He claims the broadcast, at a time when ‘anticipation and hype for Star Wars was sky high’ would have raked in over £3m and that his share would have been about £1.35m. Mr John, from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, claims the Vader interview and other scenes from the ‘For the Love of the Force’ convention held at Bowlers Exhibition Centre in December 2015 would have netted him a seven-figure sum had he been allowed to proceed with the broadcast as planned just prior to the release of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’. Marc John, 46, who runs a business streaming satellite broadcasts of live events to cinemas, says the Hollywood giants stopped him selling filmed highlights of a Star Wars fans’ convention in Trafford Park - with an interview with Darth Vader actor David Prowse ‘forming a centrepiece of the broadcast’ - to 1,200 cinemas worldwide.

Since then, he's provided Vader's voice in every project in which the character appears, from the original trilogy to the animated series 'Star Wars Rebels.' He's also credited as Vader in 'Obi-Wan Kenobi,' though he didn't record any new dialogue for the part.A Star Wars fan is suing film and TV production company Lucasfilm for £1.35 million, claiming the firm unlawfully scuppered his plan to make a fortune by beaming a live interview with Darth Vader into cinemas. Jones, an EGOT-winning actor, has voiced Vader since 1977's 'A New Hope,' though his role was uncredited for that project.

In 2016, Lucasfilm used CGI to recreate the visage of the late Peter Cushing's villainous Grand Moff Tarkin for the prequel film 'Rogue One,' though the character's voice was provided by actor Guy Henry and not an AI program. Lucasfilm has revived certain characters' voices through AI before - the younger voice of Luke Skywalker in 'The Book of Boba Fett,' on Disney+, was also fine-tuned by Respeecher. Jones was involved throughout the process of perfecting Vader's voice for 'Obi-Wan Kenobi,' Wood said, helping guide the teams involved with recreating his sound and staying updated on Lucasfilm's plans for Vader in the future. 'He had mentioned he was looking into winding down this particular character,' Wood told Vanity Fair. The actor signed off on Lucasfilm's plans to continue to use his voice for Vader in the years to come through archival recordings and new dialogue created through AI, the outlet reported.

Jones, 91, last recorded a Vader voice cameo for the 2019 sequel 'The Rise of Skywalker,' sound editor Matthew Wood told Vanity Fair. Ukrainian startup Respeecher was tasked with creating a version of Jones' voice as it sounded in the original trilogy for the recent Disney+ miniseries 'Obi-Wan Kenobi,' which takes place several years after Anakin Skywalker becomes a Sith lord. Instead, Jones' voice will live on artificially through an AI program that can recreate his voice, so Vader can deliver new lines of dialogue and maintain the commanding bass sound that made him a widely feared villain, Vanity Fair reported. James Earl Jones, who for decades has provided Darth Vader's iconic, menacing voice, will not record new lines for new 'Star Wars' projects.

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