James Earl Jones, the distinguished and prolific actor in films, TV and theater known for providing the voice of Darth Vader in “Star Wars,” has died.

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Recently rewatched “The Hunt For Red October” and even though his role was small, he made a huge impact on that film… as well as anything else he’s been in. Sad to hear. He’ll be missed.

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He also returns in the Harrison ford Jack Ryan movies as Admiral Greer. Certainly a good watch as well.

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I guess I never thought about this but are the alec baldwin and harrison ford Jack Ryans the same person? Ben Affleck was assume is a reboot, but now I don’t really know.

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Yeah, the first three are supposed to be one series. Sum of All Fears was a reboot, as was Shadow Recruit.

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I don’t know myself and I see it more like a continuation.

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Just rewatched it yesterday. He really was great in that.

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He is such a great actor. Makes me sort of sad all headlines are calling him “the voice of Vader”.

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