Fortnite’s Darth Vader Is A.I.-Powered. Voice Actors Are Rebelling.

Months after the death of James Earl Jones, the booming voice of Darth Vader, Fortnite players are having in-game conversations with the “Star Wars” villain about being a Jedi and his conflict with Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Sometimes his responses have been witty: “I sense no connection to the force within you.” Others were comedic, with Darth Vader telling one curious player that lightsabers were weapons, “not gardening tools.”

Thank — or blame — artificial intelligence.

A few years…