Those of you that haven’t seen the movie yet should probably avoid this article. Everyone else will no doubt find this story about the character effects used in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story pretty interesting.
But as they revisited the 1977 George Lucas movie that started the “Star Wars” franchise, and gave fresh screen time to some lesser-known heroes and villains, the staffs of Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic faced artistic and technological hurdles: most prominently, using a combination of live action and digital effects to bring back the character Grand Moff Tarkin.
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Source: [H]ardOCP – How ‘Rogue One’ Brought Back Familiar Faces