The fact that Darth Vader was the most iconic villain in the Star Wars series during the original trilogy was never ...

Seriously, Darth Vader apparently destroys Watto, his former slave owner when he was just a wee boy on Tatooine in the first Star Wars prequel, in this comic.

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.

In the Fortnite Team’s FAQ, they state: “The dialogue of Darth Vader’s responses is AI generated using Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash model, and the audio itself is generated by ElevenLabs ...

A copy of the filing can be rea d HERE." This amount of bad press and the legal action taken by SAG-AFTRA likely means it's only a matter of time before the AI Darth Vader gets pulled from the game.

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 ...

Regardless of what action Epic Games opts to take with the Darth Vader AI (and, at the moment, it appears that the company is plowing on through), it looks like it's too late to avert a lawsuit.

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 ...

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 ...

How to speak to Darth Vader in Fortnite First of all, you’ll need to turn on Conversational AI to talk to Darth Vader. This is an option that is found in the Controller settings.

In order to address Darth Vader, you'll need to hold down the chat button while you speak--by default that's right on the d-pad for controllers, and the Y key for mouse and keyboard folks.

AI Vader Immediately Goes Off the Rails in Fortnite with Curse Words and Skibidi Toilet References Interestingly, one of the FAQs asks, “Can I report something Darth Vader says?” and the ...