The sci-fi geeks at io9 recently ran into Sam Witwer, the actor who lent his voice and likeness to the secret apprentice in the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. The actor talks about talks about his new role in Smallville (Doomsday!) and on the role as the morally gray apprentice

"They're not straight dark characters. They have other dimensions to them. And I think maybe that's why they offer [those roles] to me, I'm not really sure."

Witwer also goes on to say that Darth Vader's apprentice "causes some trouble" but doesn't kill everyone he meets.

"There's a few survivors. But Darth Vader's apprentice didn't start out that way. He started out as a very innocent young boy who Vader kidnaps, essentially, and then raises as a son. But it should be noted that if Darth Vader had a little good in him, well, who knows what he might have passed on to his adopted son? That's all I can say. These characters, I guess what I'm saying is: are they psychologically complex? Yeah, they actually are. And it's really fun to play."

The 31-year-old actor also starred as a soldier in Stephen King's The Mist and as the pilot "Crashdown" in Battlestar Galactica.

Source: io9