A Star Wars fan uses deepfake technology to upgrade Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill, Max Lloyd-Jones) as he appears in the season 2 finale The Mandalorian. In “Chapter 16: The Rescue”, Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and his allies attempt a daring rescue aboard the Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito) Imperial Light Cruiser, where an army of Dark Troopers keep Grogu under armed guard. When the enduring droids trap Djarin, Cara Dune (Gina Carano), Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen) and Mandalorians Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff) and Koska Reeves (Mercedes Varnado) in the ship’s control room, it’s a hero hooded who rescues them: Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
When the Jedi take off their black hoods, spectators see a 69-year-old Hamill, in his old age, with his appearance five years after 1983. Return of the Jedi.
“It was very complicated because today it is very difficult to keep a secret, especially with Star Wars, because people are so curious about it, “said the show’s creator and showrunner, Jon Favreau Good morning America on Hamill’s set Star Wars come back. “There are so many people involved in the process, with finished visual effects, created, filmed, studios and everything.”
At the end of the season, scripted by Favreau and directed by Peyton Reed, Industrial Light & Magic used “any technology we had available to eliminate it. [Hamill] and try to make it look so much like the old movies, ”Favreau said.
After some online commentators criticized Luke’s digital appearance in “The Rescue,” a viral deepfake posted by Shamook on YouTube has garnered more than a million views updating Hamill’s appearance on The Mandalorian. Here’s what Star Wars fans talk about Luke Skywalker’s return to “The Rescue,” which quickly became the highest-scoring episode The Mandalorian and one of the highest rated TV episodes of all time voted by users on IMDb: