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Guy Henry was already perfect for the role, all of this was pointless, but Disney NEEDED to test the ethnically dubious waters so they could go hogwild with this stuff now. And I say disney specifically because all of their film studios are using this tech now. RO was the test case.
You know what George did for EPIII? He put a guy in makeup to look like Cushing and had him out of focus. Lucas had a better case for using Cushing’s likeness on account of actually knowing him and iirc Cushing saying that he wished he had pushed for Tarkin to live cause he wanted to come back to star wars as soon as a sequel was announced. Yet Lucas has come out against digital actors, much as he loves new technology more than story or writing, he knows there are godamn lines
"A computer can duplicate Tom Hanks, for example, and we already use that technology a little for stunts and difficult scenes.
"But if you bring back Marilyn Monroe, what you would have is a caricature.
Lucas is himself a pioneer of digital special effects
"You could do it but you can’t get a perfect actor.
“Acting is a human endeavour and the amount of talent and craft that goes into it is massive - and can a composite reproduce that?”
He added: “The voice would have to be dubbed and what was produced on screen would ultimately be the work of an animator.”
The director was one of the first to make extensive use of digital technology when he used computer-generated special effects in the original Star Wars film in 1977.
But he said that recreating Hollywood greats would be a step too far.
"I can’t see any reason to recreate John Wayne or Monroe.
“People don’t want to see an imitation of someone who was a strong presence in real life,” said Lucas.
Shocker came to mind for me as well. Herman is a good egg