A Galaxy In Mourning...Remembering James Earl Jones A True Legend!!

look Simba everything the light touches is our kingdom wow a king's time as ruler Rises and Falls like the sun one day Simba the sun will set on my time here and will rise with you as the new king and this will all be mine everything everything the light touches but I thought a king can do whatever he wants oh this m being King and getting you way all the time there's more Simba everything you see exists together in a delicate balance as king you need to understand that balance and respect all the creatures from The Crawling ant to the leaping antalope but Dad don't we eat the antalope yes Simba but let me explain when we die our bodies become the grass and the antelope eat the grass and so we are all connected in the great circle of life that speech from muasa to Simba is one of the most iconic and most important and most captivating speeches in all of movie history whether it be animated or not it's one of the most most gripping and most important speeches ever and it would would not have hit home without the voice of James L Jones as muasa and the funny thing is that I actually saw The Lion King before I actually saw Star Wars because it wasn't until like a almost almost two years after after I saw The Lion King that I first saw Star Wars and when I saw Darth Vader I was like but this sounds exact this guy SS exactly like like um like Simba's father and it w and you know it didn't click to me at the time what but after some years I found out what it was still amazing amazing to know that a person's voice could have that much impact let look into the life of James L Jones [Applause] [Music] it has been a difficult couple of years we have lost icons not only in movies television and this stuff and it is it's it's never easy it's never easy no matter if this person has has lived a rich life all of that any loss is something that always hurts the Legacy that this person leaves behind is always going to be always going to be ionic always going to last forever on Monday James ear jones the voice of Mufasa and Darth Vader died he was 93 and yes 93 is a hell of an accomplishment a uh he's lived a full life Rich enjoyable but it still hurts it still hurts and it doesn't matter how older you get how much you sat that they get C things it doesn't it always will be there we have lost people who have been so iconic to us over the years and even those who came into our lives not too long ago but still had such a big impact get this um article here from The Hollywood Reporter James ear jones authoritative actor and voice of Dar Vader dies at 93 the honorary Oscar recipient and two-time Tony winner overcame a stutter to stand out in such films as the Great White Hope The Lion King Field of Dreams And The Sandlot now I myself suffer with a slight stutter does happen at times and doing this channel has also helped me with it um you I've always tried to speak out and stuff as much as possible but I still do have this St that it bothers me at times but doing this Channel and speaking about the things that I like dislike and all this stuff has done that and to know that this man overcame that and literally became the voice of of the Premier villain of Star Wars to know that he became the voice of muasa and that's the thing James L Jules has starred in a lot of movies but his voice for Mufasa and and Dara is what really made this man so iconic it really did and no matter what that will always always be there to guide us as result because like I said at the beginning of this that speech that he gave to DEC so iconic James L Jones a commanding presence on screen who nonetheless gained greater Fame off camera as the synonomous voice of Star Wars villain Darth Vader and Mufasa the benevolent leader in The Lion King died Monday he was 93 Jones who burst into National prominence in 1970 with his powerful Oscar nominated performance as America's first black heavyweight champion in a Great White Hope died at his home in Duchess County New York independent artist group announced the distinguished star made his big screen debut in Stanley Kubrick's do Strange Love or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bum in 1964 and was noteworthy in many other films including Claudine in 1974 opposite Dan and Carol Field of Dreams 1989 and the reclusive author Terren man and the sanot 1993 as the intimidating neighborhood Guy Mr mytle remember him as Mr mytle in that for his work on stage Jones earned two best actor Tony Awards for originating the role of Jack Jefferson who was based on the real life boxer Jack Johnson in 1968 in Howard sackler's Great White Hope and for playing the patriarch who struggles to provide for his family in a 1986 pitzza prize winning production of August Wilson's fences Jones the recipient of an honorary Oscar at the 2011 Governor's award and his special Tony for lifetime achievement in 2017 was one of the handful of people to earn