Star Wars: The 11 Actors Who Played Darth Vader

11. Ben Burtt - The Breathing

You've got the voice, you've got stature and you've got the man beneath the mask, but the by far the most iconic element of Darth Vader is that breathing.

And, like every other iconic Star Wars nose, it was realised by legendary sound designer Ben Burtt. Unlike some of his crazier ideas (a lightsaber is projector parts and TV interference), the breathing has a pretty simple origin - Burtt recorded himself breathing through a scuba mask.

But, as basic as that may be, it makes Burtt one of the many actors to play Vader and, given the breathing's ubiquity, probably the most important.