SAG-AFTRA is objecting to the use of AI to regenerate the late James Earl Jones’ bass intonations of Darth Vader in Epic Games’ “Fortnite.” SAG-AFTRA said the studio behind “Fortnite,” Epic-owned Llama Productions,

SAG-AFTRA, the organization that represents voice, motion, and screen performers, has filed an unfair labor complaint against Epic Games. The complaint stems from the company’s recent introduction of an AI programmed to sound like James Earl Jones’ Darth Vader that can respond to a player’s actions and questions.

The union has now filed an unfair labor practice charge (link to the PDF is on the SAG-AFTRA website) that calls out “ Fortnite ‘s signatory company, Llama Productions” for “ [replacing] the work of human performers with AI technology” without “providing any notice of their intent to do this and without bargaining with us over appropriate terms.”