Christopher Lloyd as Master Xehanort in Kingdom Hearts III ReMind (Battle Voices Extracted)

[@WrBlPro]

So much energy for an 80 year old. Wow. I love Christopher Lloyd.

[@ArcherBro]

Having energy like this is how he lives this long.

[@chaoticfantasycosplays]

"When I forge the X-Blade...you're gonna see some serious shit."

[@danniluxgarbe429]

χ-blade. :P

[@staysaltybaby]

"Okay' i believe you"

[@Zeppelee]

Xehanort: *zooms around at 88 mph* Sora: "That IS some serious shit."

[@tloz-kf8ey]

"When I forge the X Blade, I'll talk *JUST LIKE THIIIIIIIIS"*

[@Rebel_Friend]

“Terra! You gotta come back with me!” “Back… Back where?” “Back to the Future!”

[@yuwu585]

THIS WAS YOUR FATE *ACCEPT IT*

[@KHDecoder]

PATHETIC

[@daswellegordon4408]

Heard this way too many times

[@Lyu-Phy]

Oh god this is giving me PTSD.. in a good way.

[@JackOfAllTradesErik]

Christopher Lloyd's performance here and in MoM honestly is remarkable, it resembles Nimoy's work a lot more than Hauer's and it brings a whole lot of energy.

[@systematicsinner583]

As someone who plays KHUX both "Fall before these broken keys!" And "How the wielders weep for you!" Hit real different 😭

[@EUM_NEMESIS]

With the Dream Eater and Reincarnation reveal it hits even harder than before.

[@DarkLordSauronrocks]

​@@EUM_NEMESIShere after dark road finale

[@Fuschiawhispers]

After Nimoy passed and KH3 would need a new voice, I had always hoped his voice would be Christopher Lloyd (he's got a unique voice and experience with voice acting) but KH3 happened and I gave up on it. Without reading the cast list before playing remind, I lost my mind when he opened his mouth to speak. I knew he was perfect

[@zeraothunderstruck3446]

I think I know how Xehanort was voice is like this, canon wise to be precise, and no, it's not because he smokes, if he did, that would be entirely be a different game all together. Throughout the series, he wanted to seek answers to awaken Kingdom Hearts because he's scared of one thing and it's not just because he wanted to know why it was never seen again after the darkness took it, but it's also the fact that Xehanort himself is dying. Hearing his voice (Nimoy and Lloyd's respectively,) it sounded like he was suffering from laryngitis, which if he was having a cold, pushing his vocal cords hard enough, evidence of the video now, including straining his body throughout battles he fought in. That's the thing that when we get older, we know that some point we'll die, but Xehanort wanted to know how he can live on, in so many different ways he tried: Taking over Terra's body, splitting himself up into many different versions of himself, using the power of darkness, but all he was doing was trying to delay the inevitable for as long as he could. Eraqus' spirit helped his old friend come to terms that even if he found a way live on forever, there will be consequences of it if he does so. In truth what Union X had showed us, we are indeed Xehanort, we are scared to grow too old and die at some point. We want to find a way to live on, but in truth, there is no way, all we can do is try to find time to the ones we have around us and make the best of it. Xehanort is an amazing antagonist and the shock that we were him, all the more intriguing and awesome to know more about!

[@ChampionElCid]

I mean considering they played the Time Travel card in Dream Drop Distance I guess it's appropriate to bring Lloyd in for this role....

[@Yasuda9000]

Yep.

[@chaoticfantasycosplays]

Okay...I love Nimoy, Hauer (Rest in peace, you amazing men), and Lloyd. All of them have their strengths in certain ways when it came to voicing Xehanort.

[@gatst7680]

Yeah, but I think we can all agree that Nimoy had it the best considering the role was written for him

[@chaoticfantasycosplays]

@@gatst7680 And I honestly believe that Hauer and Lloyd were completely aware of that. I do agree that Nimoy's performance was something absolutely special.

[@gatst7680]

@@chaoticfantasycosplays Yeah, I think they did a pretty great job in general

[@jessyleger7114]

All of them legends in their own rights.

[@nicogalax]

Wait, Hauer died too? F

[@rokudamia2767]

No disrespect to the late Rutger Hauer but what an Improvement .

[@Dreq458]

dead, alive, doesn't matter. rutger hauer did a shit job.

[@erroncoleman391]

How dare you 😡

[@patdornoff9383]

@@erroncoleman391 get over it its an opinion gtho if you dont like it

[@erroncoleman391]

Hey fat doorknob it’s that I don’t respect his opinion it’s just. He’s dead. At least put some respect on his name.

[@patdornoff9383]

@@erroncoleman391 lack of originality with that remark shows yawn

[@TheDeej666]

“EnLiGhTEn MeE!” Haunts me

[@Lyu-Phy]

The ghosts of the past... I failed at him the most of the ORG13 and Xion.

[@21stCenturyBoy-]

0:56 GOAT line

[@leilajoy8534]

M.Xehanort: Knock knock! Sora: Who's there?! M.Xehanort: N Sora: N... who? M.Xehanort: Enlighten Me!!

[@The94Venom]

"This was your fate, accept it." *literally one second later* "NOOOOOO THIS CAN'T BE MY FATE"

[@omicronalpha8827]

1:04 POV you failed to block the X-Blade and are now being combo'd

[@SirHolySword]

"I WAS FROZEN TODAY" - Xehanort

[@steamedrice97]

0:40 It's supposed to be "FOOLISH!" but in the midst of combat it sounds more like "BOORAY!"

[@Jaxv3r]

*X - B L A D E* * BOORAY*

[@ShadowDarkHeart90]

ah a man of the culture i see

[@thundercharged1]

I absolutely love how hammy some of these lines are. Some of my favorites include "More, you say?" and "Your reward!" which sounds more like "YOR... REWORd!" when Lloyd delivers it lol.

[@sakonan4883]

Yeah, for some reason, he words it as your. REWARD

[@The94Venom]

Hey, he's 80 AND fighting an anime battle. "Your *gasp* REWARD"

[@reyonXIII]

That's why he's better than Hauer. Hauer is not a bad actor at all. He's just not Xehanort. And people may say he does lines like "Perhaps, IF you survive" better, he's only good when he's not hamming it up. But to be Master Xehanort means to be hammy and dramatic AF, and Hauer really strains at that. I'm not satisfied when Hauer shouts "Come, Kingdom Hearts!" coz it really sounds like he's forcing it. Lloyd, OTOH, just has that natural ham in his voice that is PERFECT for being old Nort

[@The94Venom]

@@reyonXIII Villains like Xehanort, Palpatine and Voldemort are only as interesting as their actors are campy.

[@ElricSowrd]

This was unexpected to me after Rutger Hauer passed away. But I've known Christopher Lloyd since Back to the Future.

[@rasdan1192]

0:10 Oh crap, that's a throwback to Xemnas Armor voice in KH 2.

[@yano4473]

"ENLIGHTEN ME KINGDOM HEARTS" The delivery on this line puts this over the mark compared to other xehanorts imo

[@TheMutantCreeper]

I was so hyped hearing that Doc Brown was gonna be Xehanort. I love Back to the Future so much.

[@RhyperiorRanger]

“Give me Power!” Sora: Give me STRENGTH! My friends are my power!

[@markhill4109]

Good gravy, that energy! Christopher Lloyd did a fantastic job as Xehanort, ESPECIALLY in these battle clips. I still like Leonard Nimoy's take the best, but Lloyd is now a close second.

[@reyonXIII]

How fitting that the villain of The Search For Spock would voice a role of Nimoy's. Plus, the fact that it's Judge Doom as well

[@kratos9218]

1:08 I've heard this one over and over for hours

[@Nameless-ln5mr]

Remember me Sora? When I killed your friend, I talked… JUST! LIKE! THIS!

