The REAL REASON Why Luke's Face Is Better NOW Than in Mandalorian! - Book of Boba Fett Explained
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- There is no denying that Luke Skywalker's face now in Episode 6 was the best case of deepfake we have ever seen and there is a reason why he's appearance is now much better then in The Mandalorian.
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i don’t care what anyone says, seeing luke skywalker in his youth in this generation brought me to tears. i’ve always wanted to know what it felt like to see such a thing for the first time. the cgi was beautifully done.
Man when I saw this one I think I did cry 😢
Me too, I just wish my dad was here to see it as well
@@NoVACorpsGaming ♥️
I agree I mean like I don't care what anyone says Luke looks great In mandalorian and book of boba
@@ryandavis8658 thank you brother :)
Seeing Luke look this good is a big moment for CGI and cinema in general
''IT'' chapter two did it first although, the de-aging cgi effect
@@GeorgeKLSA really. Not maybe The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which literally won an Oscar for the technology and preceded IT Chapter 2 by over a decade?
@@unvergebeneid Button took over a year or more to develop. This took one man more or less, a couple of days.
After obviously janky and unnatural appearence of luke in the mandalorian, I couldn't believe my eyes when i saw him in BoBF. I truly love technology.
They’re literally giving more respect to Luke in two short appearances than they’ve done in two long movies lmao
They where also too busy canceling the male heroes, to even give a sh*t about their female hero, who where rushed into a cardboard character.
@@noxlupi1 and when people say “you just don’t like strong female heroes”, then always bring up Ahsoka, Sarah Connor, Trinity, and Ellen Ripley :)
@@Howlingburd19 yeah, there are plenty of strong female characters. Funny enough, the strongest ones, are unique.
yeah this reply section is absolutely right
It’s amazing what can happen when you don’t have a cringe sjw agenda to push and all you focus on is telling the best story.
The Luke in Boba Fett was gorgeous. There were *some* BRIEF moments where the mouth looked a tiny bit off, but as I watched the episode, I couldn't believe we were seeing Luke more and more, with more movement and dialogue. Incredible work.
Honestly I don’t even think the mouth was off, if you mute it it looks perfect. But the voice is slightly mismatched with some of his lip movements. That can be fixed in the future as well.
The deep fake approach excels when the face doesn't have to convey any extreme expressions. For instance, Luke is always very placid and calm, meaning his facial muscles don't have to move much. You'll notice that they cut away a lot when he speaks because animating a deep fake mouth to perfectly match dialog is still challenging. In order to make entire feature films using this technique, it would need to evolve to the point where the full range of human emotion can be accurately and authentically captured with 2D image manipulation. We're not there yet.
Also when he is running around with grogu on his back, they either zoom out enough that you can't see his face very well, or they zoom in on grogu with Luke's face just out of frame. When he is jumping from rock to rock the face doesn't quite look right, but its only for a few frames. Also I think they cgi'd his hair in one of the close ups.
Even the scenes that show he was talking were done pretty good. stop looking for flaws…it was flawless
@@drosims7993 We aren't saying its bad, just pointing out how its not perfect yet. I was amazed how good it looked tbh. The only reason it looked as good as it does though, is because someone else pointed out the previous flaws with cgi Luke in video form (by fixing them), so they hired him and now it looks even better. You have no reason to be upset by our criticism.
@FN-1701AgentGodzillaRangerPrime Ω Worlds smallest violin
Star Wars is all about new technology breaking barriers... George Lucas created much of what are still today movie making gold standards so kudos to Filoni and Fravreau for reigniting that tradition back! Todays' Luke looks far better than Muppet Yoda in the Last Jedi!
They didnt use "De-Aging" to fix his voice, his voice is entirely computer AI generated using a software company called ReSpeecher. They can create any voice using old datasets and have it speak any line they want without the original voice even present. Its fascinating that we have achieved this technology. Heres a qoute in regards to this from an old article from the Mandalorian episode "Hamill didn't record lines for The Mandalorian, according to Jon Favreau. In Disney Gallery: Star Wars: The Mandalorian, he revealed, "Something people didn't realize is that his voice isn't real. His voice, the young Luke Skywalker voice, is completely synthesized using an application called Respeecher"
There are parts where his voice sounds funny too they just need to hire an actor.
@@matthewdrexler188 Yeah it lacks real emotion and other things that real humans can bring but it is very very cool to see that they are able to do this. I'd take an entire series about luke and his school if Disney would make it.
