- David Prowse: I didn't know that I was Luke Skywalker's father until I went to the cinema and saw it in the movie.
- Narrator: Every great story needs a villain. Our villain does not come from a distant world, nor is he the result of a Machiavellian plan conceived by a mad doctor. Our villain was born almost 80 years ago in a poor neighborhood in the city of Bristol, England.
- Robert Watts: So he looked like a superhero cause he had that physique. And that physique brought him into this film.It's not about his ability to act or not. It was about his ability to be himself.
- James Earl Jones: I'm simple sound effects. George has recently admitted that he.. when he hired David Prowse, he thought that was his Darth Vader. The guy who's over 6 foot, 6 1/2 feet tall
- Lou Ferrigno: When you think of Star Wars, the first thing you think... Darth Vader. He stands right out.