Deepfake Luke Skywalker Should Scare Us

Whether this is a serious concern yet depends on how good current deepfake technology is and how good people are at discerning fakes from the real thing. Most fans were thrilled to see a digital cameo from a young Luke Skywalker in The Mandalorian. But he didn't look real, which for some was unnerving. Deepfake Luke recently appeared again in The Book of Boba Fett, just about a year later, looking impressively realistic. Creating digital actors for TV shows is relatively harmless. But the power to create convincing deepfakes of world leaders, for example, could severely destabilize society.