Yea too much misinformation is being spread on what was done to bring Luke to life. Especially the voice part. Lmao John Favreau literally explained in the making of SZN 2 finale
Just use Mark Hamill he’s a very good voice actor he’s the joker for Christ sake I think he can do a solid version of his younger self 🤷🏻♂️
@@TheSliferSlacker199 Mark Hamil cannot produce the “Young” Luke Skywalker voice anymore. Look up “Luke Forces of destiny” & see for yourself lol
I loved watching the reactions. I was waiting impatiently to see how the general public would react to this and it did not disappoint :)
With that being said, I was part of the team that recreated Luke for this episode and seeing @Shamook being credited for something he wasn't part of at all, hurts a team of very talented people who ACTUALLY made this work for the fans. Shamook should come clear about this, as his name is being cited EVERYWHERE when it comes to this episode, which is quite unfair. I am not at ILM anymore, so I don't need to be too political about it. I am speaking as an artist who sees someone else being credited everywhere, instead of the people who deserve the credit (especially Peter Demarest). Hopefully a making of featurette will come out soon clarifying who and how this was done. To be clear, it's nobody's fault to think what they think, because it was something someone started without ever verifying the information at all, and everyone else started repeating it over and over again. I am pretty sure great things will come out of Shamook's team eventually, because he is indeed a talented guy, but not this time, not on this episode...
Thank you for clearing that up.
This is so unfair (( thanks for clarifying it!
Great work btw. I'm sure keeping things under wraps is hard, but you all delivered one for the history books.
Unchecked rumors spread quickly nowadays 😫
This proofs once more how biased viewers nowadays are. Whenever it's done by a big studio, it's considered complete garbage and you can totally see how fake it is while if it's done by some presumed independent artist it's like god himself created it. People like to sympathize with whoever makes up for a good story and love to hate evil corps. It doesn't matter if it's true at all. Same goes for the cgi in the new lotr trailer which for some people seems to be among the worst they've ever seen. Tbh I had no problem whatsoever with how Luke looked in The Mandalorian and if it wasn't for the toxic fans I would never have wasted another thought on it. Tarkin and Leia totally worked for me, too. Amazing jobs, thank you!
The fact they hired him shows how much they respect their fans. Not only did they listen to criticism, but they saw the guy who provided the best solution and said “you’re right, you can do it better. How about we give you a real career and you can make these changes for the benefit of all the fans?”
They can literally immortalize actors now in movies and shows even years after they've died. All they need is someone to match the voice, which isn't hard, and a body double. This is amazing.
It is definitely nice to see old characters as they have always been, but the drawback is that there will never again be new iconic actors as Hollywood will simply recycle the favorites instead.
They don't need a voice actor either! The voice was apparently completely digital, made using 'Respeecher'.
My Father has been heralding a new John Wayne movie since the 90's, he may well see it
They used an air for Luke's voice
They also need to have the families and estates to confirm, but that's a rights issue. I wonder who else they may resurrect with this feature.
Imagine an entire series concentrating on Luke rebuilding the Jedi and speaking with Anakin's force ghost. AMAZING TECHNOLOGY IT IS.
we are missing that pices badly along with his wife
Anakin force ghost will appear soon
Only OG Star Wars fans will remember how Luke Skywalker already rebuilt the Jedi! No, not so idiotically featured in the Disney trilogy. No, I'm talkin' vanilla OG! Our favorite Jedi had twelve students to start with.
Unfortunately, no, the whole ''multi-verse'' idea DOES NOT work well with Star Wars! George Lucas wanted to make a story for the public. And he did just that! The books and video games that followed flowed pretty well as added fillers to the Star Wars universe. The character of Luke was made to near-perfection, only to be brought to a Titanic low in the Disney trilogy.
So, yeah, as much as I appreciate Favreau and Filoni's effort to bring back Luke Skywalker in a more meaningful way in Mandalorian, I am afraid that Luke Skywalker and Star Wars itself are damaged goods.
@@stevenyarnell8422 pointless comment
Amazing idea, knowing he’ll consider murding his nephew and it all burns down. It’s a shyte idea. Luke’s dead.
This was the highlight of the entire series. To have 1983 Mark Hamill back on screen, today, is just incredible, mind blowing. It made me feel like a kid again, the excitement of seeing the "real" Luke Skywalker back on our screens was amazing. As you say, think of the possibilities of other Luke Skywalker adventures with this technology. The Sky(walker) is the limit..
I don’t think Lukes face looked bad in the Mandalorian, but it definitely looks way more accurate in the Book of Boba Fett!
I thought it was a different actor in mando season 2 so when I saw it was deaaging i was disappointed Because they know how luke should look and he didn’t look like that but now he does :)
@@DeeFourCee Yeah i’m pretty sure it was a different actor.
