But weirdly, the folks at Respeecher won’t confirm or deny this, recently telling Inverse that they “can’t say yes or no on James Earl Jones,” adding that there are “lots of secrets still with Obi-Wan Kenobi.” And, to be fair, Respeecher has a lot on its plate; they’re based in Ukraine and were reportedly still “uploading data packets … to Skywalker Sound” for Obi-Wan Kenobi “when the invasion began.”
Ultimately, though, this is kind of disappointing because Star Wars, historically, has been pretty transparent about how its various effects were accomplished. For young movie fans, learning the films’ behind-the-scenes tricks was arguably part of the appeal. But now Lucasfilm is being weirdly protective about certain pieces of information, like Vader’s voice – probably because they know that a lot of people will find it super-creepy.
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