And I don’t think you could do it today.” “I think, in this era now with the internet the way it is, it’s very hard to have surprises in a movie. Even with just a dozen people, it would be hard to keep such a thing contained in today’s world, he says. “But there were very, very few people who knew about it until it was shown for the first time….By the end, with the actors, about 12 people knew what that line was.” Then Lucas reconsiders his initial optimism. …They weren’t going to tell anybody,” Lucas says confidently. “The mixers, those guys were all dedicated to being quiet. Weeks later, as Lucas sat outside a recording booth with James Earl Jones reciting the line, “No, I am your father,” the circle widened to include sound designer Ben Burtt and the sound mixers. “’But that means, that’s only three people. And when I tell you, you’ll know it.,’” Hamill recalls. And it really wasn’t until the day we shot that we told Mark so he could react appropriately.”Īs Hamill tells it, the actor who played Luke Skywalker was only the third person to carry the secret, after director Irvin Kershner pulled him aside and said: “’I know it. I kept that aspect of it secret and I was the only one that knew about it. “Because the thing about it is I didn’t tell anybody - anybody - about it. There is a note of hope in George Lucas’s voice as he considers whether or not Darth Vader’s surprising reveal in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back could have been kept under wraps in the age of the internet. To celebrate the classic film’s landmark 40th anniversary, presents “ Empire at 40,” a special series of interviews, editorial features, and listicles. On May 21, 1980, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back made its theatrical debut. The creator of Star Wars sits down with for an exclusive new interview looking back on the second chapter in the Skywalker saga, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, to celebrate the film’s 40th anniversary.
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