Star Wars villain since 1977 and most recently took on the role for new Disney+ series, Obi-Wan Kenobi, which also stars Ewan McGregor.
But there have been reports of the actor wanting to retire, with speculation that Lucasfilm was using AI to replace Jones and use his voice for the future now confirmed.
The actor himself seems to have approved the move, with the people behind the advanced technology saying he even offers them advice on it. ‘He had mentioned he was looking into winding down this particular character,’ creator Matthew Wood began. ‘So how do we move forward?’, he told Vanity Fair, sharing that, when he presented Jones with the work done on recreating his famous voice, the actor signed off on using his archival voice recordings to ‘keep Vader alive. ’Wood also said Jones is credited for guiding the performance on the new Disney series, describing his contribution as ‘a benevolent godfather. ’So now, even after his death, Jones has given his blessing for Respeecher to recreate and reuse his voice in all future Star Wars films.
Vader appears in episode three of the new Obi-Wan Kenobi programme, which is set between the events of the Star Wars prequel trilogy and the original trilogy.
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