TV’s Frink said:
I hope they got permission/blessings from his estate or family or whatever.

It’s the first thing they did.

I’m impressed by CGI Tarkin. Still not convinced by the technology but it’s reaching perfection. Funny thing is that Disney is trying to “fix” issues with the previous movies: TFA was partly based on rejected ideas for ROTJ regarding Han Solo, while R1 tries to give us something we (at least “I”) wanted to see during the prequels: more Tarkin. I know he’s good in TCW but it’s not the same as if Lucas had put him in the Republic Army in AOTC (assuming George wouldn’t have ridiculized his character…).