**Viral News Snippet:**

Viral News Snippet:

🚨 FACT CHECK: Is Tom Kane, the iconic voice of ‘Yoda’ in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, secretly returning for a new Disney+ series?

Rumor says: A leaked casting sheet suggests the 62-year-old actor, who suffered a stroke in 2020 and retired from voice acting, has completed secret voice work for a “major, unannounced Star Wars project.”

Reality: FALSE. Multiple sources close to Lucasfilm confirm that while Kane has made a remarkable recovery in his speech and mobility, he has not recorded new lines. The “leaked” audio clips circulating on TikTok are actually AI-generated deepfakes mimicking his distinctive rasp. Beware of tribute fan edits misleadingly labeled as “new scenes.”