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Dark_Lord_THX_1138 Registered: Jun '09	Date Posted: 6/20 4:28am Subject: Why did Anakin's accent change?
	I had a feeling he was born in Canada, I just didn't want to post it incase I was wrong!
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Shadowman82 Registered: Jun '09	Date Posted: 6/20 10:50pm Subject: Why did Anakin's accent change?
	lol regardless of where he was born he's not a good actor . If Lucas auditioned a bunch of actors for Anakin in AOTC I wonder how bad the others were if Hayden was the best one .
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xx_Anakin_xx Registered: Jan '08	Date Posted: 6/21 1:42am Subject: Why did Anakin's accent change?
	I thought Hayden did a top notch job as both Anakin and the newly fallen Vader. His vocals went from soft, mellow and...well normal, to clipped or reaspy screaming as Vader. OT Vader's vocal was supposed to sound mechanical and it did. I would call it a "supervillian" voice, because it mimicks many of the sounds you see from cartoon vocals when the supervillian has undergone some kind of transformation (at least most.) It was still clipped, raspy when angered, but by then he'd learned control to some degree, so there wasn't as much screaming. At his death, his vocal is more normal without the mask - and mellowed out again to accentuate his return as a Jedi. All in all, perfect. -----signature----- I say we put together a 'kill squad' and assassinate Darth Krayt. Who's with me?
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Dark Lady Mara Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Jun '99	Date Posted: 6/21 10:31am Subject: Why did Anakin's accent change?
	The shifts in his accent over time never really bothered me... I think it can be explained by assuming Anakin is trying (though maybe not entirely succeeding) in making his outer rim, lower-class pronunciations sound more high-class or Coruscanti or what have you. As he gets older and is more exposed to other Jedi and to politicians who have higher-class sounding accents, he's probably self-conscious about the fact that he has a different accent than they do and could be judged as lesser than others he associates with as a result. Anakin very much seems like the sort of character who would care what others think of him in that way. JEJ doesn't sound like he's using a Queen's English or Coruscanti accent, but it's definitely a non-regional, educated-sounding American accent, unlike the way he spoke when he was a child. I think Vader's affecting that. -----signature----- "Sci Fi has been associated with geeks and dysfunctional, antisocial boys in their basements with video games and stuff like that, as opposed to... the female audience." ~~ SPOILER-FREE TILLLL EPISODE IV "there aren't that many Ls in til." - farraday
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voodoopuuduu Title: Classic Trilogy Trivia Host Registered: Mar '04	Date Posted: 6/23 1:07am Subject: Why did Anakin's accent change?
	unlike the way he spoke when he was a child. He was a stutterer. It would be hilarious to hear Vader stuttering, heh. -----signature----- Winner CT Trivia Challenge 44, 54 Winner PT Trivia Challenge 10 , 13, 14, 17 Joint-Winner CT Challenge 49 and 50, PT Challange 18
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Darth_Unicorn Registered: May '09	Date Posted: 6/30 10:45am Subject: Why did Anakin's accent change?
	Weren't his vocal chords all charred up? I am guessing the suit makes the accent. It's like stephen hawkings. He has a robot accent. Vader has a slightly british one. The droids that cleaned him up and put him in the suit probably just had a good sense of humor.
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DarkLiberator Registered: Jul '09	Date Posted: 7/5 10:33pm Subject: Why did Anakin's accent change?
	it is because james earl jones played the voice actor of darth vader, he has a different accent then anakin as a jedi in 1 2 and 3
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StassAlly Registered: Jul '09	Date Posted: 7/9 5:11pm Subject: Why did Anakin's accent change? - Date Edited: 7/9 5:13pm (1 edits total) Edited By: StassAlly
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DarthJohnkenobi Registered: Aug '04	Date Posted: 7/20 2:26pm Subject: Why did Anakin's accent change?
