The Premise: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story follows a group of unlikely rebel heroes who band together on a high-stakes mission to steal the blueprints for the Empire’s ultimate weapon, the Death Star.
The AI Mess: The film sparked early digital resurrection controversies by using CGI, generative AI tools, and motion-capture VFX to recreate the late Peter Cushing as Grand Moff Tarkin and a young Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia. Rather than shying away from the tech, Lucasfilm openly embraced and defended their choice to digitally revive Cushing, insisting it was done with respect and the full consent of his
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