[@kinoleogeo7998]

Glad to know 0:29 wasn’t ripped from Metroid and just literally a damaged bark.

[@Splunkmastah]

Beast Cutter Baphonort is the best story boss in this game. His lines like “No Mercy!” Make it even better. I really wish the first half of his data fight was his Re:Mind form.

[@bernthe2348]

Even the line “ATTACK!” was cool! It’s like he’s telling his keyblades to attack Sora and Kairi in battle

[@WalterOfMikado]

1:08 I lost count on the amount of times I heard this

[@marcuscheng9398]

HOW ENCHANTING, TOGETHER AGAIN FOR THE LAST TIME! YOU'LL GET THE KICK OUT OF THIS!

[@ReveiwKing999]

Remember me, Aqua? When I possessed Terra, I talked... JUST... LIKE... *THIS!!!*

[@robinthedeliveryboy.8304]

00:11 "No, no, Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Nimoy was from Star Track, you can doing Yoda impressions."

[@life0093]

I loved Nimoy’s Xehanort, but Hauer’s and Lloyd’s grew on me

[@OmniTerror]

Remember me Sora? When i killed Kairi, i talked................JUST LIKE THIS!!!

[@corjonbett]

You played your roles quite admirably I admire your tenacity! Just let it END, BOY!!

[@JustAthel]

Man this is such a wacky episode of Cyberchase-

[@jinx1987]

Imagine if it was the va of Emperor Palpatine as Xehanort

[@d4rksonic474]

Be more specific, do you mean Sam Witwer, his VA from Unleashed or the *actor* from the movies, Ian McDiarmid? Sam might nail it with a different tone, but- Oh, I'm, afraid, Ian's voice is a bit too high, for Master Xehanort in general...

[@kenalier]

Ian McDiarmid is an incredible actor but I don’t know if I would go that route. For as evil as Xehanort has been, his character is complex because of his past where it is shown that while evil, he did want to make the world better and eliminate darkness in his own misguided way, and in the end they found a way to make him seem redeemable. Ian McDiarmid’s Palpatine was truly and unrelentingly evil and I think a performance like that if Ian had decided to channel Palpatine, it would have been a little too much evil even for Xehanort.

[@stuntmanorigins9]

@@kenalier I wouldn't say redeemable, it was more like showing us his point and at the end he gave up after he was defeated (also convinced by Eraqus), he never said sorry for his actions tho

[@themaraca778]

Unironically love him as Xehanort's Voice Actor. Sort of sounds close to Nimoy's voice for him to me, and absolutely I love how Nimoy voiced Xehanort

[@edlord3012]

It's Doc Brown!

[@sakonan4883]

He didn't get to say Expire in the actual game lol Probably cause his desperation move was so fast he wouldn’t get to say it 😂

[@rasdan1192]

The voice of Master Xehanort when he tried to Dominate Terra... *Wait that sounds wrong in so many ways*

[@mirrorman95]

@Alex ADLER I share your sentiment. I'm surprised they didn't get him in the first place.

He was unavailable or expensive.

[@mirrorman95]

@ I doubt it was an expense thing.

@@mirrorman95 Then he was unavailable. Either way, they couldn't get him,

[@KHtwin69]

Why does he sound like nimoy

[@Gestrid]

Nomura brought Nimoy back using time travel.

[@Kingdom850]

he has the gravel in his voice.

[@sakonan4883]

He sounds like Nimoy when he hams it up

[@RhyperiorRanger]

If I could time travel (like a certain doc) I’d go back and make them cast Christopher Lloyd as Master Xehanort all the way back in Birth By Sleep

[@Liezuli]

HOW THE WIELDERS *WEEP* FOR YOU!

[@johnnyd3158]

“Great Scott!”

[@corjonbett]

Only missing "Do you think you've WON?!" from defeating Armored Xehanort

[@FeatherWings78]

This guy sounds much like Hacker from Cyberchase.

