Show Dark Side of the Force Thomas Staff Writer The dark side of the force was alive and well in downtown Salt Lake as David the the actor who portrayed Darth Vader in the Star Wars trilogy trilogy spoke spoke at at ata a mini-convention mini last month sponsored Co-sponsored by Comics Utah Barnes Noble Bookstores and hosted at the Quality Inn the event was part of the ongoing ongoing ongoing ongo ongo- ing Star Wars anniversary celebration celebration celebration cel cel- cel- cel which will conclude in May 1997 Besides offering an intimate Q autograph A session the convention featured a the scenes look at Star Wars an auction of rare collectibles collectibles collectibles col col- col- col and a wide variety of booths selling T-shirts T comic books action figures trading cards and specialty items spoke with fans for over an hour showing slides and regaling them with anecdotes from his year 30 career A former British Bodybuilder champion began acting inthe in inthe inthe the mid taking roles in The Avengers several Hammer horror films an embarrassing episode of Dr Who and two separate roles opposite Peter Sellers in Casino Royale His first starring role was in a 1974 Russ Roger Meyer Ebert film entitled The Black Snake about barbarism and slavery in The role that was instrumental to tomy tomy tomy my career was playing bodyguard to the writer in A Clockwork Orange I got a lot of parts due to directors thinking that if I was good enough for Kubrick I was good enough for anyone For Star Wars Wars' was offered his choice between and Darth Vader because of his imposing height and musculature ture but he opted for Darth The thought of wearing all of that hair around for 8 to 12 hour stretches was inconceivable The only time I wasn't in Star Wars was the death of Obi For some reason George Lucas used a stuntman's foot to stomp around on the empty robes His least favorite film of the trilogy trilogy trilogy gy is Return of the Jedi due to what he called story storyline line differences He didn't think they should have killed Vader off Just like every other fan Darth Vader himself was shocked to discover discover discover dis dis- dis- dis cover he was Luke father They overdubbed my voice with James E Earl rl Jones' Jones and apparently apparent apparent- ly made some changes after my bit was done Fans who stayed home missed an informative and entertaining afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon of dark fi fi fun fun- with one of the most notorious villains of the genre However is presenting presenting presenting pre pre- pre pre- a Star Trek convention in February and there are more on the way Information on upcoming events vents is available by calling at |