The groundswell of support behind the idea of Sebastian Stan inheriting the role of
Luke Skywalker from Mark Hamill continues to gain traction, to the extent that Hamill even publicly commented on the matter on social media. He brushed it off by saying he doesn’t hold any sway over the casting decisions made at Lucasfilm, but that doesn’t mean they wouldn’t ask his opinion before forging ahead.
The Mandalorian‘s season 2 finale sent the internet into absolute meltdown, and the de-aging technology isn’t quite capable of pasting Hamill’s face onto a stunt double for an entire season of television.
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The Mandalorian may have been designed as a backdoor pilot to a solo series that was inevitably confirmed at the recent Disney Investor Day, but you’d have thought the season 2 finale didn’t include Luke Skywalker for the same purpose.
After months of rumors and speculation, not to mention an impressive veil of secrecy, a digitally de-aged Mark Hamill and a couple of stunt doubles joined forces to bring the hero of the Original Trilogy back to
Star Wars. Seeing Luke cross paths with Din Djarin was everything the fans wanted it to be, especially with Baby Yoda caught in the middle, but it seems that we haven’t seen the last of the legendary Jedi. Based on “The Rescue,” de-aging the 69 year-old Hamill for an entire season of television is probably out of the question given how inconsistent the effects were for just a couple of minutes, but support has been gathering behind the
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Just when you thought
Star Wars was entering a brave new era and the franchise was finally set to distance itself from the Original Trilogy by wrapping up the Skywalker Saga and announcing multiple new and exciting projects, along came
The Mandalorian‘s season 2 finale with a big fat helping of fan service that was far too good to turn down.
With the title hero and his motley crew of allies facing certain doom at the hands of the Dark Troopers, a mysterious hooded figure showed up just in the nick of time to lay waste to every single one of them. The scene was perfectly paced and edited to build more tension and excitement with each passing moment, until it was finally revealed to be… a body double with the de-aged face of Mark Hamill rather unconvincingly pasted on top.