91-Years-old James Earl Jones officially Announce Retirement from Star Wars.

After 45 years of voicing ‘Darth Vader,’

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James has announced that he signed his voice acting rights over to Lucasfilm.

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Jones first debuted his voiceover role in the original 1977 film

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as the legendary Star Wars villain, Sith Lord

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James Earl was recently cast as a character for the new Obi-Wan Kenobi series on Disney+.

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He received an honorary Oscar in 2011

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after being nominated for best actor for the 1970 film "The Great White Hope".

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