[@shadowluigithirtyseven5950]

who's ready for that Foodfight x Kingdom Hearts 3 crossover

[@MikeOChannelMIKEOGAMESDUB]

Survival of the fittest, SooowRaaaAAAAaaaAAAAaaaa!!!

[@senorpato3587]

0:06 *Out the weilders… weed for you!*

[@ArynWellspring]

Makes me wish they cast him to begin with when we lost Nimoy. We lost Spock but Kruge was there the whole time

[@Order-Sol]

Judge Doom + Emmett "Doc" Brown = Master Xehanort

[@baronvonpiano7625]

All I can hear is Hacker from Cyberchase.

[@thenunushow175]

Remember me Sora? When I killed Mickey, Donald and Goofy I talked... JUST LIKE THIS!

[@timrob12]

This is heavy.

[@mcaussiekids]

You forgot "You're gonna see some serious shit"

[@gregorybatara8105]

You see, Sora... When I forge this baby, you're gonna see some serious shit. *Flies in 88 MPH* Sora: "Well that IS some serious shit."

[@luna_sana]

They should have used this voice to begin with

[@OrbitalPulsar]

"TASTE! DE FEET!"

[@mediakira6621]

...why did they even go with Rutger Hauer. Surely no one went and said "ya know...maybe this voice doesn't fit..." Lloyd is a much better choice

[@AsbelLhant100]

I prefer Hauer for the pre-Nort Court fight lines and Lloyd for just about everything after.

[@SSlash]

AsbelLhant100 yeah his “if you survive that long” is better to me

[@AsbelLhant100]

Superslash I agree with you on that for sure

[@cg123ize]

could have been Lloyd wasnt available then

[@DavidHutchinson0713]

Too bad no "Darkness reigns" from that meteor summoning move.....

[@jorgemathiasbenitezsaldiva8131]

He really say that? I always thought he said "darkness rage"

[@jettthewolf887]

No offense to Rutger Hauer but Christopher Lloyed did this role justice. Hauer's voice, imo, was too soft where as Nimoy and Lloyd are more raspy and have more emotion to it.

[@onewingedangel1518]

the reason i prefer this voice over his previous one is it sounds closer to Leonord Nimoy, not sure how to spell his name, but he also sounds so excited. whereas in OG kh3 he sounds almost bored this voice makes him sound like this is an event he’s been waiting for his entire life which is fitting bc he has been

Hauer & Lloyd are good in their own way & better in certain places.

[@kenalier]

I caught that when in the DLC the manner in which he calls out to KH, he sounded overjoyed and gleeful like he was waiting to let out that excitement after years of planning were finally paying off. As much as I enjoyed Lloyd’s performance, that was probably my personal fav bit

[@reyonXIII]

Hauer's problem is that when the time comes to be bombastic, he can't do it. He's straining and thus ends up sounding forced. Just listen to his "Come, Kingdom Hearts!"

[@onewingedangel1518]

kenalier yeah same, he just seemed so satisfied with what was happening it was much more entertaining honestly

[@onewingedangel1518]

reyonXIII yeah

[@PaulToddJr]

I love Christopher. He makes a great bad guy But NO ONE has done a more sinister villain in this series than Billy Zane. He was by far the best. Right down to the battle sounds. The delivery was spectacular. It helped that the writing was vastly superior back then, too. KH has the dumbest ongoing story these days. Zane was too good for where they went anyway.

[@BrianStuf]

1:11 excuse me W H A T how does he know about the book of prophecy? that heavily implies that he knows where/when it is and in fact has read it

[@slayer4932]

I know this is a year later, but my guess is the master of masters told him about it when they meet each other.

[@thereplication2567]

Why couldn't they done this in the original? At least his voice was closer to BBB.

[@aegisxiii2384]

I secretely hope that he also recorded kh3 cutscenes so that one day we could hear his version of the final battle.

