“When he was happy with a performance, he’d go, ‘All right - I got it.’”īut Mr. “George was pretty economical in the way he shot the films originally,” Mr. Knoll said he did not come across a “vast gold mine” of footage that Mr. The actors were then transferred by rotoscope from that footage and inserted into computer-generated cockpits for “Rogue One.”) Knoll said, was “somewhat underexposed,” requiring some digital repair work. “That’s the best possible use of effects, to enhance the meaning and the emotion of the experience for the viewer.” “To deliver on that moment of hopefulness, that is really underscored by the fact that you do get to see her face,” Ms. Fisher, based on footage from “A New Hope.” (The character’s extended hand is Ms. Then, in the reverse angle, when Leia is seen from the front, her face, hair and costume are a digital re-creation of Ms.
In her first shot, when Leia is seen from behind (with her trademark hair buns), she is played by a flesh-and-blood actor, Ingvild Deila. The filmmakers also pointed to a scene at the end of “Rogue One,” when the intercepted Death Star plans are delivered to Princess Leia - who has been digitally recreated to look like Carrie Fisher in the original “Star Wars” - as an appropriate and effective use of the technology. “It just made sense for this particular movie.” “We’re not planning on doing this digital re-creation extensively from now on,” Mr. In doing so, they also waded into a postmodern debate about the ethics of prolonging the life span of a character and his likeness beyond that of the actor who originated the role. This nefarious ally of Darth Vader and commander of the Death Star was played by Peter Cushing, the horror-film actor, who died in 1994.
#ROGUE ONE A STAR WARS STORY CAST PRINCESS LEIA MOVIE#
For the creators of “Rogue One,” a film designed as a narrative lead-in to the original “Star Wars,” it was a chance to play with characters, vehicles and locations sacred to this series.īut as they revisited the 1977 George Lucas movie that started the “Star Wars” franchise, and gave fresh screen time to some lesser-known heroes and villains, the staffs of Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic faced artistic and technological hurdles: most prominently, using a combination of live action and digital effects to bring back the character Grand Moff Tarkin. Making a new “Star Wars” movie can be like gaining access to a toy collection that has been amassed over four decades. Warning: This article contains spoilers about “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.”
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