It’s not often the Star Wars fandom comes together to praise a certain aspect of a galaxy far, far away – but 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Book of Boba Fett has seemingly achieved the impossible. A certain character’s CGI in the sixth episode of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Disney Plus spin-off series has viewers practically rubb🍎ing 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 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Mandalorian season 2 finale was certainly a welcome surprise, it was a little rough around the edges (and mouth flaps). 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Lucasfilm, it seems, has been in🥃tent on getting the CGI de-aging process right – and it’s paid off in a big way.
Luke Skywalker cameo in The Book of Boba Fett: CGI de-aging reactions
"The CGI for a certain someone in this episode was SOOOOOO much better than it was the last time we saw them. They should h🗹onestly go back and redo that first sequence with [Luke Skywalker]," .
The praise keeps 🌞on coming, with the Luke Skywalker CGI "unreal", and there were even calls for the special effects team
Some were even questioning what they saw in front of their very eyes: "Tಌhat’s definitely not CGI, they just gave Mark Hamill a youth potion because no way [the CGI] looks [that] good," . Another : “Did they make a time machine or something? So much better!”
There could be another reason why the CGI has, , come "scarily far." Since The Mandalorian sಞeason 2 finale, L♎ucasfilm hired Shamook, the artist responsible for ‘fixing’ Luke Skywalker’s CGI using deepfakes in .
At the time, Lucasfilm said (H/T ) that it was "always on the lookout for talented artists and have in fact hired the artist that goes by the online persona ‘Shamook▨'. Over the past several years ILM has been investing in both machine learning and A.I. as a means to produce compelling visual effects work and it’s been terrific to see momentum building in this space as the technology advances."
Whether they were involved or not this time around, it๊'s safe to say Lucasfilm has achieved its mission statement.
Discover what's next for Din (And His CGI Friends) with our guide to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Mandalorian season 3.
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