Of the many surprises in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, none was more impressive than the movie's resurrection of Grand Moff Tarkin. It wasn't extraordinary that he factored in to the plot of the film, per se—Tarkin was definitely a big deal in the Empire at the time—it was remarkable because the actor who played him, Peter Cushing, passed away in 1994. To recreate his performance, Industrial Light & Magic had to pull off all kinds of CGI tricks, including using a facial capture technique that began its life on 2014's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Find out how the ILM team did their Oscar-nominated work in the Design FX video above.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Helped Resurrect Tarkin for Rogue One
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