# Darth Vader trivia **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 22, 2002, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darth-vader-trivia/110216 "2002-05-22T01:34:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Natural-J-Bankie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/59ef9b/32.png) [@Natural-J-Bankie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Natural-J-Bankie)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darth-vader-trivia/110216/21 "2002-05-22T16:53:24Z")
Speaking of salads, how _does_ Darth Vader eat? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darth-vader-trivia/110216/22 "2002-05-22T17:04:31Z")
Simple. He uses the forks. BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Ok, that’s stupid, I know. ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darth-vader-trivia/110216/23 "2002-05-22T17:05:51Z")
**Natural** , I was just about to ask that myself. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darth-vader-trivia/110216/24 "2002-05-22T17:56:10Z")
I figured he could either do via pouring a nice shake into a suit slot, or munching down on something inside of his home area, like we saw in ESB. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darth-vader-trivia/110216/25 "2002-05-22T19:38:45Z")
I think he eats in that big black Feberge egg thing we saw in “The Empire Strikes Back.” You have to think it’s murder to try to maneuver a Star Destroyer through the McDonald’s drive-thru. However, Jedi would have an easy time of it at the counter: OBI-WAN I’ll have a Big Mac, a large order of fries, and a medium Coke. TEENAGED CLERK Okay, a Big mac, large fry, Coke… that’ll be $4.39. OBI-WAN You don’t need me to pay you $4.39. TEENAGED CLERK I don’t need you to pay me $4.39. OBI-WAN You just want to give me my food for free. TEENAGED CLERK I just want to give you the food for free. OBI-WAN And extra Monopoly game pieces. TEENAGED CLERK Here are some extra Monopoly game pieces! OBI-WAN (picking up tray laden with food and McDonalds game peices) Next, please. TEENAGED CLERK Next, please! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darth-vader-trivia/110216/26 "2002-05-23T13:10:30Z")
**Max** , I watched “Tapestry” last night and we were both right. There is a very brief scene in the first act in which Q lets Picard see the fight as it originally happened. In that scene, Picard is played by a young actor listed in the credits as Marcus Nash. I couldn’t find him in IMDb. Throughout the rest of the show, young Picard is played by Patrick Stewart. The other episode we both remembered was “Rascals,” in which young Picard is played by David Birkin. Did he look familiar? He also played René Picard, Capt. Picard’s ill-fated nephew, in the episode “Family.” **JThunder** , aren’t you glad you didn’t ask? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Supersaurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Supersaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Supersaurus)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darth-vader-trivia/110216/27 "2002-05-24T08:01:29Z")
C. Andrew Nelson was in the Darth Vader costume in the Special Edition of _The Empire Strikes Back_. He has played Darth Vader in commericals, magazine covers, posters, etc., since 1994. According to his letter in _Star Wars Insider_ #52, he has potrayed Darth Vader 43 times, and has clocked more time in the Vader costume than anyone else. Why am I up reading an old _Star Wars Insider_ at 4 AM? ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darth-vader-trivia/110216/28 "2002-05-24T12:41:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anamorphic \* > \*\*Guess it depends on your definition of ‘played’. If you mean the person inside the suit, 2. David Prowse mostly, and when his mask was taken off in Jedi, it was Sebastian Shaw. James Earl Jones of course was the voice, so I guess you might count him too. > > Then it also depends on who you deem “Darth Vader”. If you’re going to count Anakin, even though he’s not “Darth Vader” yet, there are two more: Hayden Christiansen and Jake Lloyd. > > So depending on a couple of definitions, 2,3, or 5. 🙂 \*\* Don’t forget the guy who voiced the “improved” Vader line from ESB. That wasn’t James Earl Jones. Instead of saying “Bring my shuttle”, he says “Alert my Star Destroyer to prepare for my arrivale.” I always thought the original line carried a hint of introspectiveness, maybe even a touch of regret, over the outcome of the duel. The new guy ruined it for me… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darth-vader-trivia/110216.md?page=1)