Review of Elstree 1976 (2015) by Henri N — 13 May 2016
Another chapter in the ever scouring documentaries focusing in and around Star Wars, in this case it is almost 20 Feet from Stardom for the background players from a Galaxy far far away including Bigg Darklighter, the original Rogue Leader, the Stormtrooper helmut guy and two of the elder generation of famous actors who are on the fringes David Prowse aka the body of Darth Vader and Jeremy Bullock who played Bobba Fett.
Nothing really relevatory new here outside of the various actors scraping by and talking about luckily happening upon the blockbuster role of a lifetime and then living role to role con to con afterwards.
The most complelling story seems to be of David Prowse since he obviously had some quarrels with Lucas about how Vader was handled in terms of the voice overs especially that eventually made him persona non grata at all officially sanctioned Star Wars events.
If there was a doc strictly made about him it would have been something more dramatic and special methinks. Otherwise just a curiosity amongst many.
This review of Elstree 1976 (2015) was written by Henri N on 13 May 2016.
Elstree 1976 has generally received mixed reviews.
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