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Peter Cushing Will be Digitally Recreated for Rogue One

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Cushing, star of many Hammer House of Horror movies, will be digitally recreated in the new Star Wars spin-off Rogue One, which is being filmed at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire and is due to be released late next year.

In the original 1977 Star Wars, Cushing played evil Grand Moff Tarkin, commander of the Death Star and ‘boss’ of Darth Vader.

In the new film Cushing, who died of prostate cancer aged 81, will be painstakingly brought back to life using the latest Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) techniques.

A source told The Mail on Sunday: ‘This is one of the most complex and costly CGI re-creations ever. Cushing is a pivotal plot line as he was the one to create Darth Vader and there’s a whole back story that will come out.’

But the film-makers face one particularly tough task – creating Cushing’s legs and feet.

When director George Lucas filmed the original Star Wars, he gave Cushing and other Galactic Imperial officers ill-fitting leather riding boots. Cushing complained so bitterly that Lucas let him wear slippers, forcing cameramen to shoot from the knees up or have him stand behind the Death Star conference table.

‘They are going through hours and hours of old footage from the horror movies to recreate his legs and feet to produce realistic movements,’ said the source. ‘It is eerie to see someone who has been dead for so long come to life on a screen.’

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Originally Posted by Stop, Chiefs (Post 11680214)

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Peter Cushing Will be Digitally Recreated for Rogue One

I don't buy this report for one second.

Tarkin was clearly portrayed by an actor in ROTS and the expense versus phony VFX aren't worth the money or the trouble. People will have no problem buying into a new actor's portrayal of Tarkin, just as they don't have an issue with Rebels. Plus, it would be opening Pandora's Box if Tarkin is to appear in any other Star Wars movies.

Plus, Ben Mendelsohn looks close enough to Tarkin and he's been cast in an unspecified role.

Mads Mikkelson on Rogue One:

"It is very important role, that's as much as I can say. No, my character is actually not a bad guy, and then I can not say more. I can also say that the movie will be shot in Iceland and England. And the filming will last for three months."

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