Episode 6 of The Book of Boba Fett created a CGI version of Luke Skywalker that was so good it made us wonder if the uncanny valley is finally dead.
Last season of The Mandalorian, deep fake technology was employed to overlay the young face of Mark Hamill over a body double. The 70-year-old Hamill was also used for closeups, and his image and voice were then de-aged to show him in all his Return of the Jedi glory.
While the technique worked to propel the season finale story forward and introduce the Jedi to the Mandalorian timeline, many fans complained about how it looked.
Referencing the phrase “uncanny valley,” which Wikipedia defines as “the relationship between the human-like appearance of a robotic object and the emotional response it evokes,” fans bombarded the internet with critiques on how the character looked fake.
Author: James DeRuvo
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