Originally posted by: Tiptup
Just from watching RotS, it always looked to me that the Emperor's makeup was heavily modified by CGI. I could be wrong, but that's what I always attributed its odd look to. Heck, even when looking at the stills of evil Palpatine in this thread, I think those look like CGI-enhanced expressions.
Just from watching RotS, it always looked to me that the Emperor's makeup was heavily modified by CGI. I could be wrong, but that's what I always attributed its odd look to. Heck, even when looking at the stills of evil Palpatine in this thread, I think those look like CGI-enhanced expressions.
This is mostly true. Ian's stunt double did most of the dueling with Sam Jackson for the wide shots with Ian doing the work for close ups. ILM then added Ian's head and face over the stunt double's head. So there will unavoidably be CG phoney-ness in there.