A Star Wars fan uses deepfake technology to update Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill, Max Lloyd-Jones) as he appears at the end of season 2 of Mandalorianul. In “Chapter 16: The Rescue”, Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and the Allies attempt a daring rescue aboard Moff Gideon’s light imperial cruiser (Giancarlo Esposito), where an army of dark soldiers keep Grogu under armed guard. When the enduring droids catch Djarin, Cara Dune (Gina Carano), Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen) and Mandalorians Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff) and Koska Reeves (Mercedes Varnado) in the ship’s control room, it’s a hero with the hood who saves them: Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
When the Jedi take off their black hood, viewers see an old Hamill, now 69, who looked like he would about five years after 1983. The return of the Jedi.
“It was very complicated because it is very difficult to keep a secret nowadays, especially with Star Wars“Because people are so curious about it,” said Jon Favreau, creator and showrunner of the series. Good morning America about Hamill’s set Star Wars return. “There are so many people involved in the process, with visual effects that complete, direct, film, studios, everything.”
At the end of the season, written by Favreau and directed by Peyton Reed, Industrial Light & Magic used “any technology we had at our disposal to delay [Hamill] and they try to make it look as much like in the old movies, “Favreau said.
After some online commentators criticized Luke digitally in “The Rescue,” a viral deepfake posted by Shamook on YouTube garnered more than a million views by updating Hamill’s appearance in Mandalorianul. Here’s what Star Wars fans talk about Luke Skywalker’s return to “The Rescue,” which quickly became the highest-rated episode in Mandalorianul and one of the most popular TV episodes of all time, voted by users on IMDb: