Darth Maul was confirmed to be headlining his own series, Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord, and fans have since been wondering if the former Sith Lord will encounter Darth Vader in the new show.

It even knew about his buyable "skin." "Darth Vader had that information and knew a lot about me," he said. Though the character has had some hiccups, the bot is an early example of what's possible.

May 20, 2025, 06:12pm EDTUpdated May 21, 2025, 07:16pm EDT Darth Vader appears in Fortnite as an AI-generated companion Epic Games/Disney ...

The famed Sith lord Darth Vader is AI-enabled to speak like actor James Earl Jones in Fortnite. Players immediately took advantage to make him, uh, go off-script.

When Fortnite players talk with Darth Vader, their audio is sent to Gemini, a conversation chatbot created by Google, to generate a response from the character, Epic says on its website.

James Earl Jones’ voice of Darth Vader is one of the most recognizable sounds in movie history — and now it’s at the center of a fight over the use of artificial intelligence. On Monday ...

Fortnite underestimates SAG-AFTRA‘s power, it would appear after the online gaming platform used conversational AI to replicate James Earl Jones‘ voice as Star Wars‘ Darth Vader. On Monday ...

Darth Vader is now a character on "Fortnite," using an AI version of James Earl Jones' voice. Jones's family said they allowed AI to use his voice because he wanted "all ages" to experience Darth ...

Shortly after Epic Games dropped Darth Vader, in the form of a holographic conversational AI, into Fortnite, players started figuring out how to get the Sith lord to say the worst things possible ...

Fortnite players can channel their inner dark side as James Earl Jones‘ Darth Vader returns to the game. Players will be able to recruit the Sith Lord and be able to talk to him, he will respond ...

Fortnite AI Darth Vader Just Dropped an F-Bomb AI Darth Vader caught using some unexpected F-words, and we don’t mean The Force.

Fortnite’s Darth Vader imitates the iconic voice of James Earl Jones, who voiced him in the Star Wars films. This technology was also used to recreate Jones’ voice in the Obi-Wan Kenobi TV show.