Darth Vader voice actor James Earl Jones allows AI to take over the role
James Earl Jones, the actor who has voiced iconic Star Wars villain Darth Vader since 1977, has reportedly permitted his past utterances to be fed into an AI that will ensure his distinct tones become replicable once he becomes one with the Force.which reveals that a Ukrainian company called Respeecher was hired by Lucasfilm to reproduce Jones's famous baritone for theas offering content creators to"Create speech that's indistinguishable from the original speaker.
The story also states that Jones has allowed his archival material to be absorbed by Respeecher for later re-use, as at age 91 Jones has expressed a desire to step back from the character. Your correspondent thinks Resepeecher could also do worse than to secure the rights for Jones's sublime turn as Thulsa Doom in 1982's, in which Arnold Schwarzenegger brought himself to Hollywood's attention after grunting his way through the titular role.
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