www.cs.cmu.edu/news: Not long into "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," the Death Star appears through the viewport of an Imperial Star Destroyer's bridge. Reflected in that viewport is the instantly recognizable face of Grand Moff Tarkin, an Imperial baddie made famous in 1977's "Star Wars: A New Hope" and portrayed with expert villainy by Peter Cushing. The character slowly turns and Cushing's face fills the screen with evil cunning. A narrow chin and clenched jaw. Prominent cheekbones jutting below cold, hard eyes. His bearing rigid, brow furrowed. His face alone says that he will suffer no fools, let alone think twice before destroying his enemies.
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What Bhat did sounds incredibly difficult. Recreating lifelike things on the big screen with artistic computer science is hard enough but making a convincing human face? And a face that belongs to a real person? The idea of having to keep the Star Wars character believable as a human and as Cushing as well as fluidly human like off a different British actor is insane. I enjoy reading stories about the other majors required to put a film or show together. It is easy to get caught up in the school of drama thinking this is one of the best routes to learning and being a part of the entertainment industry when obviously it takes a village from all sorts of backgrounds or fields of knowledge. Robotics in particular I think is a critical element to modern entertainment as in movies we expect realistic fictional characters to come believably to life and in theme parks we expect convincing animatronics.
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