but actor Sebastian Shaw was used instead. David blasted back: “I can’t remember leaking anything. I definitely upset George Lucas at one stage or other and I do feel disappointed about that.

When the original trilogy was released on DVD in 2004, Lucas decided to give Sebastian Shaw a digital shave for the scene where he portrays a dying, unmasked Anakin Skywalker in Return of the Jedi.

An unmasked Prowse (far right) on the Star Wars set with Peter Cushing, George Lucas and Carrie Fisher Star ... while Sebastian Shaw played Vader, aka Anakin Skywalker, when his iconic helmet ...

An unmasked Prowse (far right) on the Star Wars set with Peter Cushing, George Lucas and Carrie Fisher Star ... while Sebastian Shaw played Vader, aka Anakin Skywalker, when his iconic helmet ...