Epic Games debuts the interactive voice Darth Vader in Fortnite and is already being deceived to swear
Epic Games launched a Darth Vader character with AI with whom players can talk through the microphone.
Fortnite and Disney joined together to present an AI character who responds to the voice of a player in real time. According to Fortnite, AI Vader can react to players answering questions and providing strategies.
Technology uses Google’s Flash Gemini 2.0 model to generate Vader’s responses, according to Epic Games.
The voice of James Earl Jones, the late actor expressed by Vader, was generated using the Flash V2.5 model of Elevenlabs.
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Fortnite and Disney have brought Darth Vader by engine AI to the game that can interact with the players on May 16, 2025. (Photo by Olivier Chassignole/News through Getty Images)
Jones’ family said in a statement to Epic: “James Earl felt that Darth Vader’s voice was inseparable from the story of Star Wars, and always wanted fans of all ages to continue experiencing. We hope this collaboration with Fortnite allows long -date Darth Vader fans and new generations to share the enjoyment of this iconic character.”
The game site establishes that the audio and transcripts of the players are not stored and used only to boost Darth Vader responses. Epic also says that he does not use players’ interactions to train AI models.
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Fortnite players are finding ways to deceive the new character of AI to curse. (Photographic illustration of Thomas Fuller/Soup images/lightrockt through Getty Images)
The players quickly found ways to get Vader to respond with blasphemies causing him to repeat the offensive language used by them.
The streamer and Australian player Kathleen Belsten, who passes through the mango “Loserfruit”, shared an online video of her managing to encourage the AI Darth Vader to say “F —” during the dialogue in the game.
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Epic Games USA Gemini and Elevenlabs Tech to present a Darth Vader with AI engine. (Jakub Porzycki/Nurphoto photographic illustration through Getty Images)
Another user x with the mango @gasSpares could make the character of AI repeat an insult.
Fortnite offers a feature that allows players to inform such events, according to the frequently asked questions of the site.
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The site also establishes that “players under 13 or the age of digital consent of their country, which is greater, will need permission to speak with Darth Vader. These players will see a notice in the game to obtain the permission of the parents.”
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