got jipped on payment

[MadSpectro7]

@Jvergakis Realize that:

1. This was 7k mid-70's dollars

2. George Lucas never expected Star Wars to be so successful.

[wietplantje100]

you are boring man ..

be someon more worth.  just computer Darthvader his voice and don't let this man get all the Credit for doing shiz

[ericamustang13]

@wietplantje100 The original Stars Wars was made in the 70's. They didn't have the best technology for computerizing one's voice.

[Gasketfuse]

@wietplantje100 I know, and what's up with the terrible stop-motion effects? Just use CGI, duh

[wietplantje100]

@Gasketfuse ok thx fag now pls stop crying.

[Jperrion24]

vader, mufasa, the king in coming to america, sandlot, villain in conan. he even came to my middle school over10 yrs ago to give a speech, awsome guy perfect for one of the greatest movies. oh he said GL wanted a 'darker' voice. racist prick lmao

[spideykoonrulz]

Mufasa!

[shaun056]

jesus christ he's not scottish



[AmzitheSoldier]

That's awesome he is voiced by a Black guy, he is the PERFECT person to voice Darth Vader <333

[jadedflames]

seven THOUSAND dollars.

[lilganstaer]

hes soo old!!!!!

[saeedsnne]

Mufasa!?

[MarianeitorSnape]

James Earl Jones and Alan Rickman....the best voices on hollywood EVER!!!

[corwin11412]

Simba, I am your father!

[videowilliams]

I'd say George Lucas is the one who lucked out. What a "special effect" this man was.

[cantfakethefunkdj]

voice of a king

[shsuman16]

who would dislike this video? whats to dislike? lol

[IHeartInuYasha100]

He has the best voice for fictional characters.... His voice always makes me believe whatever he says

[195ashes]

Wasn't he in To Kill a Mockingbird?

[MrMorrison226]

wow he does sound like him before they used the computer

[wavegroupbassplayer]

why do the ads i find cool, i can skip but the ones i don't care about i can;t??

[Trippze]

This fits perfectly with "I'm just a dude, playing a dude, disguised as another dude"

[JAyala7293]

back in 1977, getting paid for $7,000 for just voiceover work in a new sci-fi film, i say he made a lucky break

[WaterCrystalline]

7.000 dollars... omfg. 

[legokid371]

$7,000? WOW WOAH O_O

[legokid371]

HELLO VADER :P

[shroomnick]

FUCK ADDS!!!!!!!!!!!



[theforce93]

I love James Earl Jones so much, but saying David Prowse has a Scottish accent? Come on man he's from Bristol, practically opposite ends of the UK...

[AnthonyRF1996]

so he hired a guy, born in mississippi, raised in michigan, who stutters...... chills.

[gesichtsgroove]

where he talks like darth vader???? stupid vid.

[eggertstwart]

@gesichtsgroove It didn't say he was going to in the title or description, you vapid piece of shit.

[darcon81]

Luke, remember....Simba, I am your father...Akeem, uh...never mind.

[busitbaybay04]

three of the best voices of all time: James Earl Jones, Morgan Freeman, Barry White

[ummhmmlies]

Anakin is a black man in a scots body.

[dathwampeer]

@ummhmmlies OMG. Anakin is the Demo man.

[Awalker2210]

@ummhmmlies

with a british man's head

[TheViktorPutin]

@ummhmmlies ANAKIN IS DEMOMAN!

[TheSirPrise]

@ummhmmlies Yeah he's from Bristol genius.

[sayjaibow]

@ummhmmlies james earl jones is the dude voicing a dude disguised as another dude!

[Bonterjack]

omg mufasa

[macarina1]

7000$? JEEZ he should have at least gotten 50,000$

[Madman007]

Getting paid $7000 to supply the voice of the greatest villain of all time. Priceless!

[TheThompje]

omg this guys voice sounds like darthvader :D

[ScrubmanLowell]

What I love about James Earl Jones' voice is that it can either be scary and chilling, soothing and heart warming, or powerful and authoritative. If GOD had a voice, it would more than likely sound like James Earl Jone's voice!

[snakesrule5]

@ScrubmanLowell what about Morgan Freeman.

[ScrubmanLowell]

@snakesrule5 That works too. :)

[66ALicEiNCHaiNS06]

@ScrubmanLowell or Morgan freeman lol

[clammaster4]

@ScrubmanLowell stfu everyone saw bruce almighty

[MrFadsas]

@ScrubmanLowell God isn't real. Stop talking about him.

