Star Wars: James Earl Jones steps down as Darth Vader

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In an interview with Star Wars sound editor Vanity Fair, Matthew Wood, said It was noted that Jones was "planning to phase out this...character".

Jones's voice has been remastered from the original Star Wars films for the recent Disney+ Obi-Wan Kenobi series.

Some of Jones' archival voice recordings were also used.

For future Star Wars projects, Jones has reportedly licensed Disney and Lucasfilm to use artificial intelligence and archival recordings to recreate his voice.

The actor is credited for his advice on Darth Vadar's performance on Obi-Wan Kenobi, Wood describing him as "a benevolent godfather."

Jones' family told Wood how pleased they were with the finished product from Ukrainian voice cloning company Respeecher.