George Lucas Mark Hamill and Matthew brck are among the stars who have paid tribute to the late James L Jones the legendary actor who was the voice behind Star Wars villain Darth Vader and Mustafa in The Lion King passed away on Monday September 9th age 93 and Star Wars Creator Lucas has praised Jones for being a beautiful human being as well as an incredible actor one of Jones's most iconic scenes came in the 1980 movie Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back when Dar fader told Luke Skywalker I am your father following his death Hamill who portrayed Skywalker wrote on X rip dad Broderick also played Jones's onscreen son he starred as Simba in 1994 animated movie The Lion King and the actor has praised Jones as one of the very best of his or any generation