An iconic voice – RIP James Earl Jones

The man, the icon, the voice has passed. 

For me he’ll always be Darth Vader, but he had so many outstanding roles.

May he rest in power.

Ah man, that’s sad.

93.  Not a bad innings.

That IS sad. 🙁

the voice

this. RIP JEJ

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2024/sep/09/james-earl-jones

All this stuff just chips away at bits of my childhood. : -(

: ( RIP JEJ.

It was all so traumatic he developed a stammer that lasted into his teens. It got so bad that, for some time, he was unable to speak, and communicated only in writing.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c903841w145o

He makes this work perfectly.

RIP King Jaffe Joffer, ruler of Zamunda. He tied his own shoelaces once; it was an overrated experience.

He had what could quite probably prove to be the greatest voice in all of history.

I always remember him for Roots, probably because it was the first thing I remember seeing him in. But yeah, Darth Vader was such an iconic role.

He had what could quite probably prove to be the greatest voice in all of history.

I am genuinely struggling to think of anyone else!

Morgan Freeman?

He had what could quite probably prove to be the greatest voice in all of history.

Think people with other native languages  might debate this one…

And I’m with @hightensionline – Coming to America was his finest film 🙂

rip mr jones 🙁

he was the first  guest to star on sesame street

This clips nearly as old as YouTube  – it’s quite good fun – but it shows why his voice worked so well in that role. A sort of authoritative wisdom thats been earned. Starwars would later go back and make all the backstory to the character – but it was served better in peoples imagination just with the voice

For some reason I found this ridiculously funny when I first saw it (and still do):

Lucasfilm has put out a little tribute.

https://www.starwars.com/news/james-earl-jones

For some reason I found this ridiculously funny when I first saw it (and still do):

Fun fact: TBBT is the first time they actually met.  JEJ was doing voicework so wasn’t on set during filming.

And when they met, Fisher ran up to him shouting ‘Dad!’