@@connorsimpson503 it wasn’t tho, it was mark hamil with deaged face and ai voice
@@DeeFourCee I stand corrected
@@DeeFourCeeExcept it still was a different actor. They go through all this in depth in the Disney Gallery episode. Mark was there as a point of reference for the performance. But the final shot uses the body double's performance with Mark's de-aged face added on with cgi
Honestly, when I first saw this, I thought it was a real actor who just happened to look just like young Mark Hamill. He looked amazing.
Until you take a close look at the shot where luke leans into grogu without saying anything and it becomes appearant that the face we are seeing seeing has no actual depth compared to the actors own body in the same shot. They need to hire an actor already.
Amazingly enough Sebastian Stan has been 'flirted" to play Luke
He has a look and style like him
Now it means the mouse owns you even after death.
@@MrJturner74 "hahA!"
@@MrJturner74 well. not 100% true. they still need permission to use one's image. unless Hamill's family signs of on it, he is safe
You have to keep in mind the intense secrecy involved in the Luke appearance in Mando 2X8. The Lucas special effects team was the bare minimum necessary to get the job done. It wasn’t ‘give the best Luke possible.’
On the other hand, after the reveal, he HAD TO BE BELIEVABLE! All that jenkiness had to be polished and his look instantly believable. And in BOBF E6 it was all that.
I loved how improved it was but am worried that the recast of Sebastian Stan might now be in jeopardy.
Honestly, I'd rather CGI Luke than Sebastian Stan. Don't get me wrong, I love Seb, but despite the fact he might look similar to Mark in a few pics, overall they're very different looking. Plus, Seb has several inches and a solid 30 pounds of muscle on young Mark. This is important because a major part of what makes Luke Skywalker Luke Skywalker is the fact he does not look like a traditional hero. He does not look like the guy who could win in a fight. He looks like an underdog. Sebastian Stan doesn't have that underdog look. He looks like a traditional beefcake hero.
If we are dealing with 20-30 year old Luke...go with the deepfake.
If they ever do Luke in his 40s or 50s....Stan would be pretty much perfect.
I don't think it was Improved in terms of likeness to luke. The first one looks more like him but the quality is poorer. Second one better quality but not as good likeness. The hair is awfull
@@sbird8675 Thank you for saying all that. Thought I was the only one insane enough to think it. You really nailed everything.
@@rnichol22 I mean, in fairness, Luke's hair is awful in ROTJ too. The 70's were a rough time for men's hairstyles lol. I also disagree about the first one having a better likeness. His face was too round and his eyes too small proportionately. It was recognizably Luke, but off. The second version was more accurate in terms of his facial proportions- narrower face and larger eyes. That said, take any screen shot of Mark Hamill from ROTJ and compare it to any other screenshot of Mark Hamill in ROTJ and he looks completely different. When he first removes his hood in Jabba's palace he looks like a rugged 40 year old. When he's out of the shadows and into the sunshine, he's back to being baby faced. Even Mark Hamill doesn't look like Mark Hamill.
At 47 years old I was almost crying like a baby when I caught the latest episode over the weekend. I feel the force alright, I feel it in my heart as unconditional nostalgia. Its nice to have time with the 8 year old me every now and again, I never ever conceived in my tiny mind that we'd see this kind of stuff one day after the Original Trilogy. Brilliant.
I absolutely loved it - with this technology in place, young actors can now capture/scan their facial expressions in every position (360) and kept in archives. Just amazing.
I want the sequel scrapped and have Luke, Han and Leia returned after the ROTJ.
Shamook is totally worth whatever they are paying him.
He did not work in this episode.
Im so happy for this episode. Honestly the most star wars-y piece of star wars I've seen in years!
I agree that is was great SW, this episode was beautiful in terms of the homages and call backs to Luke's training with Yoda, the references to his teachings, the flips and jumps and the test to see if he would choose attachment over the Jedi way. Even still my gripes with EPs 5 and 6 are that they don't feel like they're apart of the book of Boba Fett they could have easily been apart of Mando season 3 or Ahsoka, it felt very disjointed and choppy scenes kept changing left and right and had heavy reliance on Cameos.
It was Very well done it wasn't too fan servicey a middle ground boarding almost but very appreciated. The jumps Grogu did where Hilarious in a good way, Ahsoka was a welcome addition I hope we see more interaction with her and Luke in Ahsoka. Order 66 scene was epic it revived those feels again, the 501st looked extremely good and the insult to injury to the dead Jedi really spoke words. But I hope we do get back on track to what this series supposed to be at it's core a Boba fett story, and soon to be The war of the bounty hunters my god was I on the edge of my seat when Cad Bane showed up I really hope we see a stand off between him and Boba or Fennec Shaand.
It made me see the SW future with bright eyes
It's directed by Dave Filoni, u can't get anymore starwarsy than him
Imagine what they can do now with Princess Leia. Incredible improvement's by leaps and bounds
There is a girl that cosplays Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia and she looks exactly like her not just makeup and the costume she looks like Carrie Fisher, I saved her photos to my phone That's how good this girl looks She could be her actual double.
I hope Shamook understands how pivotal of a role he has played in saving Star Wars for me
I'm sure he is thrilled.
Shamook wasnt the creator or something. He gets Fake credits
@@mrbombastik0665 obviously he didn’t create deepfake technology but he is getting credit for making amazing deepfakes so I don’t necessarily understand your point
@@MansEatinBeans he makes good deepfakes, yes. But he gets credit for the luke scene he dont deserve. A producer of the show did a comment for this
@@mrbombastik0665 would you mind linking this comment because I cannot find anything that says he was not involved.
Ant-Man is Luke's stunt double!?!?
He looked soo good that I want his own series now finally letting us in on his life and adventures after ROTJ
Same
We all do...
I thought they did a great job recreating a younger Luke for the Boba Fett series. However, most of his lines were in a calm voice. I would love to see this technology evolve (in faces and voices) to include wider range of emotions displayed on the facial performance, and a heightened enthusiastic voice, then we can have it all, and I am sure that is coming. Regardless, the episode was fantastic! Great to see more of young Jedi master Luke.
You're asking for the hard part of deep fake
Ya he talked to slow and calm and some of his lines were a little cliche.
Scott Lang also did an amazing performance, mimicking Luke's posture on the movies, making it even more believable.
He looks sooo fkn real that it made me happy.
THAT episode alone, was the BEST thing STAR WARS since Empire...54 years old and I actually felt exactly like a kid again!!! LOVED IT!!! Can't wait to see what the future holds...
filoni and Jon Favreau basically saved starwars with the mandalorian. only good thing to happen in the last couple of years :)
No return of the jedii ...
It is cool but Rouge One and plenty of Clone Wars have some pretty awesome moments as well. I would even say previous episode of Mandalorian are just as good.
On set in the Mandalorian finale, they had total control of lighting to make him look as good as they could get. With the randomness of outdoor lighting, I can't believe they managed to make it look even better than that. His voice on the other hand sounded thin, & didn't sound like he was in the environment. You can hear background noise in Ahsoka's dialogue, but Luke sounded too crisp.
After watching this sit back and realize what they could do with this. Want a season 9 of Magnum 1980? Want season 4 for Star Trek TOS? Want Firefly to go 5 seasons? All now doable.
Deepfake Tom Selleck? I'd rather have the real McCoy.
The Deepfake technology has drastically improved from the finale of Mando season 2. Apparently Shamook the youtuber was contacted which is great because the stuff they did was incredible. The locations/CGI also were extremely good to. I hope however we do get back on track to what this series supposed to be at it's core a Boba Fett story, and soon to be "The War of the Bounty Hunters" my god was I on the edge of my seat when Cad Bane showed up I see people trying to "fix" his colouring but if this is 50 years ABY than i'm sure he would have discoloured plus it shows his age. I really hope we see a stand off between him and Boba or even Fennec Shaand like the Bad Batch and Vanth better not be dead I love his actor. Maybe Vanth was offered a place in the Syndicate by Bane that's why he's disappointed...
The said in the making-of that they decided against deepfake in Mando s2 and instead used the deaging technology from the marvel movies.
I think Chad banes teeth look weird and need work but I think everything else is fine
Thanks for the recap of this entire vid
Mando season 2 ending wasn’t deepfake. It was just cgi by ilm. After they saw shamook’s deepfake on UA-cam they hired him to help with the deepfake.
Not so much improved technology, but a different technology.
I agree Cad's shade of blue skin could be tied to the aging process. In real life this happens to humans. That is skin tone fades. It could also be his skin reacts to sunlight, like how light skin humans tan or get paler depending on how long they stay in the sun.
I watched this episode very carefully and, aside from a few minor gripes (his hair didn't look quite right and his voice didn't feel like it was in the environment that the characters were in) it was Luke - especially at the end when he's talking to Ashoka. His concern showed very clearly and it felt like ROTJ Luke. Unbelievable!
Thats the thing I really like with this deepfake, he's showing emotion (smilling, serious, annoyed, conflicted) In the Mandalorian season two he felt like his face was frozen and could barely lift his eyebrows. Now he looks almost as real as Ahsoka next to him
Yeah the hair is not quite right. I think it's too dark for one and the shape is off too. I mean it looks great but I wish they would have perfected the hair.
@@babu357 exactly what I saw with the hair. It also didn't ever seem to move except when he was running. Other than that, it passed the Uncanny Valley test in my eyes. Exceptional work.
