Star Wars: James Earl Jones steps down as Darth Vader

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James Earl Jones is the voice behind legendary Star Wars villain Darth Vader, but it looks like the 91-year-old has finally nt hung up his headphones.

< p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">In an interview with Vanity Fair, Star Wars sound editor Matthew Wood said that Jones "is considering reducing 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 projects Star Wars, Jones reportedly allowed 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, with 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.

Some famous lines of Darth Vader