Scientists exploring the deep waters off Vietnam's coast have made an exciting discovery! A brand new species of giant isopod, named Bathynomus darthvaderi, has been found lurking in the dark ...

Art often imitates life, and sometimes animals do, too. The enormous jellyfish seen in this YouTube video bears a striking ...

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story features Darth Vader's best canon moment, which helps him get revenge for his death in Legends.

Fortnite’s AI-powered Darth Vader shenanigans were just a test; Epic Games will soon allow Fortnite creators to craft their own chatbot-esque NPC for the battle royale game.

Jay Peters is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. AI Darth Vader was a huge hit in Fortnite, and now Epic plans to ...

In May, Epic added a Darth Vader NPC to Fortnite that could speak to players using an AI-powered version of James Earl Jones’ voice. Jones’ estate approved of the use of his voice.

An AI-powered version of Darth Vader was added to Fortnite and its Star Wars-themed season late last month. The NPC, complete with a Google-developed AI model trained on voice clips recorded by ...

AI Darth Vader, it seems, was just the beginning. During State of Unreal 2025, Epic unveiled plans to release new tools for creators to build their own AI-powered NPCs in Unreal Editor for ...

Following the release of AI Darth Vader into Fortnite, Epic has announced plans to let people create their own AI NPCs in the all-encompassing battle royale.

Fortnite to add even more AI NPCs following Darth Vader incident "I find the lack of humanity in your AI chatbot disturbing" By Alfonso Maruccia June 4, 2025, 12:50.

In the latest issue of Star Wars: Legacy of Vader #4 by Charles Soule and Luke Ross, Kylo Ren visits Naboo, showing the once gorgeous palace that belonged to Padmé had become a harrowing scene of ...

The giant isopod is a huge relative of the pill bug. These armored scavengers roam the ocean floor and can grow up to 20 inches long. With their rigid exoskeleton and eerie, twitching legs, they ...