Artificial intelligence will voice the voice of 'Darth Vader'

James Earl Jones has been the iconic voice of Darth Vader since the first Star Wars, but now, at age 91, it seems he has Get ready to voice "yourself". According to Vanity Fair, Jones signed a copyright license to his archive of voice work, allowing Ukrainian startup Respeecher to use artificial intelligence technology to recreate his voice.

To do this, Respeecher uses clips to "clone" the actor's voice, allowing new recordings to be made without the voice actor being present. Lines. Matthew Wood, the supervising sound editor for "The Sound of Skywalker," told Vanity Fair that Jones "mentioned that he was considering tapering off" the role of Darth Vader, which was the option he presented to Jones. After Jones gave Lucasfilm permission to use AI-generated voices, Lucasfilm commissioned Respeecher to make Vader sound like a "dark side villain from 45 years ago."

Although the studio used artificial intelligence to voice Vader, Jones still played the role of a "benevolent godfather" who helped guide the studio's portrayal of the villain.

This is not the first time Respeecher has collaborated with Lucasfilm. The startup also voiced the younger version of Luke Skywalker in Disney's "The Mandalorian" and "The Book of Boba Fett." In a press release, Respeecher explained that Skywalker's voice was digitally recreated by using excerpts from "many valuable broadcasts, interviews and voiceovers" from Mark Hamill's early years.

Other artificial intelligence speech synthesis tools such as Voicemod, Veritone, Descript and similar AI have also emerged as potential ways for celebrities and creators to digitally reconstruct their own voices. The trend is likely to catch on among celebrities looking to "increase their income with minimal effort by cloning and renting out their own voices." Or in the case of Jones' overage, it could help preserve the voice of one of cinema's most famous villains.

For us movie fans, using these cutting-edge artificial intelligence technologies, we have the opportunity to relive those classic sounds on the screen in new film and television works without having to play back those old films. ​

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