Star Wars fans finally agree on something: [SPOILER] was much better in The Book of Boba Fett
It’s not often the Star Wars fandom comes together to praise a certain aspect of a galaxy far, far away – but The Book of Boba Fett has seemingly achieved the impossible. A certain character’s CGI in the sixth episode of the Disney Plus spin-off series has viewers practically rubbing their eyes in disbelief.
MAJOR spoilers for The Book of Boba Fett episode 6 follow. You have been warned!
Yes, a de-aged Luke Skywalker is back (played by Mark Hamill and stand-in Graham Hamilton) and training Grogu. While the Jedi’s master appearance in The Mandalorian season 2 finale was certainly a welcome surprise, it was a little rough around the edges (and mouth flaps). Lucasfilm, it seems, has been intent on getting the CGI de-aging process right – and it’s paid off in a big way.
"The CGI for a certain someone in this episode was SOOOOOO much better than it was the last time we saw them. They should honestly go back and redo that first sequence with [Luke Skywalker]," said one excited viewer.
The praise keeps on coming, with the Luke Skywalker CGI being described as "unreal", and there were even calls for the special effects team to get a promotion.
Some were even questioning what they saw in front of their very eyes: "That’s definitely not CGI, they just gave Mark Hamill a youth potion because no way [the CGI] looks [that] good," remarked one. Another commented: “Did they make a time machine or something? So much better!”
There could be another reason why the CGI has, according to one, come "scarily far." Since The Mandalorian season 2 finale, Lucasfilm hired Shamook, the artist responsible for ‘fixing’ Luke Skywalker’s CGI using deepfakes in a hit YouTube video.
At the time, Lucasfilm said (H/T IndieWire) that it was "always on the
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