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| Stephen Calcutt as Vader in the classic nineties advert for TUNES cough lozenges. |
One of the best STAR WARS related commercials I've seen on British television was from the late nineties when the cough sweet manufacturer TUNES, deciding that Darth Vader needed some throat lozenges, brilliantly recreated the Motti strangling scenes from the original STAR WARS (right down to the sets and costumed extras), though with a more friendly advice giving Imperial officer going just a little bit too far...
Here's the advert:
Star Wars Tunes Advert - YouTube
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| A terrific recreation of the DEATH STAR briefing room set. |
British Classic STAR WARS TRILOGY stand-in/background actor Stephen Calcutt (doubling on set for Peter Mayhew and Dave Prowse) played Vader in the commercial and was very proud of his work in the costume. He recalled to AFICIONADO contributor Ian Trussler a few months back, during a UK convention, that he got paid more money for that one advert than he ever got working on all the original three films combined!
For more on this commercial and some of Vader's greatest film and non-film moments in multi-media, check out the picture/info packed feature here:
DARTH VADER LIVES!!
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| Another Imperial bites the dust! |