[RxFlecT]

@MrFadsas F U atheist

[alan2691995]

@RxFlecT ur a fag who believes a magic man created everything so stfu

[1999737]

@alan2691995 Religon disrespect. Tsk, tsk

[Awesomeoneofawesome]

@MrFadsas

Why must u turn this video about the voice of darth vader into a religious debate?

[Ducklord444]

@ScrubmanLowell sorry, the role in my mind has already been taken by morgan freeman. James Earle Jones can have the voice of the archangel Michael

[thepac12andbig10suck]

Is it bad that everytime i hear this guy, i get mad at scar?

[MrThreeNips]

Cool guy

[stryeker]

Mufasa!!!

[crunk4124]

Darth Vader is BLACK ?

[knightschwartz]

Like's dad is black?

[impofhighnoon]

Its not a scottish accent, he's from Cornwall!

[ascolti]

@impofhighnoon Yeah, great story. Except it's clearly total BS because Prowse has a west country accent. Hence the whole sketch by Bill Bailey (very, very funny).

[SuperLeftyPitcher]

hahaha darker voice



[numba1spartan]

Mark Hamill I... am your voice.

[Zebonka]

James Earl Jones is full of shit here, sorry :D "I am simply special effects". It could've been any ex-wrestling monkey in that suit, pointing his finger and walking around - but it's JEJ who makes the role work.

Damn JEJ for being such a noble, humble bastard.

[bobiszon666]

@Zebonka

it's true.JEJ's voice making vader a such interesting character not suit and mask

[prosperomage]

@Zebonka -- The other way around ... Special effects is what made the movie. So if James Earl Jones is the voice of special effects, he's the Voice of God for the saga.

[Murrman84]

If there is a God, and he does not have a voice like this, then all of my hope/faith will be lost...

[turbodude555]

He also did the "unos" in a Stargate episode. Couldn't miss him! :)

[Drpatrick777]

A darker voice....lol.

[xXDinoman1997Xx]

If James Earl Jones had helium pumped into his lungs, he'd still have a deep voice.

[Kreimehn]

I cannot imagine a better voice than the one possessed by James Earl Jones for the character of Vader.

[aylendexskelington96]

I wanna see Joker meet Darth Vader, then darth will wish he'd never been born just because he's been out-awesomed by his own son.

[The3ninjakids]

James Earl Jones also Said the name George in The Sandlot

[kingatowning]

7000 bucks....not a whole lot of money...back then it was still not all that great....

[youdosuck]

@kingatowning roughly $19,500 in today's money. not bad

[lightsabermario]

This was really before being solely a voice actor was considered a true profession. If voice acting had been more mainstream like it is now, he probably would have allowed himself to have a full credit and more money from the first Star Wars movie.

[oldjaguar]

I HATE STEVE BELLONE

[bioliam1234]

Oh my god it's darth vader!!!!1!

[Strikerklm96]

Com-scan has detected an...

[shaherrazam]

David Prowse is Scottish? Somebody had better let him know, and fast..

[leivasacade]

Simba, if you build it , the force will come...

[Trund27]

Geeeeorgeous voice....Ooooo

[donniskapic]

haha a DARKER voice

[DarrenBonJovi]

Is Prowse Scottish?

[mrsnooch]

@DarrenBonJovi No lol, he's from Somerset!

[superhornet69]

But don't you think he would have received a pretty hefty compensation by now, I mean in light of the fact that the whole franchise has been such a huge success? I have a hard time believeing he has only been paid $7,000 this whole time.

[getabox]

If I were James Earl Jones, I'd be making prank phone calls to Mark Hamill all the livelong day.

[NomadRepublic]

@getabox lolololol

[Nizzemancer]

@getabox

JEJ: Hey Mark, this is your father speaking.

MH: HEHEHAHAHAHAHOHOHOHOOOOOOOO, What's the matter Bats?

JEJ: Nonono, it's me, James Earl Jones.

MH: I know man, I was just messing with you.

[dil007britt]

@getabox

Mark Hamill would reply with the joker voice

[TheMasterOfDiscovery]

@getabox I wouldn't do that if I were him, you know what happens when Mark Hamill laughs...

[JFCamden]

@getabox I'd be terrified to prank call the clown prince of crime. 

[JCReaP]

@getabox LOL, you're great!

[chakdeindiasidd]

@getabox see but then james earl jones would be getting calls from the joker

[NikKast1981]

@getabox Nice one :)

[44Minutes100]

James Earl Johnes and Cristopher Lee.....Two voices for which I sell my soul to get them !!!

[TangeClown]

hes also MUFASSA!!? i love this man!

