James Earl Jones Darth Vader voice

2022 - 9 - 26

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James Earl Jones is hanging up his cape as Darth Vader (CTV News)

James Earl Jones, who for decades has provided Darth Vader's iconic, menacing voice, will not record new lines for new 'Star Wars' projects.

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AI is taking over the iconic voice of Darth Vader, with the blessing of ... (TechCrunch)

A synthetic voice trained on the performances of James Earl Jones will permanently take over from the actor for the role of Darth Vader.

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James Earl Jones retiring as Darth Vader's voice (FOX5 Las Vegas)

James Earl Jones' voice will live on as Darth Vader even though the actor is stepping down from the character.

Vanity Fair also reports Jones signed off on the deal to allow his voice to be used in future LucasFilms projects through A.I. (CNN) – Darth Vader’s deep voice will live on with and without James Earl Jones. James Earl Jones retiring as Darth Vader’s voice

James Earl Jones steps back from Star Wars and Darth Vader role (Polygon)

Vanity Fair reported on Sept. 23, 2022 that James Earl Jones, 91, had signed off on Lucasfilm's plans to develop an AI voice for Darth Vader's future ...

Though Wood, mindful of those developers’ safety, began pulling back on work requests to Respeecher, the response from Kyiv was, “Let’s work, let’s work in the face of this adversity, let’s persevere.” Respeecher is headquartered in Kyiv and its work has been greatly affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and assaults on the capital city, which began Feb. Jones has signed off on using his archived voice-over work to build the AI at Respeecher, the company hired by Lucasfilm to develop a voicing solution for Vader.

James Earl Jones has signed over Darth Vader's voice to artificial ... (Boing Boing)

James Early Jones has signed over the rights to his Darth Vader voice to artificial intelligence. Respeecher, a Ukraine-based synthetic speech start-up, ...

They inform the actor about their plans for Vader and heed his advice on how to stay on the right course. Respeecher, a Ukraine-based synthetic speech start-up, already used archival recordings and algorithms to create Vader's voice for the "Obi-Wan Kenobiu" series and has since turned over the rights to his Vader voice. James Early Jones has signed over the rights to his Darth Vader voice to artificial intelligence.

James Earl Jones steps back from voicing Darth Vader, signs off on ... (NBC News)

James Earl Jones, who has voiced Darth Vader for nearly 50 years of “Star Wars” films, seems to be stepping away from the role.

Following the debut of “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” Jones’ family informed Wood that they were pleased with the result of the synthesis between the actor’s voice and Respeecher’s technical work. The two also teamed for the voice performance of Darth Vader on the series “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” which debuted on Disney’s streamer this summer. Respeecher’s relationship with Lucasfilm began with the Disney+ series “The Book of Boba Fett,” for which they recreated the voice of young Luke Skywalker.

James Earl Jones leaving Empire, retiring as Darth Vader's voice (pennlive.com)

James Earl Jones is reportedly retiring from being Darth Vader's voice, which will be reproduced by A.I. from here on out.

“At the dawn of the Empire’s eradication of the Jedi Order and the search for survivors. [Vanity Fair reports](https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/james-earl-jones-is-reportedly-retiring-from-voicing-darth-vader/) how the 91-year-old actor—who has been the voice behind the iconic “Star Wars” character since the franchise’s debut in 1977—actually signed off on the use of his archival voice recordings so that artificial intelligence (A.I.) may reproduce it for future content. He remained in service of the Emperor—the evil Darth Sidious—for decades, enforcing his Master’s will and seeking to crush the Rebel Alliance and other detractors. Vader, as the technology was used for the character’s speaking parts. Forever scarred by his defeat on Mustafar, Vader was transformed into a cybernetically-enhanced Sith Lord. [described by StarWars.com](https://www.starwars.com/databank/darth-vader) as “Once the heroic Jedi Knight named Anakin Skywalker, Darth Vader was seduced by the dark side of the Force.