Respeecher does this by “cloning” an actor’s voice using sound bites, enabling a studio to record fresh lines without the performer present. Skywalker Sound’s supervising sound editor, Matthew Wood, told Vanity Fair that he proposed the possibility to Jones after he “said he was looking towards winding down” the character of Darth Vader. According to Vanity Fair, once Jones granted Lucasfilm permission to use the AI-generated voice, the studio entrusted Respeecher with making Vader sound like Jones’ “evil side adversary from 45 years ago” in Disney Plus’ Obi-Wan Kenobi.
