R.I.P David Prowse
 
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To all SSC Station occupants

Thank you for the donations over the past year (2024), it is much appreciated. I am still trying to figure out how to migrate the forums to another community software (probably phpbb) but in the meantime I have updated the forum software to the latest version. SSC has been around a while so their is some very long time members here still using the site, thanks for making SSC home and sorry I haven't been as vocal as I should be in the forums I will try to improve my posting frequency.

Thank you again to all of the members that do take the time to donate a little, it helps keep this station functioning on the outer reaches of space.

-D1-

R.I.P David Prowse

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Darth Vader is dead, R.I.P David Prowse also known to a generation of kids here in Britain as the green cross code man.

 

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Topic starter Posted : November 29, 2020 05:33
DarkOne
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So in Episode VI in the death scene, when Darth's helmet was off was that David Prowse? Haha what a choice to redo the dialog because yeah the original voice in this video doesn't sound too menacing 🙂

RIP David 

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Posted : November 29, 2020 13:04
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99 Star General

No the death scene in Jedi was played by another actor, he was nicked named Darth Farmer by his co stars on Star Wars and just looking at the green cross code advert, that' not his voice ether. 

 

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Topic starter Posted : November 29, 2020 14:13
Gaius Konstantine
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Sorry to hear this. The voice may have been James, but the menacing hulk of a man prowling like a violence contained was all David... RIP.

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Posted : December 1, 2020 02:41
Geraldine
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Your right Pinback, in the original ads he was voiced over. However...

RIP David Prowse, thanks for saving generations of kids around busy roads and for being the baddest character ever in sci-fi...you legend.

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Posted : December 2, 2020 13:06
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Geraldine
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Lets flip this, Green Cross Man turns to the Darkside. Maybe not as dramatic as the scene from Episode III but I think it has a quality all of it's own. 😎 

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Posted : December 3, 2020 16:42
Cody
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RIP David Prowse, thanks for saving generations of kids around busy roads

And before the Green Cross Man, there was Tufty Fluffytail.

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Posted : December 3, 2020 18:23
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That took me a good few moments to recall but your right Cody. 👍 

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Posted : December 3, 2020 19:34
Cody
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Posted by: @geraldine

That took me a good few moments to recall

Were you a member of the Tufty Club? Very popular among kids, back in the day!
On road safety, we even had cycling proficiency lessons from the local bobby.

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Posted : December 4, 2020 06:46
Geraldine
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Although I remember it, the problem was that kids in the 70s in Scotland tended to do other things, like join the Sea, RAF or Army Cadets or the Scouts and Girl Guides. None of these tho could touch the number 1 thing for 70s Scottish kids to do, that was sitting around the city centres and watching all the drunks fighting each other every Friday and Saturday night. It was far better than anything on the telly! Bowie was right...

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Posted : December 4, 2020 07:08
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I had the pleasure of spending some time in Glasgow in the '70s - no mean city! This lady could sing...

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Posted : December 4, 2020 07:50
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