and Emmy Grammy Oscar and Tony and the first actor to win two EMS in one year born Todd Jones on January 17th 1931 he grew up in a aabal Mississippi and was raised by his maternal grandparents at age five the family moved to a farm in Dublin Michigan that move was traumatic somehow he once recalled my ability to communicate dropped out I couldn't speak to people without breaking up and stuttering and he pretended to be mute when an English teacher in high school encouraged Jones to read a poem to the class that he had written he discovered that his stutter vanished whenever he spoke words that he had memorized he won a public speaking contest as a senior and earned a full scholarship to the University of Michigan where he studied medicine and discovered acting yes that's a story a lot of people don't always know about James Jones he actually started studying medicine he was going to be a doctor but he fell in love with acting and gave up on being a doctor and went on to do acting full time he fell in love with it and it just blossomed from there he made his stage debut in a community theater production in mannesse Michigan before he left to serve in the Korean war after being discharged Jones moved to New York to pursue theater and made his Broadway debut in 1958 in Sunrise at Camp po Bello the Tony winner for best play that was written by Dory scary and starred Ralph Bellamy as polio stricken President Franklin Roosevelt Jones told Hollywood Reporter in 2011 that his career was Guided by words that his father Robert Earl Jones an actor who had been blacklisted from the industry by the house on American Activities Committee but appeared in the sting told himim when he was just starting out if you want to do this business you got to do it because you love it not because it's going to make you rich or famous that was the best advice he could give me he said when director George Lucas was searching for a base voice for Darth Vader as he was Casting Star Wars in 1977 he reportedly considered Austin Wells but felt his voice might be too recognizable so he called Jones's agent and asked if the actor would like a day's work Jones got a flat fee of $7,000 for the job and did not acknowledge that he was the voice of Darth Vader until the third film in the franchise once while traveling across country Jones broke out his Darth vaa voice on the CB radio scanner the truck drivers would really freak out for them it was Darth Vader I had to stop doing that he told the New York Times as for voicing his character in The Lion King June said in the 2011 interview that he still got a kick out of meeting kids who were devoted to the 1994 Disney classic yeah that that that one that one stays with you no matter what you do you see Dar V and move FASA it stays with you their parents will say there move faster but I don't look like a lion and if they're real like little kids they think they're being shafted or having the wool pulled over their eyes he said and I can't Ro to prove it to them but I can say in Mufasa's voice silver you have definitely disobeyed [Laughter] me he was also known as the voice of CNN yeah I mean you know when you look over the life of James Earl Jones the stuff he did you know you always get a a good a good laugh out of it because you know how iconic this man was what he did the kind of stuff that he accomplished it really is something here are a few clips of some of Darth Vader's best scenes voiced by James ear Junes the rebels are alled to our peasant Admiral UL came out of light speed too close to the system he he felt surprise was wiser is as clumsy as he is stupid Darth Vader only you could be so so bold the Imperial Senate will not Ste for this when they hear you've attacked a diplomat don't act so surprised your highness you weren't on any Mercy Mission this time several Transmissions were beamed to the ship by Rebel spies I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you don't be too proud of this technological Terror you've constructed the ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the force don't try to frag us with your sorcerer's ways Lord Vader your sad Devotion to that ancient religion has not helped you conjure up the stolen data tapes or given you Clairvoyance enough to find the rebels hidden Fort I find your lack of faith disturbing you seem unsettled no just pressed for time there's a great many things to attend to my apologies you do you have a great many things to explain your powers are weak old man our ships have cited the Millennium Falcon Lord but it has entered an asteroid field and we cannot risk asteroids do not concern me Admiral I want that ship not excus us yes lordian take the princess and the wooki to my ship you said they'd be left in the city under my supervision I am altering the deal pray I don't alter it any further this Governor Taren suggested the test you are not summoned here to grel director krennic there will be a substantial reward for the one