As part of both Fortnite's current Star Wars-themed season and the larger tech industry push to crowbar AI into anything and everything with even the most niche possible use case, a new manmade horror beyond our comprehension has been born.

Darth Vader’s AI is powered by Google Gemini 2.0. Players under 13, or the age of digital consent in their country, will need permission to speak with Darth Vader. Epic Games says that player audio is not being used to train AI models. Darth Vader has replaced Darth Vader Samurai and can be found at Vader’s Samurai Solitude on the Fortnite map.

Update: Epic has deployed a hotfix to address Vader's profanity.