We Shouldn't Be Celebrating Deepfake Luke Skywalker
If Obi-Wan Kenobi wasn’t reimagined, we would’ve never got Ewan McGregor. He’s made the character his own across the prequels, becoming a fan favourite as he’s set to headline his own Disney+ show, all things achieved away from the legacy of Alec Guinness. Despite this success, we still can’t move on from Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker. Do we really need soulless, dead eyes from a CGI mask with a Siri-like voice plastered on top? Call me a humbug, but if this is the future of TV and film, it’s dystopian.
Dredging Peter Cushing back up from the dead to puppeteer Tarkin was eerie enough, but the technology has come so far that it’s near-seamless. So people are beginning to accept it. There are already calls for Leia, Han, and Luke to have a reunion, even in spite of Carrie Fisher’s death. These characters are becoming less about the performances of the actors who play them and more about likeness - there’s no soul in Luke’s performance in The Book of Boba Fett. He’s monotone, static, and flat. Recasting would fix that, but Disney won’t because fans are content with blocks of wood masquerading as jangling keys.
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A CGI character, a mask that makes them look exactly like they did in the ‘80s, is a bit weird. But it’s not terrible. It’s akin to an animated show like the Clone Wars bringing back Count Dooku with Christopher Lee’s likeness. But slapping a fake, robotic voice on top that’s fed an algorithm of Lee reading audiobooks would be a bit much. There are already talented actors who have portrayed young Luke Skywalker in games like Battlefront 2, ones who could easily reprise the role and give it their own flair. There’d be
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