Did people in 1977 imagine Vader was african behind the helmet ?

he had a black guy voice and he was not luke's father in 1977

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no

yeah mang dey thaught Elvis wuz a nigga before dey saw da tv

You must be clinically retarded user

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He actually doesn't sound black. That's what makes it good. He has low and pretensional tone. Unlike whiney ooogaboooga n sheeit black tone.

it's not like he was talking jive. it was just a deep, menacing voice

>only black character in the movie
>absentee father
Really, George?

thought he was a robot when I first saw him

Lmao tryhard

When his helmet comes off he's no nigger

I'm sorry it offends you

I was hoping he'd be black in the face reveal scene just because it would've been funny. It would also help explain that Obi-wan's claim of Vader killing Luke's father. It could've been some Don Draper situation.

>did people in 1977 imagine Vader was african behind the helmet ?
No.
As a kid I didn't even know the voice was a black man's voice.

>black character is a violent murderer
Raimi must have really rubbed off on lucas

Most people weren't regularly exposed enough to Jones's voice to think anything of it, beyond intimidation.

No

As a kid in the 90s I thought he was white only knew him from the lion kang

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You were half right.

I wish he was half right. It ended up just being a life support system. I was hoping there would be some soulless machinery going on that would override his brains but he's immediately "kind" to Luke.

Some people did, some people didn't. Dumb thread.

a transfather maybe

most people assumed he was a robot

No. Everyone saw him as white or thought his race was irrelevant.

Just because you were 100% wrong doesn't mean other user wasn't 50% right.

t. Obi-wan

It didn't even occur to me to think "what's Vader's skin color?".

The only people that thought he was blacks were actual blacks.

No we didn't.

I thought he was a legit robot and that was his face

Black people were not allowed on television or film at that time

yes, we did zoomer

Literal retards.
As a kid in the 80s no one thought he was a robot.

I asked everyone just now and there was one Mexican and one Race:Other who thought he was black.