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posted by cmn32480 on Thursday August 27 2015, @08:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the will-they-screw-it-up-again dept.

Disney and LucasFilms will reportedly use computer generated imagery to digitally recreate Grand Moff Tarkin, the character Peter Cushing played in Star Wars back in 1977. Cushing died at age 81 in 1994:

A source told the Daily Mail that Disney and LucasFilms are using CGI to bring Grand Moff Tarkin back to life for the spin-off film which is centred on a back story about Darth Vader.

Cushing starred in many of the Hammer Horror films with Christopher Lee, including Dracula and Dr Frankenstein. He also appeared in two Doctor Who films, based on the BBC sci-fi series.

CGI technicians have been particularly challenged in recreating his legs and feet, because they never appeared on camera in the original film. As his character was a Galactic Imperial officer, his uniform included tight riding boots, which Cushing complained were uncomfortable. So director George Lucas gave him permission to wear slippers and instructed the camera operators to only film him from above the knees. Original footage is vital in the process of computer generating real people, to ensure that it appears as accurate as possible.

With the power of CGI, Tarkin/Cushing can be made to leap over railings, dodge blaster fire in mid-air, and high five Jar Jar Binks.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 27 2015, @10:31PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 27 2015, @10:31PM (#228764)

    Boooo! Booo!

    Not cool, man. Not cool. Why didn't they just let Wayne Pygram reprise the role from Episode III?

  • (Score: 1) by OwMyBrain on Friday August 28 2015, @01:45PM

    by OwMyBrain (5044) on Friday August 28 2015, @01:45PM (#228970)

    Wow. I didn't actually know Wayne Pygram was in Episode III, but IMDB confirms it. I fondly remember Pygram for portraying Scorpius in Farscape.

    I saw Revenge of the Sith exactly once when it was in the theater, so my memory of it is fuzzy. I don't remember a young Tarkin being in it, but that seems likely what with all the "wink, wink, nudge, nudge - you know what happens in Episode IV" nonsense from that movie. I'm afraid I must admit I have to agree with this AC. I would much rather see an underappreciated sci-fi actor reprise the role than yet another CGI stunt. I was cautiously optimistic about what Disney would do to the Star Wars universe, but now I am quite a bit more worried. Stop just throwing technology at movies and remember how to do good story telling. Wait, was Disney ever good at story telling?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 28 2015, @08:17PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 28 2015, @08:17PM (#229168)

      Wait, was Disney ever good at story telling?

      They are excellent at story telling. They absolutely suck at story creating as they cannot do it without blatantly plagiarizing the non-copyrighted (read:Pre-Disney) past.