As for any ethical issue, Cushing’s estate gave it’s blessing.
OK, so there is no legal issue. But I am not sure that an estate’s blessing is enough to eliminate any ethical issue.
I think this is important because Peter Cushing definitely did not agree to star in a film made decades after his death, regardless of however much money his estate was given. I also am curious how you all would feel when and if they do CGI Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Alec Guinness, and whoever else they want to recreate. I think it sets a very creepy precedent.
Dead celebrities have been pitching products for years they never signed up to do. The Audrey Hepburn commercial a few years back being a prime example. Recreating a character is less creepy than a dead actor shilling for a candy company.
I don’t see this being an issue for Star Wars as there’s only so many side stories they could do in the OT era where running into the original characters would be anything more than a stunt and more universe shrinkage. Rogue One would have been weird without Tarkin.
And I’ll still take CGI Tarkin over this guy.
