INTERVIEW: David Prowse and Peter Mayhew

One of the great pleasures of my life has been to share a stage with Peter Mayhew and David Prowse, the men behind Chewbacca and Darth Vader, respectively. Salt Lake Comic-Con this year asked me to host the Question and Answer session between these two legends and who was I to refuse?

Bombad Radio was on hand to record the audio from the panel and we’ve put it up on the Full of Sith podcast feed. 

You can listen to the full panel here as well:

We spoke of getting their parts in the movie, stories from the set, and many other things. A highlight was when David Prowse began telling stories from the set of Return of the Jedi and basically called Richard Marquand a wanker. Peter Mayhew also talked about the documentary film about the recovery from his knee surgery.

I had to pinch myself a few times while I was up on stage. 

It was a wonderful time and not a thing could have made it better. 

Well, one thing could have made it better: The Rebel Legion. They stormed the stage at the very end and inducted me as an Honorary Member:

This was certainly something to cross off the bucket list.