Star Wars: A New Hope was first released to American movie-goers on May 25, 1977. Prowse says he has a following at conventions that has seen him watch the fans grow up and have families. "People turn up to see you year after year. I'm seeing people that I've seen for the last 30 years at conventions. You meet people that have grown up with you. "Of course, what happens is you get parents who took their children to see it in 1977, their children are now taking their own children to see it so you've got three or four generations watching." The Dark Lord of the Sith also explained the decision behind George Lucus's choice to dub the menacing voice of James Earl Jones over Prowse's Bristolian voice. "I still have to learn all the dialogue and deliver all of the dialogue through all three movies and eventually they bought in James Earl Jones to overdub my voice because they decided at the last minute that there were too many English voices in the movies. "He (Lucus) wanted the film to be known as an American movie so they bought in all these American voice-over specialists who overdubbed most of the masked characters and some of the captains and commanders." | 