[@reubenguttenberg7405]

Rasputin the zombie sorcerer from Disney's Don bluth's Anastasia merlok the magician from ducktales and doc brown from back to the future

[@MariktheGunslinger]

TASTY FEET!

[@burritowyrm6530]

ngl king piccolo vibe

[@Bravidunno]

0:00 Okay, in this one Rutger did better because he had such a smug tone.

[@sakonan4883]

Bravihood I liked Hauer’s performance because it sounded cold and confident

[@puterboy2]

I wonder if Anthony Hopkins or Ralph Fiennes would have faired better with these lines?

Chris Lloyd is better.

[@reubenguttenberg7405]

Baron von judge doom

[@angelcaraballo8638]

00:40

[@CosplayingwithChad]

Hot take, Christopher Lloyd is better as Master Xehanort than Leonard Nimoy, while I love Mr Nimoy’s portrayal, I think Christopher’s got him beat by a mile!🎉

[@lightyearpig12]

Christopher Lloyd is probably gonna die someday. It's basically a curse for everyone who voices Xehanort.

[@zephreet5894]

0:51

[@zephreet5894]

0:56

[@zephreet5894]

0:58

[@therandom_dude]

WHY DIDNT THEY GET HIM FIRST INSTEAD RUTGER !?! love rutger tho

[@DaneTheDane]

Okay, hear me out here. I just discovered the newest costume DLCs for Mortal Kombat 11, Sonya, Johnny Cage and Raiden as they appeared in the MK movie. They even got the original actors to reprise their roles. And so I thought: Raiden's actor, Christopher Lambert, sounds a lot like Leonard Nimoy when he voiced Xehanort. I honestly think Lambert would be a much better replacement for Nimoy than Hauer or Lloyd. Nothing against them, but if you've heard Lambert's voice, I think you'd see what I'm talking about.

[@Norkixx]

When you replace a voice actor, you need to find someone who can match what the original actor brought to the character. Nimoy had a particular gravel and texture to Xehanort's voice that Hauer (or his director) did not even try to recreate. I'm sure he gave his best, but it just did not sound or feel like the same character. Lloyd is a better replacement, but given a lot of the Disney impressionists, I'm convinced they still could've found someone even better to stand in for the role instead of grabbing for another elderly celebrity. Class act by Lloyd, but for fuck's sake, give impressionists work. I'm not even an actor and I can do Nimoy's Xehanort well enough to impress my friends, there's no reason they couldn't find an actual voice actor who can mimic it.

[@dawnstar9557]

Agreed. I wish I knew what you're impression sounded like exactly. Still someone should make a mod where it replaces all the voice clips from Xehanort with ones that mimic Nimoy's voice. Having 2 guys doing the voice for the same character feels off to me. I know that Rutger died before he could do any more lines for ReMind or Melody of Memory but it still feels off. Nimoy is obviously the best for old man Xehanort, while Lloyd is second, and Rutger is last because he doesn't have any old man sounding voice in his vocal cords. I'm sorry if I come off as disrespectful, I'm sure they all did their best but Rutger didn't fit the role at all especially since Nimoy did the role first.

[@mediakira6621]

I’m actually bit interested in your Nimoy Xehanort now :) I struggle on the rasp.

[@Norkixx]

@Media Kira Haven't done it for a while; I just tried, and I'm so out of practice that it sounds more like Futurama Richard Nixon lol. Point stands though, I think an impression would've been better than just grabbing at random elder celebrities. Moot point by now, and not a hill to die on by any means.

[@DarkLordSauronrocks]

Meh i liked his original kh3 actor he sounded so damn young

[@slayer4932]

Honestly Hauer was a bad choice or the person directing him to sound like that made a bad decision. Xehanort sounded nothing like a creepy old man. While Lloyd isnt anywhere near Leonards Xehanort it was a decent replacement voice for the character.

[@AdrianMartinez-en1nb]

You know john de lancie would be a great actor for him

Chris Lloyd's better.

