AN Star Wars fan uses deepfake technology to update Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill, Max Lloyd-Jones) as he appears at the end of season 2 The Mandalorian. In “Chapter 16: The Rescue”, Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and his allies attempt a bold rescue aboard Moff Gideon’s Imperial light cruiser (Giancarlo Esposito), where an army of Dark Troopers keeps Grogu under armed guard. When the durable droids trap Djarin, Cara Dune (Gina Carano), Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen) and Mandalorians Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff) and Koska Reeves (Mercedes Varnado) inside the ship’s control room, it’s a hooded hero who rescues them: Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
When the Jedi removes his black hood, viewers see an aged Hamill, now 69, looking five years after 1983 Return of the Jedi.
“It was very complicated because it is very difficult to keep a secret today, especially with Star Wars, because people are very curious about it, “said series creator and showrunner Jon Favreau Good Morning America about Hamill’s set Star Wars Returns. “There are so many people involved in the process, with visual effects ending, making, filming, the studios, everything.”
At the end of the season with a script by Favreau and directed by Peyton Reed, Industrial Light & Magic used “whatever technology we had available to reduce [Hamill] and try to make it look so much like old movies, ”said Favreau.
After some online commentators criticized Luke for his digital appearance in “The Rescue”, a viral deepfake posted by Shamook on YouTube has accumulated over a million views by updating Hamill’s appearance on The Mandalorian. Here’s what Star Wars fans are talking about the return of Luke Skywalker in “The Rescue”, which quickly became the most watched episode of The Mandalorian and one of the best rated television episodes of all time, as voted by IMDb users: