Bandai’s Darth Vader tamagotchi will cost $30, and is set to release this March–you can head on over to Amazon to pre-order one yourself. Want more io9 news?

Darth Vader is, of course, voiced by the inimitable James Earl Jones, who died in September 2024 at the age of 93. This AI version of his voice, powered by Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash model and ...

And the Tamagotchi Nano brand is no stranger to Western properties — you can raise your own Buzz Lightyear, "Jurassic Park" dinosaur, or even Darth Vader. Yes, seriously.

Epic Games released an AI-powered Darth Vader character that players can speak to via microphone. Fortnite and Disney teamed up to unveil an AI character that responds to a player's voice in real ...

Tamagotchi Nano x Star Wars: R2-D2 Tamagotchi, Classic. ... Collect them all to recreate the battle at Echo Base with Darth Vader, Han Solo with a Tauntaun, Princess Leia and more.

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 ...