[@obiwan8934]

I'm sorry if this hurts some of you but I don't like Christopher lloyd as xehanort

[@bubbajoe117]

My due respects and remorse at the late Rutger Hauer, but i'm sorry his Master Xehanort voice was absolutely awful, I truly feel sorry for him for the shoes he had to fill but the direction he chose to act out Xehanort was just not consistent with the portrayal and mannerisms Leonard Nimoy and the acting direction left behind, from BBS and DDD, at least Christopher Lloyd was making the effort to make a passible imitation of the original acting directions, you know, like a VA should- Of course I don't pin the blame on him, a lot of his original lines in the base game feel very "first takeish" so many problems with the base game at launch were due to the ironically rushed and half-baked development that I wouldn't be surprised if Rutger was putting a more "impromptu" performance than they'd let on.

[@dawnstar9557]

I agree, except for your opinion on KH3. I mean it's true, KH3 was a flawed game and it was rushed but at least it wasn't the "Hurry up we only a short amount of time until the deadline" kind of rush, more like a "I want to get this done and over with" kind of rush. 1) In the 7v13 clash, all the Guardians should've taken down 1 or 2 Organization not just Kairi before she was crystalized but all the Guardians. Not have Sora just get involved in all the fights except for Luxord, Vanitas (when he was fighting him with Ventus), Xion (to bring her and Roxas back), and the fight with Young Xehanort, Ansem, and Xemnas. 2) Riku should've been the one to restrain Terra-Xehanort long enough for Terra's heart to take back his body 3) An Olympus Coliseum arena, like the mod that we have now (which is still a WIP) 4) 0.2 should've been at the beginning of the game, similar to how we have to play as Roxas in the prologue for KH2 5) Have Episode 2 stories for the worlds if they we were actually going to be playing it for as long as Square Enix predicted we would play 6) Kairi should've gone with Sora to Scala to finish off Xehanort, just Kairi since Riku already had his spotlight in KH2. 7) You should've been able to explore Quadratum a little bit before you fight Yozora, like how you explored the realm of darkness in BBS's Secret Episode. 8) The ending for KH3 should've been a happier one. Everyone gets to have a happy ending including Sora. It would've given the characters a year long break before they begin the next arc and fight the next big baddie. Leave them to discover the world of unreality a different way. 9) A couple more worlds like Radiant Garden, Disney Town/Castle, a little bit of the realm of darkness, and maybe Destiny Island and Land of Departure. 10) more areas to go to in some of the worlds like Twilight Town, Toy Box (more exploring in the vents and the streets before you reach Galaxy Toys), Arendelle, 100 Acre Wood, and the Keyblade Graveyard (like a huge area before we get to the maze). 11) more mini games like similar mini games for 100 Acre Wood Those are most of the stuff that I think should've been in KH3. The modders will have to do it themselves then and thank God for them too. Edit: I've actually been working on a KH3 Rewrite myself for about a few months. It's a long process but I know it will be worth it, it'll give a better aftertaste if you know what I mean. This Rewrite is for story and gameplay wise, anything that modders can create that Square Enix never did.

[@thaisennj9781]

Not a fan at all..

[@ArukuSynthesis]

I didn't like his "Enlighten Me" Quote, feels awkward

[@MasterTredz]

I, on the opposite hand, love it!!

[@reyonXIII]

@@MasterTredz Rutger Hauer, good as he was, unfortunately, could not bring the ham that's expected out of Master Xehanort. He was too sedate, and not even in the low-key hammy that Richard Epcar and Paul St. Peter were.

[@reyonXIII]

@ Unfortunately for those of us who like parts of what Hauer did, when you're a Xehanort, the ability to be hammy takes precedence, so Lloyd wins out on that regard. Likewise, the sedate moments are too far and few in between in all of old Nort's appearances in this game, so that aspect gets overshadowed by what we expect out of the old coot