Darth Vader has been added to Fortnite, and the iconic Star Wars villain has sparked controversy, debate and a legal challenge from SAG-AFTRA. This version of Vader is an NPC companion who can ...

Fortinite's newest Star Wars collaboration now involves Darth Vader as an AI character thanks to ElevenLabs and Google Gemini 2.0. If players eliminate him and once Conversational AI is enabled ...

By Derrick Bryson Taylor Months after the death of James Earl Jones, the booming voice of Darth Vader, Fortnite players are having in-game conversations with the “Star Wars” villain about ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Two years before Jones passed away in 2024, he retired as the voice of Darth Vader and signed a deal that allows an AI program to recreate his ...

In the latest battle over AI in entertainment, a re-created Darth Vader voice has triggered a labour dispute. Here's everything to know In a case that feels straight out of sci-fi satire ...

Months after the death of James Earl Jones, the booming voice of Darth Vader, Fortnite players are having in-game conversations with the “Star Wars” villain about being a Jedi and his conflict ...

What just happened? The use of AI to recreate the voice of the late James Earl Jones for Darth Vader in Fortnite has run into more controversy. Soon after players managed to make the character ...

The Walt Disney Co. and Epic Games announced that Fortnite players would be able to recruit and chat with Darth Vader on Friday. The use of the iconic voice of Jones, who died last year, ...

As soon as Darth Vader was added into the game, players were getting the character to say the word “fuck” and use homophobic slurs. Adding to the controversy, the SAG-AFTRA union has made it ...

An actors' union is suing the makers of the Fortnite video game over the use of AI to create an interactive Darth Vader, it said Monday. Fortnite announced last week it had got permission from the ...

“However, we must protect our right to bargain terms and conditions around uses of voice that replace the work of our members, including those who previously did the work of matching Darth Vader ...

Before his passing last year, the voice actor behind Darth Vader, James Earl Jones, struck a deal with Disney allowing the company to use his voice recordings, likeness, and vocal style for future ...