@@babu357 I think it makes sense his hair is darker as he’s slightly older and marks hair did turn completely brown as he aged and it was almost totally brown in ROTJ. The style of his hair is definitely different but we’ll just attribute that to his new shampoo 😂😂
Luke looks and sounds absolutely incredible now. I had to rewind the part when Luke said "Groguu" when he was eating the frog like 50 times. It still gives me the chills when I hear it.
Watching young Luke interact with his father's old padawan Ahsoka was quite the beautiful sight to behold.
I'm glad the quality of the deep fake went up so much. If it had stayed like in Mando season 2 I would've preferred just assigning a new actor to take on the role. Seeing Mark Hammils young face really takes me back and keeps the character authentic
i would love to know what mark hammil thinks of seeing his younger self on the screen
@@Blobby192 yea me too! I do believe he was on board with this project but I'd love to hear from him directly what his thoughts are
Luke's face in Mando season 2 looked round and plasticky like a Ken doll and was a distraction. It Boba Fett I wasn't even thinking about Luke's face, just deeply immersed in the story which is a testament to how good the deep fake was.
It's almost a magical experience to see actors as their younger selves in their roles again. Because these are the characters we love. It's not just a character, it's the combination of story, character and the actor that brings this character to life. It's amazing that Lucas Films and Disney took the leap of faith and just did this cause it means that also other studios will try it in the future and that gives us the opportunity to see our favorite heroes back in action. But it also has a downside to it. Because this technology can not only bring beloved actors in their roles back, it can also cause an endless repetition of franchises without anyone ready to take the challenge of filming new stories and fresh characters again. We will see what this technology will bring. I am excited.
WOW I'm simply enamored at how good he looked in episode 6. This truly is a new age of film and special effects where our favorite characters don't have to age as their performers do
If they can change luke's deepfake in mandalorian s2 finale, it would be amazing too
A and fix rogue one Moff Tarkin and Leia!
Yeah they should go back and make it even better!
The effect was flawless which is both exciting and scary.
Look closer there is no depth in Luke's face compared to the actors body captured by the lense. They should just hire an actor this was cringe.
@@matthewdrexler188 I don't care to look closer. I leave that to the Star Wars "fans" who love to complain and you didn't disappoint. There's only one thing cringe here and it isn't the effects.
@@matthewdrexler188 You must be trolling. While if you stare long enough you can find flaws anywhere, but to me and many others this was nearly perfect.
This episode of BOBF was AMAZING! I was just so impressed to see Luke like this again. Kudos to Lucasfilm for not being too proud or too "Hollywood" to reach out to great talent. Another reason why I actually look forward to Star Wars projects under the leadership of Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni.
It blows my mind how good it looks now. I remember seeing the first cameo and it was fun and a great episode but the end result was a little janky. In Boba Fett I literally had to remember - "ohh this isn't real" don't think I've ever seen any de-aging, deepfake etc that looked this good.
It looked fantastic. I remember seeing Luke in the Mandalorian and thinking, yeah this is cool for a cameo, but something about it looks a little off so there's no way that they could have young Luke carry an entire episode or series. But after seeing him in episode 6 of Boba Fett, I think it is absolutely possible that young Luke could be the lead in a movie or series of his own. The possibilities are almost unlimited with where the technology is now.
He can’t really lead a series just because of how insane the budget would be as of right now
@@kermitthefrog5028 I find your lack of faith disturbing.
@@kermitthefrog5028 So why would the budget be so insane just using cgi for Luke?
I agree. Disney has been obsessively pushing this tech since Tron: Legacy and they're at the cuspace for it to be good enough to make a main character.
Crazy cool they took a look at someone who outright did deaging(deepfaking) Luke better, hired them right after, and put in the resources to actually make an unforgettable moment.
My understanding from watching the behind the scenes documentary of the Mandalorian S2 is that young Luke's voice is actually completely synthesized. They ran all of Luke's dialogue plus a lot of cut footage plus interviews and behind-the-scenes footage through an algorithmic tool, then used that to synthesize young Luke's voice entirely from scratch. Mark Hamill's performance was basically just there for reference (and I'm sure for optics as well).
I thought Luke looked amazing in MandoS2. I knew it wasn’t perfect but it was really good. But after watching BOBF and not knowing he would be there i was shocked at how amazing he looked. Even when talking and moving. Really cool!
Didnt know they hired Shamook. Thats awesome! Im glad these guys are actually getting seen
I think Asoka was in this episode to establish a relationship with Luke, so it's not out of the blue when he's in the Asoka series.
