I’m certain ILM worked incredibly hard to get this effect, like they did with Tarkin, and that’s enough for me. Although I still think Sebastian Stan would have worked well, it’s a great thing that old Mark Hamill can still have a chance at playing young Luke Skywalker.
And I think they should know by now to stop burning money on this stuff that always fails and has to be fixed by amateur deep fake people online. Mark Hamill can still have the role, but when it’s so prohibitive (to the budget and the performance) they need to do it another way. Give him a beard, do practical makeup, do something else. It’s gonna age like milk. Evidently people haven’t complained enough.
Hallelujah. This is exactly how I feel. I feel like there are so many talented people at ILM, and they pour so much effort into creating and rigging these detailed 3d models like with Tarkin, and it always ventures into the uncanny valley. ILM should ask Weta Digital for help if they need to. It makes me sad knowing that there is so much potential at ILM and they never seem to learn from their mistakes reviving/de-aging actors. I know it’s not a limitation of our current technology. Other studios like Weta Digital have created mind-blowing de aging visual effects like with Will Smith in Gemini Man, and even self-taught deepfakers like Shamook are able to paste an actors face onto a double with superior quality. I hope Lucasfilm actually learns from the negative public reaction to these actor vfx.