Fortnite’s AI-powered Darth Vader shenanigans were just a test; Epic Games will soon allow Fortnite creators to craft their own chatbot-esque NPC for the battle royale game.

Among the possibilities that fans have discussed is a Darth Vader TV show starring Hayden Christensen. Currently, Christensen's return in Ahsoka season 2 is confirmed, but the Anakin Skywalker ...

An AI-powered version of Darth Vader was added to Fortnite and its Star Wars-themed season late last month. The NPC, complete with a Google-developed AI model trained on voice clips recorded by ...

In May, Epic added a Darth Vader NPC to Fortnite that could speak to players using an AI-powered version of James Earl Jones’ voice. Jones’ estate approved of the use of his voice.

Jay Peters is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. AI Darth Vader was a huge hit in Fortnite, and now Epic plans to ...

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Epic Games has added a new version of Darth Vader to Fortnite, one which speaks with the AI-recreated voice of James Earl Jones, and which players can have conversations with. It’s going ...

If you really want to do Darth Vader an injury you can play against him in Star Wars: Battlefront and Star Wars: Battlefront 2. Or you can dig out Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (playable on the ...