Thanks, was looking for info on this scene and you provided that info, haha! Nice 👍🏻
Ethically I’m glad they hired (and likely paid) Mark like a live performance actor in the episode… they could have pulled some Hollywood crap and claimed they own “his likeness” and saved some money by not using him at all. As long as this is the approach I don’t see any issue using the tech, it’s when it’s used to cut out the actor (or the estate if they’re dead) that it becomes an issue
This is why I like Dave he is humble enough to know when to get outside help and not steal it.
In all fairness this really has nothing to do with him, that's more of an ILM decision. And even on a production front, based on the Disney Gallery episodes, it looks like the technical side of things is more Jon's forte whereas Dave's contributions to the shows primarily focus on story.
This has nothing to do with Dave
Dave Filoni is overrated.
i wonder if they will retouch luke s face with the new tech in the mando season 2.
Season 3 lol
@@eject1878 season 2 .. if you re read the comment it said “ retouch” meaning go back and redo the face in season two where it looks crappy
@@eject1878 nah i meant the finale.
@@eject1878 Finale. But good thinking skills
I don’t agree that the face or voice were “perfect”, as I think people who don’t know what they are watching would still discern that something was off. That being said, it was damn impressive and I liked it!
As a CG artist since 1996, I can say that the first few minutes, where he was sitting across from Grogu, my mind was in a split. I couldn't tell if it was a real person, that they found, to look 99 percent like mark, or if it was CG. Later, it was obvious, but still very good. All the way, they where above the uncanny valley, and you didn't get the resurrected, reanimated corpse feel. The eyes where also in very good context with its surroundings. You are right, it was not perfect, but it was an unprecedented achievement so far. No comment on the the voice, I was too far obsessed with the visuals. Also, I think it differs from person to person, if they notice the voice effect. To me the voice was ok, but maybe sounded a little LoFi, or out of place with the environment(reverb and space) But i didn't really notice the robotic effect, as some people describe it, but our brains perceive things very differently, and although I have a lot of experience with sound engineering, my brain might obscure this anomaly.
There were times it felt ever so slightly off to me as well, but they're so close to finding the way out of the uncanny valley I'm excited for what we'll be seeing just a few short years from now.
We’ve come a long way since Xmen 3, where Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan were de-aged. That was amazing! Also, it was creepy and fake. Tarkin impressed me too, in Rogue One. This is much better.
I kept looking to see had they cut the imagery from RotJ during the scene when he is speaking with Leia about confronting their father.
I think if you had never seen Mark Hamil in the original trilogy, it would be 100% convincing, just certain things like a wry smile would have made it perfect, like with the scen when he levitates the frogs.
@@NeverWoken Good catch. I think that scene must’ve been at least a significant contributor to the final product. The look and sound of it was more similar than most Luke scenes. Doesn’t seem like they used anything from the first 2 movies, when he was so different.
I’m glad he got hired, it looks so damn good. Hope they hire the guy that redid Cad Bane last week. He looks so much more menacing
I dunno, it makes sense why Cade Bane is like that now, he's old as heck. What I think they should do is lower his mouth a bit.
When Ashoka and Luke were on screen together, I was hoping the Force Ghost Anakin would show up too
Same
Man, I think my head would have exploded if this happened. Hopefully this happens in the Ahsoka series.
@@PhillipeStLeger yup, Luke could be in the Ashoka series as well, and maybe thats where we can see all 3 at once. Lets just hope Kathleen Kennedy doesn't show up on set that day, cause she hates Luke and Anakin for some reason. She must hate money too lol
I wish they would do this also with Boba Fett, let Temuera Morrison voice the character but have a younger more athletic stunt double play the action scenes and just keep the dang helmet on at all times like Mando.
Lol too late
Too much time and money. In fact Luke's Face was tragically avoided a fair amount in the book of Boba Fett episode 6.
@@furynotes wouldn't cost a dime if he kept his helmet on.
@FN-1701AgentGodzillaRangerPrime Ω lol it's literally the same actor (I know you're joking but still lol)
Why would they do it with Boba? Clones are genetically modified to age quickly.
His 'Really dude?' face as Grogu was about to swallow the one eyed frog was 🔥
🤣🙌
We need a entire Luke Skywalker series with all the same people involved in making this amazing episode! I got so emotional watching it!
*Shamook creates a better deep fake than Disney*
Disney: "You're hired!"
Shamook: "I smell profit!"
General Kenobi. I fully expect a live action Hondo in the Kenobi series now 😂
It's because they hired Shamook, the guy who recreated the Mando one. He has a channel here on UA-cam.
Yeah the Deepfake technology had drastically improved from the finale of Mando season 2. like you said Apparently Shamook the youtuber was contacted which is great because the stuff they did was incredible. The locations/CGI also were extremely good to.
