WWE star Sheamus confirmed to play...Darth Vader?!
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Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
I think you're forgetting that part where they burn his body at the end of Jedi.
one of the new characters is probably gonna be his apprentice, so he'll appear in some flashbacks
UnlovedJew
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They really are gonna screw this movie up, aren't they?
Interesting although it will probably be a force vision
Emperor's Sith Spark + extra suit and shuttle = NOOOOO
Emperor's Sith Spark + extra suit and shuttle = NOOOOO
Wreck-It Ralph
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This is the dumbest rumor about anything ever.
JeTmAn81
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Or the part where you see his freakin' ghost at the end (played by two different actors over time since the 2004 Lucas changes).
Flashbacks maybe?
Vader didn't have an apprentice. Unless they say he did and it's Max von Sydow.
He wasn't wearing the costume though.
Edit: I realized your point.
BronsonLee
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Starkiller be sad now
he hid him/her from the Emperor!
lol MVS would be great, oldest apprentice ever
"Am I a Sith now? I'm 92 years old"
"nope, keep studying, maybe next year"
BobTheFork
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HHH to bury Vader Confirmed.
Forget about the timeline and whether it's in some flashback. CAN WE PLEASE JUST GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM VADER AND IMAGERY FOR HIM?
The biggest problem with the prequels in general for me was trying to make Vader Space JEsus. It's like all three movie just existed to get Anakin in that suit. They need to find something else to promote the movie with.
Also just like the prequels, if vader appears just once in the suit then it's an excuse to sell vader merch even if he has nothing to do with the movies.
Forget about the timeline and whether it's in some flashback. CAN WE PLEASE JUST GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM VADER AND IMAGERY FOR HIM?
The biggest problem with the prequels in general for me was trying to make Vader Space JEsus. It's like all three movie just existed to get Anakin in that suit. They need to find something else to promote the movie with.
Also just like the prequels, if vader appears just once in the suit then it's an excuse to sell vader merch even if he has nothing to do with the movies.
Lord of Castamere
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Wait... This isn't a Kayfabe article?
A Serious Man
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There are three possibilities here.
1. Vader appears in a flashback or dream.
2. JJ is just fucking with us.
3. The climax of the film is a Vader/Solo space wheelchair race through the trench of the new, third Death Star.
1. Vader appears in a flashback or dream.
2. JJ is just fucking with us.
3. The climax of the film is a Vader/Solo space wheelchair race through the trench of the new, third Death Star.
Punchy4486
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apparently he already played the role in promotionnal tours.
Well, fuck.
Though it's funny to think that this was Sheamus all along.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIdK7IiTp4U
Woody Invincible
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So will Sheamus be the newest ghost at the end of Jedi?
FO-totality
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if it's more than just a flashback stuff, then we're in trouble, boyos.
Schweinehund
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Ret con time
More likely flash back or force apparation/holo recording
More likely flash back or force apparation/holo recording
Hypemaster
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Vader's ghost returns and strikes back.
George Oscar Bluth II
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Wut
The Silver
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He could easily show up in some Sith holocron thing.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Vader could be getting his own spinoff movie... it could tie in with Star Wars: Rebels. Or maybe he's just voicing Vader in Rebels?
MarauderShields
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Sounds like complete nonsense but because its Star Wars everyone will believe it and overreact.
sixteen-bit
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And put James Earl Jones out of a job?
infinityBCRT
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A) this is not confirmed at all, the thread topic is misleading, its all speculation on speculation
B) if it's ACTUALLY Vader, it will be a flashback
C) if it's not a flashback, it's going to be someone imitating Vader
D) whoever is the actor, it won't be their voice. James Earl Jones wasn't the actor for Vader in any of the movies-- only his voice. Maybe they won't use James Earl Jones (he said he's not in the movie), but they've started using other actors for Darth Vader (such as the Chad Vader guy who sounds exactly like the James Earl Jones Vader).
B) if it's ACTUALLY Vader, it will be a flashback
C) if it's not a flashback, it's going to be someone imitating Vader
D) whoever is the actor, it won't be their voice. James Earl Jones wasn't the actor for Vader in any of the movies-- only his voice. Maybe they won't use James Earl Jones (he said he's not in the movie), but they've started using other actors for Darth Vader (such as the Chad Vader guy who sounds exactly like the James Earl Jones Vader).
They don't even need to add a transparent effect to him
aparisi2274
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What the what??
How or why would Vader be in this?? that makes no sense...
How or why would Vader be in this?? that makes no sense...
Big dude in a costume is about the only requirement, so possible. But even if it's just a few gestures it does require some acting.
WWE is all acting, but does Sheamus have any movie experience? Even a minor role in a WWE movie? Batista did have movie experience before getting the Guardians gig.
I have a hard time believing that Star Wars casting would hire a complete noob for the role. But having a recognizable face for marketing purposes could make it possible, but there still seems like an endless amount of possibilities from actors with actual movie experience.
WWE is all acting, but does Sheamus have any movie experience? Even a minor role in a WWE movie? Batista did have movie experience before getting the Guardians gig.
I have a hard time believing that Star Wars casting would hire a complete noob for the role. But having a recognizable face for marketing purposes could make it possible, but there still seems like an endless amount of possibilities from actors with actual movie experience.
Hmm. Well, it could be that Vader kept a bunch of clones handy. And it could be that midichlorians retain the "essence" of the original, so the revived clones would have no memory of the
Orrrrr it could be that the Vader that showed up at the end of Jedi was a clone all along!
Come on, we're talking billions of dollars of merchandising here, they're not going to let a little thing like good storytelling get in the way.
SymbiantXenos
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I hear the shockmaster is going for a role as a storm trooper.
Lord of Castamere
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This is seriously the funniest thing I've heard all day. I keep busting out in uncontrollable laughter every time I think of this. Beautiful.
A) Nope, not confirmed yet but a lot of actors have "confirmed" stuff like this this way before.
B) Maybe, maybe not.
C) This is not confirmed at all.
D) I feel like the major complaint is not the voice but the fact that Darth Vader (and all the old farts from the original movie) is in this movie.
Money is on this. Possibly a flashback as well.
gutter_trash
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pretty much this, talk one way when speaking to Vader & Moff Tarkin then go full 180 when speaking to Han & Luke
obligatory
Frustrated_Grunt
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Yeah, Sheamus has to be fucking with us. I don't care if he's going to be in a suit in a flashback, I just can't see it.
Bluekaveli
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FAIL!
You... Don't know what a flashback is, do you?
MisterHero
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I don't doubt it. He's got the skin for old messed up Vader!
kurtrussell
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Wow.
Confirmed: The whole jedi empire thing was all just about potatoes.
Confirmed: The whole jedi empire thing was all just about potatoes.
Nicely played :lol
Buddha Beam
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This could be interesting. I like everything I've seen of Ep VII so far, so I'm not going to go all negative on this. I suspect it'll be more akin to like a flashback or apparition or something.
I seem to recall there once being a rumor that someone had gotten ahold of the Vader suit or something, though.
I seem to recall there once being a rumor that someone had gotten ahold of the Vader suit or something, though.
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