This is certainly not how Epic Games intended Darth Vader to behave in the game. However, we have to admit it’s pretty cool that he can break character. After all, this is what makes the AI ...

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

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.

The AI-powered version of Darth Vader is interactive, but that doesn't change the fact that the video game version of Darth Vader has frequently been played by actors other than Jones.

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 ...

Before you can recruit Darth Vader, you’ll need to take him down in a battle, as he is a boss. He still uses his old moves from earlier seasons, including the Force Pull, lightsaber lunges, and ...

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.

Fortnite players are abusing AI Darth Vader, forcing him to say ‘Skibidi Toilet’ and worse Epic tries to crack down on slurs and swears by Michael McWhertor May 16, 2025, 12:08 PM PDT ...