CinemaBlend Copy to clipboard CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. Itâs hard to think about the Star Wars franchise without Darth Vader immediately coming to mind. Both visually distinctive and appropriately terrifying, Darth Vader shined as the main antagonist of the original Star Wars trilogy and quickly became one of pop cultureâs greatest villains. We have David Prowse and James Earl Jones to thank for bringing this iconic character to life, but what if filmmaker Steven Spielberg had scored the role instead?