SAG-AFTRA affirms that Epic Games acted unfairly by replacing workers with artificial intelligence technology to create the Darth Vader NPC added to Fortnite with patch v35.10. On May 16, Fortnite released an update for Galactic Battle, its Star Wars-themed mini-season. Gamers had been waiting for an update for two weeks, so they were eagerly anticipating the new content that would come with the patch.
They became even more excited when the leaks that were published before servers came back up revealed that an AI-powered Darth Vader would be added to Fortnite. As soon as the patch went live and servers were back, players quickly got into a match and looked for him at his possible spawn locations so they could fight him and get him to join their team, as the first talking companion in Fortnite. Fans immediately started testing what Darth Vader would respond to and what subject matters he would avoid.
Fortnite players come together to express their disappointment with the recent Darth Jar Jar skin added to Epic Games' popular battle royale.
Epic Games used AI to replicate James Earl Jones's voice, the most iconic actor to voice Darth Vader. SAG-AFTRA was...