	Darthhelinith posted: Well, we all think that Americans go around with large cigars, dressed up as cowboys or baseball players. Oh, and that most of them only exist for baseball/american football/basket ball. And they all own 5 cars. Also, every single American has been to at least one convention of some sort. (we don't really have those over here- at least, not on the same scale ) Is that wrong? Hey now, we don't all smoke cigars or like basketball. Other than that, well,,, Also, James Earl Jones didn't really use an English accent. If you listen to him, he sounds that way when he speaks. This comes from correctly pronouncing the words. Something quite unusual with todays youth, in the USA anyway. -----signature----- Lover of Yellow lightsabers, Eater of Ewoks, Shaver of Wookies and Lover of Twi'lek women
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d_arblay Registered: May '05	Date Posted: 7/21 5:20am Subject: Why did Anakin's accent change? - Date Edited: 7/21 5:25am (2 edits total) Edited By: d_arblay
	Shadowman82 posted: As I said earlier if Hayden was supposed to imitate JEJ way of speaking a bit he did a lousy job but then he's not the greatest actor . As far as Vader sounding English when his masks comes off at the end of ROTJ that would be because Sebastian Shaw I believe is an actor from Great Britain . Sebastian Shaw was English yes but I dont think there's any question he was trying to do an American accent if you listen to it closely. He's not doing it very well but its definitely in there - "go now, my son" is definitely English but when he says "you already have, Luke. you were right" it sounds more American. i dont think its a major issue given the transitions the character has been through. to be honest, he could have a spanish accent and i would still find that scene deeply moving. I also found it funny that Dave Prowse felt so rejected that not only could he not be Vader's voice, but that in ROTJ he couldnt play Anakin once the mask was removed. Somebody needed to tell the guy "Look, I'm sorry Dave - you were hired 'cos you're 7ft tall - NOT for you're acting skills." :P We should be thankful. The unmasked Anakin could have had that hardly subtle Devonian accent. -----signature----- My own "Complete Saga" trailers: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=CDF92B3798BD4675 Hope you enjoy!
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Spork111 Registered: Jun '02	Date Posted: 7/27 9:49pm Subject: Why did Anakin's accent change?
	Actually, I seem to recall that several of the voices in Star Wars were supposed to be "mid-atlantic" so as not to imply any Earthly origin, although I could be wrong about that. The mid-atlantic accent, which is sort of between a generic "American" and an upper-class English accent, was quite popular with actors and movies back in the golden age of Hollywood as way of being cosmopolitan - think Orson Welles in Citizen Kane or Cary Grant. Anyway, I think Darth Vader's voice was sort of patterned off of that, as well as certain instances of Princess Leia's speech ("The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.") and Queen Amidala in TPM ("I will not condone a course of action that will lead us to war.") -----signature----- "He was the best star pilot in the galaxy, and a cunning warrior... And he was a good friend." - Obi-Wan Kenobi about Anakin Skywalker
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Tyber_Zahn Registered: Sep '08	Date Posted: 8/3 1:48pm Subject: Why did Anakin's accent change?
	If you mean when he became Darth Vader he was speaking through a synthetic speech module because his vocal cords had burnt out. Other it's because he was becoming evil and more badass.
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Dark Lady Mara Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Jun '99	Date Posted: 8/7 10:57am Subject: Why did Anakin's accent change?
	I wonder if the perception of his accent is more a function of the fact that most people, no matter where they're from, aren't used to hearing every letter pronounced the way it should be (since most regional accents involve swallowing one or another type of sounds) and hence peg the "neat" pronunciations as foreign. -----signature----- "Sci Fi has been associated with geeks and dysfunctional, antisocial boys in their basements with video games and stuff like that, as opposed to... the female audience." ~~ SPOILER-FREE TILLLL EPISODE IV "there aren't that many Ls in til." - farraday
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Merlin_Ambrosius69 Registered: Aug '08	Date Posted: 8/8 12:20pm Subject: Why did Anakin's accent change?
	In-universe, if his vocal chords had burned out, how is he able to speak once the mask and "vocoder" have been removed? -----signature----- "Chance makes playthings of us all." -- Seneca Shameless non-Manager Emeritus sock of Vortigern99. Fan of George RR Martin, JK Rowling and JRR Tolkien.
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UCLAJediMaster Registered: Feb '01	Date Posted: 8/20 11:11am Subject: Why did Anakin's accent change?
	I don't see anyone in SW having out of the ordinary accents. I think almost every actor spoke in their natural accent. James Earl Jones did not imitate a high Enligh (BBC radio) accent. He spoke the way he was trained. Jones was a very well established stage actor before he voiced Vader. In the theatre, Jones would have been trained to properly pronounce and enunciate everything he says. Carrie Fisher does not use a British accent. Her speech pattern while addresssing Tarking is more of a affect to appear braver. You can tell she is upset and trying to put on a brave face. With that her voice had a intentionally intense tone. -----signature----- Alpha-7 Captain, EUDF "But... it was so artistically done." -Grand Admiral Thrawn "I get by." -Cosmo Kramer Have you seen the Bridge? "Who's scruffy looking?"
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