--- title: Rogue One: Discussing Grand Moff Tarkin, Princess Leia CGI description: In the latest Star Wars film, two characters from the original trilogy are reanimated. The results are far from awesome. 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The Ancient One’s ability to bend cities in half in [_Doctor Strange_](http://time.com/4558291/doctor-strange-deadpool-superhero-movies/) was mind-blowing. This year’s [_Jungle Book_](http://time.com/4293583/review-jungle-book-jon-favreau/) looked like it was shot in the wild, not downtown L.A. All those feats came from the filmmakers at Disney, the same studio that’s also responsible for [_Rogue One_](http://time.com/4603719/star-wars-darth-vader-rogue-one-scene/). But in the latest _Star Wars_ film, director Gareth Edwards and his team used them to reanimate two characters from the original trilogy. The results are far from awesome. They’re eerie. Let’s begin with [Grand Moff Tarkin](http://time.com/4596107/rogue-one-returning-star-wars-characters/item/grand-moff-tarkin/). Peter Cushing, who played the villain in the original series, passed away in 1994\. The creators of _Rogue One_ resurrected him through a combination of motion-capture technology and CGI. Actor Guy Henry [performed the role](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/rogue-one-how-grand-moff-tarkin-peter-cushing-returned-957258), and the special effects crew digitally replaced his face with Peter Cushing’s afterward. (The performance isn’t based on old footage, but is akin to what actor Andy Serkis did in _Planet of the Apes_, _Lord of the Rings_ and _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_, except with a human face instead of that of a creature.) The figure that emerges looks like someone out of _The Polar Express,_ which would be cool if this movie was _The_ _Polar Express_. It is not. That’s largely because the re-animated Tarkin is surrounded by real actors. As a result, the effect ends up showing the limitations of the technology. It’s also distracting: As you ponder what, exactly, is off about this not-human-enough figure—something in the facial movements—you begin to lose track of the plot. Bringing back the dead is one thing. Making the living appear younger is another. Which is exactly what the filmmakers did with Princess Leia at _Rogue One_‘s climax. There was something particularly plastic about this version of the young Carrie Fisher—so smooth and so perfect it couldn’t be real—that pulled me out of the moment. (This is becoming old hat in Hollywood. Think: Brad Pitt in _The Curious Case of Benjamin Button_ and Jeff Bridges in _Tron_.) I wasn’t alone in my visceral reaction. In the screening I attended, the audience let out guffaws and barks of confusion at the first flash of both Tarkin and Leia. Not to mention the reaction on social media: > [](https://twitter.com/Dan%5FCassaro/status/810870928485781504) > [](https://twitter.com/jonofwend/status/810557679680819200) > [](https://twitter.com/MKupperman/status/809639425659510784) Sure, one could argue both of these technological flourishes were necessary to the plot of _Rogue One,_ which takes place right [before the events](http://time.com/4594017/rogue-one-star-wars-timeline/) of _A_ _New Hope_. Or that the filmmakers felt they needed to offer enough [callbacks](http://time.com/4604155/rogue-one-star-wars-callbacks/) to the originals to sell tickets. But there were obvious ways to make Tarkin less essential to the plot—or to show his reflection or just the back of his head. But instead I was left with uncomfortable questions, like: Which is worse for the future of Hollywood, resurrecting the dead or making actresses of a certain age appear as CGI versions of their younger selves? And if, technologically, we _could_ offer eternal life to actors through CGI, should we? When it comes to _Star Wars_, raising these kinds of questions is particularly irksome. After all, what many people like about the original films is how gritty and real their universe looks. When J.J. Abrams created _The Force Awakens,_ he made a [point of using](http://time.com/4134371/how-j-j-abrams-brought-back-star-wars/) as many real-life sets, props, and creatures as possible. _Rogue One_ mimics that aesthetic—save Tarkin and Leia. 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