It turns out that while she completed her scenes for VIII she was also supposed to be a big part of IX. There was already a plan to talk about the Rogue One reshoots, the changes made through the development of Episode VIII and Episode IX and beyond, but now they'll also need to consider what to do about Fisher's death. Leia Could Be a Fully Digital Character in Star Wars: Episode IXĪccording to Dark Horizons, Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy and others will be meeting this month to discuss the future of the Star Wars franchise. Check out a still from the footage below and head to Making Star Wars for a gallery of more screen caps. The other question is will that test be made available in its entirety on the Rogue One home video release. We only see the back of Leia's head here, however, so it's not clear how far into that scene the test went. Presumably this was test footage created to show the effects work used for a familiar moment. There's not a direct acknowledgement in the Nightline segment, but the site Making Star Wars points out footage in the video in which Henry's Tarkin is on-screen with Leia, a redo of their scene together in the original movie.
ILM Apparently Made a Test Video Re-creating a Scene from Star Wars Watch the video below ( via /Film) for more. They also address the young Princess Leia cameo, partly played by actress Ingvild Deila and with the blessing of Fisher.
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In the Nightline story, Industrial Light & Magic CCO John Knoll (who also came up with the idea for the new movie) presents footage of how they turned actor Guy Henry into a digital version of Cushing using performance capture, Henry's ongoing study of Cushing roles (his young Sherlock Holmes for a 1982 British TV miniseries was modeled on Cushing's 1960s portrayal of the character), and the lucky find of an old facial molding of Cushing used for 1984's Top Secret! If you've seen the movie, you know Cushing wasn't the only digital resurrection in Rogue One. How Rogue One Brought Back Tarkin and Young Leia
There are Rogue One and Star Wars: The Force Awakens SPOILERS below. Thanks to a behind-the-scenes segment of ABC's Nightline and rumblings about the future of the Star Wars franchise following the death of Carrie Fisher, we have some updates on how that wizardry was achieved and how it might prove to be necessary - presumably with some improvements - going forward. The violence may be too much (and the Shakespearean-level of deaths too sad) for the youngest moviegoers, but otherwise this is a well-executed piece of Star Wars lore.Whatever you may think of the result, the effects wizardry that brought Peter Cushing back as Grand Moff Tarkin in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is ambitious and pioneering work. The odds are against this lot of revolutionaries from the start, and the movie's epic battle sequences are the most violent of any Star Wars installment, sometimes bringing to mind the final Hunger Games films. The Night Of breakout star Riz Ahmed plays an Imperial pilot who wants to help the Rebellion, and veteran actors Mendelsohn, Mikkelsen, and Forest Whitaker have pivotal roles on both sides of Dark and Light. They're a fierce but comedic pair of old friends who have each other's backs.
The supporting characters in Rogue One are a refreshingly diverse ensemble, with Chinese martial artists Donnie Yen and Wen Jiang playing blind warrior monk Chirrut Imwe and his assassin bestie, Baze Malbus. Their banter isn't quite as funny as Leia and Han's, but for that there's K-2SO, who drily states the probability of success in any given situation - or why he thinks partnering with Jyn is a bad idea. In some ways, they're the opposite of Leia and Han, with Jyn the roguish heroine with a spotty reputation and Cassian the tried-and-true Rebel with a Cause. Jones and Luna are wonderful as Jyn and Cassian, both of whom have complicated pasts. While there have been plenty of rumors about the characters and events in this stand-alone "bridge" between Episode III and Episode IV, the reality is that this story is very much in keeping with that you'd expect from that precarious moment when the Empire was basically at its most powerful. For decades, devoted fans have wondered why the Death Star had a design flaw that the Rebel Alliance could even think about exploiting. This is the Star Wars story you were looking for but may not have even known it.