[squamish4244]

He said on Conan I think that he used to have a CB radio in his car to talk to truckers with and it would freak them out because over it he sounded just like Darth Vader. His handle was also "Darth Vader" as well, that probably didn't help.

[TheFirebelly]

when I listen to him just talk...I can decide if hes a very scary sounding Mufasa, or a very kind sounding Darth Vader.......

[VaultSparten]

so he wanted a *darker* voice. Heh.

[Smael64]

hope they gave him more money later

[SaraNightfire1]

I'm more amazed that he stutters. I've heard about the condition before. It's amazing he became so famous with that kind of handicap. I didn't even notice it only they mentioned it. And yeah, 7k isn't that much even back then. Course, he wasn't famous and was probably amazed to even be offered that. He's an amazing voice actor with very humble beginnings. Thanks for sharing this. :)

[andrewsurtees]

It'd be surprising if Prowse had a Scottish accent as he's not from Scotland. He's from Bristol and that is a WEST COUNTRY accent.

[Plur307]

It would be funny if he went to a Star Wars convention as Darth Vader.  Everybody would be blown away at how good of a Darth Vader impression he could do.

[kaine180]

@TheKotoriSinger that would be why he sounds like him then =p

[HenryFeefan]

holy fuck i wish i sounded like this

[Thejordlord23]

I find your lack of payment disturbing

[asnabelgur]

@Thejordlord23 It was alot of money back in 1977.Also,Star Wars was not expected to become a hit.

[tworingsthreebracele]

@kaine180 he is mufasa

[abes10]

@kaine180 its because it is....

[dragonbreathstinks]

@kaine180 He is.

[MrPaulywag]

@kaine180 Simba, I am your father.

[Trund27]

@MrPaulywag Nice one!!!

[Elthenar]

@MrPaulywag So simple, yet so god damned funny.

[Ghostblood1334]

@kaine180 he is the voice actor for Mufasa

[fighterace0]

@kaine180 ummm... I AMM Mufasa

[cowboymarchingband1]

@kaine180 he did mufasa's voice to

[36biohazard]

@kaine180 I can clearly see in the related videos on the right, second one down is "Jones on playing mufasa"

[kaine180]

@36biohazard I clearly put that befor I saw the video on the right.

[marcelinhovr]

I want to hear him on sulfuric hexafluoret

[racefan32]

$7,000, The original SW cost about $10,000,000 to make.

I wonder how much he got for the other two movies?

[Alive4Metal]

He didn't get to be just a voice, he became a legend

[777Harlequin]

This...is CNN.

[Megalodon64]

If they ever make a movie based on Halo he should play the voice of the Arbiter

[o5pr3y]

@Megalodon64 Why not just get Keith David? He's also an actor.

[Megalodon64]

@o5pr3y screw that. James Earl Jones is better

[o5pr3y]

@Megalodon64 I agree with you there, I also prefer James Earl Jones in any other case. But it just seems pointless to change the voice. Hell I bet Keith David is even cheaper. But we all know they'll go the even cheaper route and get some new Hollywood "it" guy like Taylor Lautner, or Seth Rogen, who would destroy the role XD

[Megalodon64]

@o5pr3y or even worse. Robert Pattinson XD

[o5pr3y]

@Megalodon64 hahahaah! That actually got a literal LOL out of me.

[assassinman37]

@Megalodon64 Hell YEAH!

[moviebuff3000]

@Megalodon64 I still prefer Keith David.

[Dragoj419]

@Megalodon64 True, and awesome idea!

[JaggedEdgeFJ]

@Megalodon64 : That's a fucking great suggestion man! :D

[wacfilms]

Now I like Morgan Freemans voice.

But I think James Earl Jones has the true voice of god!

\m/

[121jakethesnake]

@wacfilms I think Christopher Lee would also make a good candidate for God's voice. Do you agree?

[wacfilms]

@121jakethesnake He's got a good voice indeed and i could see it as gods voice.

[imuramster3456]

Chocolate rain guys father.

[EIN771]

his enthusiasm is inspiring.. you don't see that with many other actors.. people who *enjoyed* playing a part.. makes it a better movie imo

[92chillwill]

He's being very modest. His voice is more Darth Vader than David Prowse's body ever was.

[O2STK2]

Can you imagine Star Wars without James Earl Jones? (shudders)

[solticpanzer]

Don't sell yourself short Mr. Jones.

You are not a special effect.

Your voice IS Darth Vader.

[TylerMcNamerRULES]

James Earl Jones can speak to your very soul.

[jorgehunt]

say it!!!! just say " you dont know tha power of the dark side" just say it plsease !!! LOL