Lucasfilm hires YouTuber who created Luke Skywalker deepfake

Lucasfilm has confirmed it has hired a YouTuber, known as Shamook, who created a deepfake video of The Mandalorian’s climactic end to season two.

The video, released by Shamook in December, has been watched over two million times, and improves the VFX used to de-age Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker.

Lucasfilm has confirmed it has hired a YouTuber, known as Shamook, who created a deepfake video of The Mandalorian’s climactic end to season two.

The video, released by Shamook in December, has been watched over two million times, and improves the VFX used to de-age Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker.