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George Lucas, Mark Hamill, More Remember ‘Legendary’ James Earl Jones


Mark Hamill, Paul Feig, Octavia Spencer, and more celebs have paid tribute to James Earl Jones.

On Monday, following the death of James Earl Jones, dozens of celebrities shared tributes to the actor who voiced Mufasa in The Lion King and Darth Vader in Star Wars. RIP, Mr. Jones,” wrote Paul Feig on X. Yvette Nicole Brown called the actor a “part of my cinematic DNA,” writing, “Heartbroken doesn’t begin to cover it.” Jones voiced Darth Vader in the first three Star Wars films — A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi — as well as the Star Wars Holiday Special. He’d return to the role for cameos in 2005’s Revenge of the Sith( providing a guttural “No!”), the animated series Star Wars Rebels, 2016’s Rogue One, and finally 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker.

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