"Depart. Your destiny lies with me. Obi-Wan knew this to be true."
Let the menacing Sith Lord be your co-pilot: Voice Skins joined forces with Locutio and LucasFilms to bring Darth Vadar to the Garmin GPS system. (If you prefer a more encouraging navigator, the Yoda package should be coming soon.) Garmin customers can now download the Darth Vadar Premium Voice and Graphics Bundle to their GPS devices for $12.99.
Not only will Darth Vadar incorporate his best lines from the Star Wars movies into his turn-by-turn instructions, selections from John Williams' signature Imperial March are also worked into the system (when you reach a destination, for example), complete with sound effects from lightsabers and TIE fighter flybys. As if that were not enough to make a wannabe Jedi download the Bundle, he can realize his dream to drive a TIE fighter in a galaxy far, far away to go to the grocery store -- because that's the on-screen vehicle icon used in the Darth Vadar package (though not shown in the above demo video).
Personally, I'm hopeful for a Star Trek voice skin plus gesture control GPS system. I can't wait to say "Engage" complete with Captain Jean Luc Picard's signature move to start my road trip. What other character voice skin are you interested in?
Here is a behind-the-scenes look at Darth Vadar's recording session:
[Source: VoiceSkins blog post, Garmin website, VoiceSkin's YouTube channel]
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