Luke Skywalker's CGI face in the character's The Mandalorian cameo was met with a lot of criticism, and fans even tried to fix the scene with various tools and programs. One of those fans did so well, Lucasfilm has hired him to help it ensure its upcoming projects won't feature underwhelming de-aging and facial visual effects. That fan is a YouTuber known as Shamook, who uses deepfake technology to improve upon bad CG effects and to put actors in shows and movies they never starred in. In the comments section of a video that replaces Christian Bale with Robert Pattinson as the Batman in Christopher Nolan's film, Shamook wrote that he joined Lucasfilm/Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) a few months ago. When asked what his role within the company is, he said his official title is "Senior Facial Capture Artist."

This isn't the first time that we must question whether "seeing" is in fact "believing" Earlier this week the YouTube channel Shamook highlighted the latest Deepfake technology in which scenes involving two notable characters in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story were greatly enhanced. This was the latest such use of Deepfakes in pop culture. What was impressive about this most recent use of the technology is that it made the character of Governor Tarkin seem more lifelike and more closely resembled Peter Cushing, the late actor who played the role originally in the 1977 film Star Wars. The same technology was previously employed earlier this year on the YouTube channel to "de-age" Robert De Niro and the results were far than what was actually seen in the Netflix original film The Irishman. Both of the "original" versions seem far more cartoony and fall into that "uncanny valley" of not being quite real.