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Post #1394515

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ZkinandBonez
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The Mandalorian - a general discussion thread - * SPOILERS *
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Date created
18-Dec-2020, 5:24 PM

Honestly, the de-aged Mark Hamill look less and less weird the more I watch it. There are still some quirks here and there, though I’m wondering if a lot of the uncanny valley feeling might simply come from the fact that we all know Hamill does’t look like that anymore. There is something quite surreal about seeing a face we recognize from grainy 80’s film footage now appearing in this crisp digital footage alongside actors from this obviously new series. The more I look at it I’m sure its some kind of deepfake as it looks to good to be CG, especially considering its a TV series. The over-the-shoulder shots I do think is CG, but everything else looks like its based on ROTJ footage and probably blended with the face of a lookalike. The first time he speaks the lip movement seems quite natural to me, but the second time it seems a bit too little compared to the words coming out of his mouth. There is also a shot where he bends down to pick up Grogu where there is some slightly odd blurring and I wonder if the original actors face might have become more visible. Overall though, I think this has great potential for Luke showing up again in later season and other series as I’m sure this technology will only get better. And I definitely think this scene will grow on people more than Tarkin and RO Leia has (and the former I think works quite well overall with only the lip animation being the biggest issue).