His first reappearance in The Rescue was fantastic! Yea, when he began to speak, it wasn't 100%, but pretty damn close considering they had just de-aged a man 35+ years. But the moment that really mattered was right when he first lifted his hood - and it was utter perfection. He looked like precisely like ROTJ, and that was the tear-jerker.
I'm 33 yo and cryied like a child when i saw ahsoka and luke talking. I've been waiting for this scene for more than a decade, but in animation. Seeing this as a live action was even more strong than i've ever imagined. i never tought i would love star wars again since Disney bought it. Filoni and Favreu are gods.
I love what you're doing instead of yelling at fans for not liking their work is that will hire people that day she can do the job better for specific tasks
They pretty much explained this in the star wars galleries episode on lukes appearance in Chapter 16. I dont think they would have showed off the deep fake tech they were developing (that they didn't use for Chapter 16) in such detail if they didn't intend to use it in future.
Super informative and entertaining - great content. Thanks!
If I remember correctly. In mandalorian they rush the Luke part because it was top secret.
I knew the second I saw Luke. They spent the time to make the cgi as best as they could. Which meant I knew they would give him more screen time
I love ILM for their historical contributions to practical effects, and their pioneering digital effects, but their human face CGI and even some of the dinosaurs in the Jurassic World movies always look more like CGI animation, than photorealistic, something about the skin textures that they use. I've always preferred Weta's human face animation and creatures.
Deep fakes, when done properly with a large data set look better 👍🏾
My wife hasn't been watching the Star Wars TV shows with me but was in the room when this episode came on. She looked up in astonishment and said "what's going on, how is that possible?" as she saw young Mark Hamill on screen with baby Yoda. It was a true magic moment for her. I think you are right, that film-making has changed and not only has the longevity of actors radically changed but their ability to change bodies -- and what we see on screen are body puppets where the performance and emotion are what is important.
It's so amazing to see Luke Skywalker like this. I'm so happy to see it. I hope we can get a movie or series following him and the creation of his new jedi order. I'd be just as excited to see it as I am for the Obi-Wan series. Ewan McGregors Obi-Wan is my favourite character in star wars, so thats how much I'd value a Luke series or movie
Scott lang? They hired ant man as Luke's stunt double?
I was about to say that
Would love a movie of Luke vs. Abeloth. That would be epic!
My mom and I were both stunned at how realistic the young Luke looked in Boba Fett. It was really mind blowing.
Your mom watches star wars :( im jealous.
@@gamingdestroyer1620 Yep. And my grandma was the one who introduced me to Star Wars as a kid as well as Indiana Jones.
Honestly, Graham Hamilton, the actor that plays Luke’s body double in the Book of Boba Fett… is perfect for a recast. He doesn’t even need CGI or DeepFake to look like Mark Hamill. He’s a much better choice than the body double used in Mando, and he’s a better choice than Sebastian Stan lol.
I hope they go back to Mando season 2 and remaster his face.
they need to fix rogue one princess leia
In the behind the scenes of that episode of "The Mandalorian", Jon Favreau stated how nervous he was about doing too good of a job with the deep fake. They chose to not push it and made Luke less than perfect purposefully. Please everyone go watch the behind the scenes on Disney+.
Yeah right... lame excuse for a poor job
Yeah no thanks.
Mark Hamill looked AMAZING here (Shahmoo did a PHENOMENAL job). I'm extremely happy to see underground artist like Shahmoo get hired (Underground artist tend to be the most talented artist - they just be undescovered (This young Luke Skywalker situation just proves that).
While watching Mando last episode i was so excited when i saw that green lightsaber and his black glove. Though, when i saw his face it was a bit disappointing. Still, i was happy to see Luke again. In this episode 6 of BoBF, i couldn't believe what i just saw. I just watched Mark Hamill as young Luke Skywalker. My dream came true after all these years. They nailed it this time. I'm in awe.
I do agree that this is leaps and bounds better than the last time they did it. But there’s still this strange uncanny valley that I just can’t get past with it. I still very much enjoyed it and I think it’s really cool to see that we even have this technology. But for some reason there’s just something in my brain telling me that something about the face is wrong and I just can’t pinpoint it. I love the show though and I feel like the Mandalorian and Boba Fett TV series has rejuvenated Star Wars for me.
Exactly
I was just blown way by the jump in quality. Shamoock is gonna be around for years. They just blew open the doors. Imagine The Legends Luke on screen ! Mind blowing !!!!!
I kept looking at it trying to figure out "How they did it?" which in turn was its own distraction but this episode bothered me because you see what Luke is trying to do with the knowledge that in 25 years or so it's all going to go to sh*t and he becomes a broken man. Especially as he tells Grogu about the ways of the force and as we know years later he denounces all of the jedi ways basically saying it was all just a bunch of crap and the jedi were wrong to take you away from your family and isolate yourself.
