Darth Vader Voice Comes Again - James Earl Jones Voice With A.I.

James Earl Jones, who has provided the voice of Darth Vader for almost 40 years of "Star Wars" movies, appears to be leaving the part.

Jones' youthful voice from his earlier films will be recreated using artificial intelligence synthetic speech technologies for upcoming Lucasfilm projects.

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According to 32-year Lucasfilm veteran Matthew Wood, How then do we proceed?

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They collaborated on Darth Vader's voice in the television show "Obi-Wan Kenobi,

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Bogdan Belyaev, a speech artist who is 29 years old, was charged with providing Lucasfilm with the updated recordings.

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He adds, "If everything went wrong, we wouldn't send these adaptations to Skywalker Sound."

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Darth Vader in the Disney+ series, with Wood referring to the actor as a "benevolent godfather" who "guides the performance."

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In 1977's original "Star Wars," David Prowse, who wore the iconic black mask, gave the iconic film villain's initial voice performance.

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Up to this moment, Jones provided the character's voices for both the big and small screens.

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