David Prowse, the actor in the Darth Vader suit, was still disgruntled more than twenty years after the movie's release about the fact that his voice was replaced by James Earl Jones. In an interview with the Canadian press, Prowse claimed that he was a victim of "reverse racism" because the cast had no black members, and the studio was worried they would lose a significant slice of the audience. However, Jones wasn't credited in the original movie, so no one knew a black actor voiced Vader. George Lucas said he dubbed Vader's dialogue because of Prowse's strong Bristol accent. The cast and crew's nickname for Prowse was Darth Farmer because he was from Dorset and had a pleasant British accent. He also often asked to re-do lines even though his voice was dubbed over later, and no one could see his mouth move.

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