Star Wars Fans React To Learning Luke Skywalker Was Voiced By A Computer
Star Wars fans react to learning that young Luke Skywalker was voiced by a computer and not by Mark Hamill. The legendary Jedi returned to the space saga, this time via its Disney+ series. First appearing in The Mandalorian season 2 finale, he re-emerged in The Book of Boba Fett. But aside from bringing another actor to play the character, Hamill, apparently, also didn't provide the voice for him.
Luke's appearance on The Mandalorian season 2 came as a massive surprise. His arrival signaled the end of Din Djarin's (Pedro Pascal) mission of reuniting Grogu with his kind. To achieve the cameo, Hamill was de-aged coupled with Max Lloyd-Jones serving as Luke's stand-in. As exciting as it was to see the character at this particular point in Star Wars history, not everyone was a fan of his cameo. Not only did it take away from the fact that it marked the heartbreaking separation of Mando and Grogu, but the VFX work on Luke was also criticized.
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However, that wasn't even the worst part of it as Hamill, apparently, didn't also provide the voice for the character onThe Mandalorian. Instead, show creator Jon Favreau explained to Esquire that it was fully synthesized. With sound editor Matthew Wood having archival material of Hamill during this era from old Star Wars sources, «they were able to slice it up and feed their neural network to learn this data.» Given young Luke's re-emergence inThe Book of Boba Fett, this particular detail has been the talk of the town again, with fans having various reactions to it. Read some of them below:
If Mark’s current voice was too gravelly or didn’t match young luke, there must be ways to smooth it out in post and
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