Darth Vader been voiced by Mat Lucas for the 2003 micro-series "", and by Matt Lanter in the CGI animated film "", the and for Anakin's cameos in "Star Wars Rebels". For Vader's appearances in the "Star Wars Rebels" animated series, James Earl Jones has reprised the voice role. Both Lanter and Jones contributed their voices for the second-season finale of "Rebels", at times with identical dialogue spoken by both actors blended together in different ways. Darth Vader appears in seven of the live-action "Star Wars" films, "" animated film and . He also has a recurring role in "Star Wars" Expanded
Star Wars prequel trilogy Star Wars prequel trilogy The "Star Wars" prequel trilogy is a set of three prequel films in the "Star Wars" franchise, an American space opera created by George Lucas. Like the original trilogy, it was produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The trilogy consists of "" (1999), "" (2002), and "" (2005). The first two films received mixed reviews, while the third was somewhat more well received. According to producer Gary Kurtz, loose plans for a prequel trilogy were developed during the outlining of the original two films. In 1980, Lucas confirmed that he had the