AI Darth Vader has been out in Fortnite for roughly an hour, and already people have managed to get the Dark Lord of the Sith to swear. Fortnite's new AI buddy has a death grip on all manner of ...

Darth Vader has arrived in Fortnite, and your AI buddy has a death grip on all manner of cool and strange features, including the ability to serenade you (provided you only expect him to sing Star ...

But now the Epic game has added a twist: you can actually talk to Darth Vader, who will responded thanks to AI and the voice of the late James Earl Jones (with his family's permission).

When Fortnite players talk with Darth Vader, their audio is sent to Gemini, a conversation chatbot created by Google, to generate a response from the character, Epic says on its website.