Epic Games added an AI-powered Darth Vader to "Fortnite" this month. Players interact with the character, which uses conversational AI based on James Earl Jones' voice.

In fact, gamers have discovered that the AI Darth Vader has very strong opinions towards Llamatauns, the llama-shaped spots based on Star Wars 's Tauntauns, and he's not afraid to show it.

Beyond combat, the AI Darth Vader offers unique interactions. Players can engage in conversations and even prompt the Sith Lord to sing, showcasing the lighter side of this technological advancement.

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.

According to Epic Games’ website, Darth Vader’s responses are AI-generated using Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash model, and ElevenLabs’ Flash v2.5 model generates the audio.

It's 2025, so Fortnite now includes a Darth Vader chatbot you can have stilted AI-powered conversations with after recruiting him into your squad. Naturally, a streamer has already managed to get ...

But until Epic announced its AI version of Darth Vader for Fortnite, no major blockbuster video game had actually put similar technology in a release. It would be a gamble.

James Earl Jones’ Darth Vader voice lives on through AI. Voice actors see promise and peril in that Voice actors fear AI may reduce or eliminate job opportunities by replicating their ...

You can read our playbook for handling this delicate balance here. Final Word: Don’t Let AI Pull You to the Dark Side AI Darth Vader may have made headlines, but it also raised legal alarms.

Players interact with the character, which uses conversational AI based on James Earl Jones' voice. "Fortnite" Darth Vader represents both the benefits and pitfalls of AI. He is what they made him.

His goal, he said, was for his voice to be clear. Speaking with The Associated Press in 1994, he said that he tried to make Darth Vader “more human and more interesting.” ...