The fact that Darth Vader was the most iconic villain in the Star Wars series during the original trilogy was never unquestioned because he enforced the Emperor’s will during the Imperial era. While ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Since Darth Vader is a boss in Fortnite, you must defeat him first before you can recruit the Sith Lord.As usual when it comes to dropping on these types of bosses, the greatest difficulty here is ...

Darth Vader has arrived in Fortnite, and your AI buddy has a death grip on all manner of cool and strange features, including the ability to serenade you (provided you only expect him to sing Star ...

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 ...

The other major Force-user that Andor keeps its distance from is Darth Vader. Sure, he’s active during the period the show takes place, but he has more than enough screen time in the original ...