James Earl Jones has “stepped back” from voicing Darth Vader, a tech company used A.I. to create Vader’s ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ voice:
A new article in
explains the difference. The 91-year-old Jones had quietly “stepped back” from the role, and allowed Lucasfilm to create his dialogue using archival recordings and A.I. technology.‘Jones had mentioned he was looking into winding down this particular character,’ says [Skywalker Sound sound editor Matthew] Wood.
Vader’s new/old voice was created by Respeecher, a Ukrainian tech company that uses “archival recordings and a proprietary A.I. algorithm to create new dialogue with the voices of performers from long ago.”You can hear the difference for yourself below. Compare this performance by the real James Earl Jones from It doesn’t sound artificial; in fact, the work by Respeecher is remarkably seamless. You’d swear that’s the young James Earl Jones talking.
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