I had no idea James Earl Jones ’ salary for providing the voice of Darth Vader in George Lucas ’s original film ( Star Wars : Episode IV – A New Hope) was a measly $7,000. But that’s what he revealed last night while on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to promote Broadway’s Driving Miss Daisy , which he stars in.Jones did say during the interview that his Star Wars salary “was big money for me in those days; I was broke.”When host Fallon then asked if he had any idea at the time that the movie was going to be the mega success it became, Jones replied, “No. Had I had an idea, I would’ve gotten a better contract.”Indeed, indeed! Adjusted for inflation, $7,000 in 1977 would be about $25,000 today. A decent sum of cash, but, damn, no residuals? Did George Lucas hook him up later? We’re talking about