As soon as I saw that Luke had some reflection in his pupils, I immediately figured they got the UA-camr they hired to work on him! So unbelievably impressive and amazing what they did for Luke!! I can’t imagine being a kid in 1983, thinking you’re seeing this character like this for the last time and then 37 years later he returns!
While it’s important to praise Shamook, I give full props to the whole team for clearly putting the end result first, and creating something brilliant with an “unknown” of sorts from UA-cam!
Definitely a step in the right direction & shows the massive opportunities even in companies like Disney for those who put in the hard work, in their own way.
Shamook did not work on this
The effects just keep getting better and better👍.
Really an amazing job. Opens up many possibilities in the future.
Glad to see them improve on their work. Just loving the Disney+ shows!
I am pretty positive the voice is Mark Hamill but isn't. They feed every line Luke spoke in the OT and a computer program speaks the lines. That is what they did for Mando season 2 and a great possibility that is the same thing they did for this episode.
Respeecher still needs voice input to work, it’s a voice changer, not a text-to-speech thing. Hamill still probably provided the voice in that department despite it being modulated.
Now I want the seires: "Luke Skywalker". And you might film more than one season. It´s just so perfect!
There is something so fantastic about bringing back your childhood heroes. The crazy thing is imaging modernizing the old starwars movies with the old actors and expanding those stories. Empire was so great but now could be something out of this world.
They did a good job on his eyes tho, those stares and movements feel really life like, though the teeth showing thru his lips looked weird and blurry.
I think the color of his eyes is not matching 100% but eyes color can change with environnement/lighting. It's very minor criticism.
Granted the face now looks amazingly like Mark Hamill did in RotJ but is the technology good enough to do fast action sequences like say a saber fight. Can it keep up? The scene where he destroys the dark troopers was great but he had his hood up. Can they do a full retcon series of Luke?
Fast action scenes might be easier as motion blur can hide the imperfections.
Fast action scenes in almost all Hollywood movies are stunt doubles with actors cgi superimposed over them.
It’s very easy to fake when the motion is rapid and blurry. You just need the stunt double to “kind of” look like the og actor.
Yay Luke!! Mark Hamill actually came to my rescue in the 1970’s!! I was at a then popular Actors Bar Grill in New York, and he was seated at the bar with Nell Carter. After 2 cocktails I stood up from my table to smooth my dress in the back. When I tried to sit down my seat flipped up and feeling tipsy, I fell under the table. Mark ran over to ask if I was okay and help me up. I was laughing at myself and assured him I was fine and he could laugh! Nell said; “Are you ok sugar”?😂😂 Thank you Mark.
i WAS SO Blown away... and so upset that the first time I saw it was in a youtube thumbnail 2 weeks later 😭
I would have a heart attack if they did the same thing with Han
The best part is they could just have Mark Hamill do his voice as well.
@@rmo9808 They'll use Respeecher again and just give Harrison Ford a check to do nothing.
When Shamook announced he was hired by Lucasfilm I always knew that they would do more to bring back nostalgic SW character. Seeing Luke on TBOBF ep 6 I was impressed by the flawless improvements. Shamook did a very good job and I glad Lucasfilm make full use of his talents. Imagine seeing beloved characters come back to the modern screens just like it were 40 years ago. The excitement is endless.
Although not perfect (more the mouth movement), it was incredible to see Luke on screen again. When I saw him, I put my hands over my mouth and shouted holy sh*t. I’m really excited about what the future holds with regards to Mark Hamill and being shown how he should have always been in SW.
It looks fantastic! Still a little bit off, depending on what camera angle is used. I believe it will keep getting better and better. Will Smith in Gemini Man was spot on, hopefully Luke with get as good as Gemini Man 😊
The difference with Gemini man is that Will's still pretty much as fit as he was back in the day and his facial structure hasn't changed too much. Here's it's much more complicated because Mark's far too old to physically play his younger self the way Will did.
Maybe they can use it to bring back Gina Cararno without having to hire her.
I would love to see a series of Luke like this! Definitely needs to be done!
So happy with the outcome! So great to have Luke back even if for only a time! Great job on the video!
I was watching the news of one of the first big firestorms in Malibu sometime back the 90's. The news guy was doing an interview with an homeowner and it went on for a very long time, the news anchor were like WOW THANKS that was very informative and looking at their watches. The news guy on the street ask them if they knew who he was speaking with, THEY had no idea, he stated that he starred in 3 of the biggest movies in history, still nothing. He said Mark Hamill. They were stunned.