How Much Did Star Wars Pay James Earl Jones To Voice Darth Vader? #shorts #darthvader #starwars

How Much Did Star Wars Pay James Earl Jones To Voice Darth Vader? #shorts #darthvader #starwars

[ryanodagawa]

$7k doesn't sound that bad for back then on a nothing movie at that time. I mean, no one knew what it would eventually become also.

[edge]

James deserves 2M$ his voice is just fitting for the character and iconic too.
It fits a person who’s living in a space

[coachacola]

7, 000 is about 35, 000 in 1977.
It truly was good money.

[bowtiedog]

That’s great money. It was the 70’s, he didn’t have too many speaking lines, and they had no idea the movie would be so big

[adamjacobs]

I feel like he should get royalties anytime the voice of Vader is used

[kevin-gwdj]

Was crazy money back then for a brand new show only few people have heard about.

[brycekennedy]

$7k was the equivalent of over $32k of today's money.

It had the spending power of $32k

[Batmanrox]

Remember this was 1977 after Vietnam shit this was actually a good pay back than

[cattleprodtf]

The thing a lot of people don't realize is that outside of the main cast nearly everyone in that movie was dubbed over. The movie had a mostly British cast and the only British accents you'll actually hear are from Obi-Wan, C-3PO, and Tarkin. General Willard was dubbed by iconic voice actor Michael Bell, and it's why some of the bit characters like the cantina bartender, General Dodonna, and the officer who tells Vader "Holding her is dangerous" sound kind of odd and out of place.

So when making the original Star Wars, Jones wasn't the iconic voice over guy, he was just one of many American voice actors dubbing over all the British people.

[daleatsoverton]

i wonder how much he got paid for the sandlot movie, especially since he barely had screen time . that’s one of my favorite movies in all of the history of films

[DavidRLentz]

Thank you, Mr. Jones, for all that you have brought us!

[Toasted_Unlimited]

Well he deserved more cause he brought Vader alive

[demurevilleneuvewinslet]

George Lucas has said it over and over again that he was able to do Star Wars based on the success of American Graffiti but they didn't give him a whole lot of money to make the movie.
And the original trilogy had technology constraints.

[Ace-rpvr]

7, 000 in 1977 money, today that would be like 26 million USD.

[youcanthandlemyname]

should be noted that james himself did not think his contribution was even worth getting his name in the credits. james saw his contribution as more of a special effect than anything else which is why he did not get accredited or paid very much. when both George and James saw how much his voice was appreciated this issue was rectified in future movies. so don't go thinking this was a case of his bosses abusing him or anything like that.

[No_OneV]

Thats actually good for a movie nobody knew about

[TheeHacksmithttoll]

That was a lot of money in 1977 that was so much

[elderscrollslad]

Inflation exists and its a movie that nobody knew about back then.

[anakinskywalkersbro]

I know everyone was thinking “that’s the guy from the sandlot”

[HalfEatenMedia]

Harrison Ford only got paid $10, 000 for playing Han Solo. Considering James’s only needed to do a voice that was not a bad deal. No one complained because it gave them exposure and catapulted their careers and set them up for life