Peter Mayhew aka Chewbacca
Born May 19, 1944
Is an English-American actor who is best known for playing?
Chewbacca in the Star Wars film series
Anthony Daniels aka C-3PO
Born February 21, 1946
Not only did C-3POs voice but various others throughout the Star Wars series
Kenny Baker aka R2-D2 and the Ewok Paploo
Born August 24, 1934
Billy Dee Williams Jr aka Lando Calrissian
Born April 6, 1937
Stared also in Tim Burton’s Batman 1989. Voiced Lando in the game Jedi KnightII:
Jedi outcast and the radio theater of Dark Empire
Frank Oz aka Yoda (was not in Episode 4, not seen till episode 5)
Born May 25, 1944
Known from the Muppets
David Prowse aka Darth Vader
Born July 1, 1935
James Earl Jones aka Voice of Darth Vader
Born July 17, 1931
Ian McDiarmid aka Palpatine/ Darth Sidious
Born August 11, 1944
Sebastian Lewis Shaw aka Anikin Skywalker
Born May 29, 1905 – died December 23, 1994
Sir Alec Guinness aka Ben Kenobi
Born April 2, 1914 -died august 5, 2000
Was knighted Sir in 1959. Served in the Navy in World War Two
Snippets from How ‘Rogue One’ Brought Back Familiar Faces
(Use or remove: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/27/movies/how-rogue-one-brought-back-grand-moff-tarkin.html?_r=0 )
As for the Special effects, they have come a long way. Starting off with bare basic and crude resources to digital creation and enhancement. Like it Rouge One, the recreations of Grand Moff Tarkin, This nefarious ally of Darth Vader and commander of the Death Star was played by Peter Cushing, the horror-film actor, who died in 1994.
For principal photography, the filmmakers cast the English actor Guy Henry (“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”), who has a build and stature like Cushing’s and could speak in a similar manner.
Throughout filming, Mr. Henry wore motion-capture materials on his head, so that his face could be replaced with a digital re-creation of Cushing’s piercing visage.
Mr. Knoll described the process as “a super high-tech and labor-intensive version of doing makeup.”
“We’re transforming the actor’s appearance to look like another character, but just using digital technology,” he said.
Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic said their re-creation of Cushing was done with the approval of the actor’s estate. But the technique has drawn criticism from viewers and writers. The Huffington Post called it “a giant breach of respect for the dead,” and The Guardian said it worked “remarkably well” but nonetheless described it as “a digital indignity.”
Just an example of how things have changed:
This was the original way.
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