Darth Vader was an Army Ranger
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Darth Vader was an Army Ranger
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Originally Posted by another Ranger I know
the year was 1985 and I had recently ETS'd from the Army and the Ranger Battalion that had been my home for the last 3 years.
Hollywood is where I was born and raised and so to Tinsel Town I returned.
During the next 5 years I was fortunate to get work in the Film and Television Industry doing various jobs which was enjoyable and something unique for me.
One day while working on a show for the Children's Television Workshop on HBO I had the pleasure of meeting a Great American actor by the name of James Earl Jones.
Back in those days I often wore a lot of Hooah gear, and one day on the set I came in contact with Mr. Jones, he looked at me for a moment and then at my Ranger Tab tee shirt and Said "is that for real, where'd you get that shirt"?
I smiled and told him that I had just gotten out of the Ranger Battalion, and his face just lit up and he told me that he had been in the Rangers during the Korean War Era teaching as a cold weather instructor at Camp Ripley, Minn.
We talked for a good long time and got along great, just as two Rangers usually do!
And so there you have it folks, James Earl Jones, the man that made Darth Vader who He is (that voice is everything to the character) was indeed a U.S. Army Ranger!
Hollywood is where I was born and raised and so to Tinsel Town I returned.
During the next 5 years I was fortunate to get work in the Film and Television Industry doing various jobs which was enjoyable and something unique for me.
One day while working on a show for the Children's Television Workshop on HBO I had the pleasure of meeting a Great American actor by the name of James Earl Jones.
Back in those days I often wore a lot of Hooah gear, and one day on the set I came in contact with Mr. Jones, he looked at me for a moment and then at my Ranger Tab tee shirt and Said "is that for real, where'd you get that shirt"?
I smiled and told him that I had just gotten out of the Ranger Battalion, and his face just lit up and he told me that he had been in the Rangers during the Korean War Era teaching as a cold weather instructor at Camp Ripley, Minn.
We talked for a good long time and got along great, just as two Rangers usually do!
And so there you have it folks, James Earl Jones, the man that made Darth Vader who He is (that voice is everything to the character) was indeed a U.S. Army Ranger!
