The prop is believed to be the first of its kind to go on the market, as the other few lightsabers left from the original ...

Darth Vader is, of course, voiced by the inimitable James Earl Jones, who died in September 2024 at the age of 93. This AI version of his voice, powered by Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash model and ...

Epic Games released an AI-powered Darth Vader character that players can speak to via microphone. Fortnite and Disney teamed up to unveil an AI character that responds to a player's voice in real ...

It’s also added Darth Vader himself, this time collaborating with AI service Gemini to let you speak with the Star Wars villain. Fortnite players can now speak to Darth Vader using AI.

An AI Darth Vader chatbot voiced by a digital clone of James Earl Jones’ voice joined Fortnite on Friday and players wasted no time trying to break it. It took no time at all for them to get it ...

SAG-AFTRA strikes back. The new Fortnite Vader feature has drawn the ire of SAG-AFTRA, which represents actors and voiceover artists, among other trades.On May 19, the union filed an unfair labor ...

Epic Games says that the AI-powered Darth Vader has some guardrails in place; “Players under 13 or their country’s age of digital consent, whichever is higher, will need permission to talk ...

How Darth Vader ended up projected onto the side of the Empire State Building By . Katherine Donlevy. Published Sep. 12, 2024. Updated Sep. 12, 2024, 6:33 p.m. ET.