It's the end of an era, James Earl Jones has retired from voicing Darth Vader

[jayboogieman]

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James Earl Jones is officially retiring as the voice of Star Wars' Darth Vader as he signs over the voice rights to Lucasfilm and Respeecher.

An icon is putting his time in a franchise to bed as James Earl Jones has officially retired as Star Wars' Darth Vader. The Oscar winner first debuted as the iconic Star Wars villain in the original 1977 film, giving voice to the Sith Lord while David Prowse physically portrayed the character. Jones would provide most follow-up voice performances for Darth Vader on both the big and small screen in the franchise.

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[Shocker]

Hard to believe the original Star Wars is 45 years old.  Damn

[Anybodyhome]

Maybe because Arby's is paying him more?

[d-dave]

19 hours ago, Anybodyhome said:

Maybe because Arby's is paying him more?

Snark aside he's over 90.  He knows he doesn't have a lot of time left on this earth.

I will say, it's getting freaky what AI can do now a days.

[cookinwithgas]

Reminds me of this. I thought she had done specific recordings for a project at Paramount  to preserve her voice but apparently not. 
 

https://movieweb.com/rod-roddenberry-majel-barrett-roddenberry-computer-voice/

David Prowse was pissed when he found out they weren’t using his voice for the character he played on screen.