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James Earl Jones’ Darth Vader Voice Can Speak Anew with AI — VOA Learning English

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James Earl Jones’ Darth Vader Voice Can Speak Anew with AI

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During his more than 60-year acting career, James Earl Jones’ voice became a star of its own. Jones died this week at the age of 93.

One of Jones' career decisions continues to be an issue of debate: his permission to let artificial intelligence (AI) reproduce his performances as Darth Vader for new projects.

Skywalker Sound and Ukrainian software company Respeecher used AI to recreate Jones' Darth Vader for the 2022 show Obi-Wan Kenobi. The show appears on the streaming service Disney+.

The voice of actor Mark Hamill was also “de-aged” using Respeecher. Hamill played Luke Skywalker in the first Star Wars movie. His AI-manufactured voice was used in the series’ television show The Mandalorian.…

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Caty Weaver adapted this story for VOA Learning English from reports by the Associated Press and Reuters.

Source: learningenglish.voanews.com/a/james-earl-jones-darth-vader-voice-can-speak-anew-

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