However, deepfaking might not be the right course of action due to their prominent roles.

However, they’ve also recast original trilogy characters as seen inSolo: A Star Wars Story.

However, much of his performance was bizarrely kept out of the film’s marketing.

Collage Image with Mandalorian and Deepfake Luke and Leia

Thrawn is simply too big of a threat for any of them to be absent.

As such, deep fakes likely won’t be enough.

After all, the CGI technique works best for brief shots and/or scenes with very little action.

Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewbacca on the Death Star in Star Wars

Meaningful appearances from the original trilogy heroes should come via recasts, rather than deepfaking.

Firstly, Ehrenreich and Glover could be brought back for Han and Lando.

Recasting seems like a stronger way to go given the inherent cost and limitations of deepfake technology.

Solo A Star Wars Story Alden Ehrenreich Han Solo Laughs at Qira

Luke Skywalker in The Book of Boba Fett and censored Han and Leia.

The Rebels and Ewoks celebrate at the end of Return of the Jedi

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