Behind the Mask: Darth Vader at Comic Con

It gets pretty hot,

I mean I don't really mind it,

it's everything up until I put the helmet on,

because the helmet isn't really ventilated that well.

The lifts in here are actually three inches,

but I want to eventually have five to six inch lifts.

My Vader is 6'0, 6'1/2.

The original Vader is about 6'8, 6'9.

On these forums, certain people make certain things,

like certain props or whatever.

One guy on the forums actually made this for me,

because my Vader's from The Empire Strikes Back.

For the leather parts, this is the only part

I actually made myself.

Got a template and just did it myself.

I wear about three speakers,

I have breathing, sometimes I walk around with music,

and then I have a voice changer.

Check. Check. Testing.

It's just kind of cool becoming the person

or one of like the characters that you always

kind of looked up to, you grew up watching

as like a little kid.

(ventilated breathing)

(lightsaber noise)

The helmet?

A friend of mine was parting ways with it,

and I just took it and retooled it,

sharpened a lot of the edges,

then I went to an auto shop

and had everything repainted

with specific color schemes.

We're gonna walk around the streets of San Diego

outside of Comic Con with this GoPro,

and see how many people I can scare,

maybe force-choke?

(ventilated breathing)

Let's do this.

(dramatic villain music)