who finds the Millennium Falcon you are free to use any methods necessary but I want them alive no disintegration As You Wish Lord Vader this is an unexpected pleasure we're honored by your presence you may dispense with the pleasantries Commander I'm here to put you back on schedule I assure you Lord Vader my men are working as fast as they can perhaps I can find new ways to motivate [Music] them apology accepted captain neita enough of this ler release him as you wish and so you see even with that I mean he wasn't the one in the suit he wasn't the one wielding the lightsaber but everybody everybody remembers Darth Vader's voice that everybody knows James Earl Jones is the man that brought that character to life if not for if not for James D Jones voicing Darth Vader where would it be where would all that amazement that that has fueled so many for years really be it is truly amazing to know how this man through just his voice have always inspired and captivated so many people as they talk about the little kids and stuff from um 1994 is The Lion King even till this day even till this day The Lion King to me is still a classic in that animated form I never watched the the the Remake that they the kind of you know live action realistic and they did no interest in it for me 1994's Lion King that is the movie that is the way it's done muasa is Mufasa because he was voiced by James L Jones that is what that is what that is what done I mean even when you look at his his work he's done over the years he said he's been a lot of movies and one of the main movies that I remember him for Is Coming To America with um with Eddie Murphy where he played where he played the king another once again fantastic the man's voice is commanding presence everything just screams this is James L Jones and he has arrived here because of this as I close up I just want to take a look here and I want to take a moment to see how um grateful I am Guardian here has put together James Earl Jones Al life in pictures let's go through them east side wests side 1963 The Comedians the Great White Hope yep he shaved his head and he was playing that Boxer that was it he he is at home with his first wife yeah James O Jones with a with a Tony Award K years with um with um Muhammad Ali Claudine 1974 the greatest 1977 James L Jones plays Malcolm X M and here Star Wars 1977 telling you when you first saw that VI and you saw this guy in all black come in there and then you heard his voice you were like holy crap that's something to be terrified about another picture of IM Paul Roberts 1977 um this is when he did a a play here they bu they that um Paris 1979 to 1980 even he even did even did um TV series where he played um he played Detective Captain wood Woody Paris yeah he is Star Wars episode five The Empire Strikes Back yeah that's when he did the whole the iconic um um line oh Luke I am your father T was something else oelo 1982 oh yes he was in kand Barbarian as well almost forgot that yes he played um f Doom yes he was he was that in Kanan movie as well in kand the Barbarian again commanding because his voice resonates so well these are the things that happened with it fences in 1987 yet Coming to America in 1988 and he played the where he played the king M um I se you Hall Eddie Murphy madon CLA Field of Dreams in 1989 The Hunt for Red October in 1990 y I remember that movie Heatwave in 1990 as well Gabriel's fire 1990 the 1991 uh this is this was this was good during his opening remarks at the 43rd annual Emy Awards in Pasadena California on 25th August 1991 James L Jones parodied his own booming dramatic voice in his speech about the gifted pveers of comedy and then gamely took a cream pie in the face that was that was something always want for a laugh that was something what James Jud always won for a laugh here and then later that night he got two Awards to heia James L Jones receives National medal of the Arts from President George Bush yeah that was in 1992 and then in 1994 The Lion King voice of Mufasa Simba's dad cried the Beloved Country in 1995 summers's end in 1999 and yeah he surrounded by some kids at a library there James L J to the second wife Cecilia Hart and his son Flyn Jones Driving Miss Daisy 2011 he got this is where this is where he got his um his honorary Oscar much ad do about nothing in 2013 Rogue one a Star Wars story he reprised the voice of of Darth Vader for rogue one I mean I mean and you know Rog is one of the the best stories that come out of Star Wars was lately and most people don't think about but it really was you know and he reprised his rul voice in Dar Vader for that Yep this is it here we sit for a portrait of himself so rest in peace James old Jones you have made such an impact on the lives of so many your voice your performance as Mufasa as Darth vaa in Coming to America in um thean movies and so many others have inspired so many people and done so much for all rest in peace [Music] [Applause] [Music]