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Mike_Stanton
09/10/22 5:40:51 PM
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Anakin didn't have a British accent in the prequels, but as soon as he puts on the mask he suddenly has a British accent. wtf?

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HylianFox
09/10/22 5:43:15 PM
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'ello gov'nah

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MedeaLysistrata
09/10/22 5:43:29 PM
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What causes accents and voices and stuff... Ok I'm slightly more swayed to that focus area. But I think any universal linguistics is going to have similar accents show up in different places

I think this is a logical topic and not a dialectical topic though

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R1masher
09/10/22 5:44:41 PM
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its like a swagger thing, like when you put on a brand new pair of drawers you just strut with an English gait

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itachi15243
09/10/22 5:45:10 PM
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Thee mask made his voice imposing iirc. Maybe they just thought that was imposing?

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HylianFox
09/10/22 5:46:04 PM
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Why does Hayden Christensen suddenly sound like James Earl Jones

This is CNN

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Hayame_Zero
09/10/22 5:47:01 PM
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It's not really British, but more classically theatrical and pseudo Transatlantic.

That's how James Earl Jones acts in most of his roles

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Delta_Force
09/10/22 5:48:04 PM
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He doesn't, he fakes it in tribute/honor to his wife Pandamame.

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Mike_Stanton
09/10/22 5:48:19 PM
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HylianFox posted...
Why does Hayden Christensen suddenly sound like James Earl Jones

This is CNN
Well that part is tolerable because it's like asking why James Earl Jones suddenly sounded like Sebastian Shaw in ROTJ? At least Shaw was British though.

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Mike_Stanton
09/10/22 5:48:45 PM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

"The powah of the dahk side!"

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Mike_Stanton
09/10/22 5:50:18 PM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

"I am your fathah!"

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HylianFox
09/10/22 5:50:30 PM
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Mike_Stanton posted...
Well that part is tolerable because it's like asking why James Earl Jones suddenly sounded like Sebastian Shaw in ROTJ? At least Shaw was British though.

Not to mention the guy who actually wore the suit didn't sound like either of them.

There's like, 4 Darth Vaders in reality

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LeoRavus
09/10/22 5:57:05 PM
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I don't think it's a British accent until he talks to Luke with his helmet off in RotJ

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MedeaLysistrata
09/10/22 5:58:09 PM
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Is this a prequel joke or something

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itachi15243
09/10/22 6:00:13 PM
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LeoRavus posted...
I don't think it's a British accent until he talks to Luke with his helmet off in RotJ

The guy that played him was Scottish iirc. He just talked in his normal voice.

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Mike_Stanton
09/10/22 6:18:29 PM
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LeoRavus posted...
I don't think it's a British accent until he talks to Luke with his helmet off in RotJ
idk it always seemed like JEJ was trying to emulate a British accent when voicing Vader.

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spikethedevil
09/10/22 6:21:11 PM
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itachi15243 posted...
The guy that played him was Scottish iirc. He just talked in his normal voice.

Scotland is part of Britain.

TC do you mean an English, Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish accent?

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Chicken
09/10/22 6:22:53 PM
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Nnnnnnnooooooooooooooooooooooooo -in british

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coolguyjimmy
09/10/22 6:23:26 PM
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Since Star Wars predates modern Earth, it isn't a British accent.
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Mike_Stanton
09/10/22 6:26:10 PM
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spikethedevil posted...
Scotland is part of Britain.

TC do you mean an English, Scottish, Welsh or Northern Irish accent?
I (Butters) think you are splitting hairs my friend.

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Blade_Trinity
09/10/22 6:50:21 PM
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itachi15243 posted...
The guy that played him was Scottish iirc. He just talked in his normal voice.
English, from Bristol.

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spikethedevil
09/10/22 6:53:53 PM
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Mike_Stanton posted...
I (Butters) think you are splitting hairs my friend.

Not really.

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Hornswoggled
09/10/22 7:01:49 PM
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Why are there British accents at all?

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Sariana21
09/10/22 7:06:29 PM
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Its not British; its more Shakespearean. Which probably isnt what Shakespeare or actors of that era sounded like at all, but thats beside the point.

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CyricZ
09/10/22 7:13:54 PM
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It's clipped high-class Coruscanti. He's always hanging around those snooty Imperial officers so he picked up a bit of it.

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