The Book Of Boba Fett: Graham Hamilton Is The New Luke Skywalker

The Force is powerful in Graham Hamilton. Referred to in the titles as “Performance Artist – Jedi,” Graham Hamilton follows Max Lloyd-Jones as the physical performer of young Jedi Luke Skywalker in the latest chapter of The Book of Boba Fett. Luke’s image is rendered by de-aging Mark Hamill digitally. After his return in the second season of The Mandalorian, Jedi Master Skywalker trains his future Padawan – Mandalorian foundling Grogu – in the ways of the Force in “Episode 6: From the Desert Comes a Stranger.” The actor and screenwriter commented on his debut as Luke Skywalker in the version of Return of the Jedi.

“Co-creating Luke Skywalker for The Book of Boba Fett with master Mark Hamill was one of the most magical and fulfilling creative experiences of my life,” wrote Graham Hamilton on Instagram. Also, he shared some pictures of Luke Skywalker from the last episode. “Thank you very much Filoni and Favreau for welcoming me into the family and all the geniuses of Star Wars and Lucasfilm who remind us of the power of myth and the profound responsibility of the artists who bring these archetypes to life. It’s hard to express what all of this meant to me, how incredibly moving it was and still is. “

How Was The Image Of Young Luke Skywalker Created?

“The five-year-old who sat night after night in a basement in Missoula, Montana watching Star Wars is living his best life,” added Graham Hamilton. “I am honored beyond words and always grateful to all the amazing artists who have welcomed me on this journey. Thanks thanks thanks. May the Force be with us all, always. ” Partly with a second body, partly with CGI and deepfake technology, making Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker younger – bringing him back five years after Return of the Jedi – involved photographing and scanning the 70-year-old actor working with the Lola Visual Effect 2.5D.

“They actually reproduced a de-aged version of Mark for the shots by combining the texture of his face with even the younger face of his second body,” Industrial Light & Magic VFX supervisor Richard Bluff explained to Indiewire. “The biggest challenge for this sequence was that we weren’t aging Mark in every single take and we had a variety of performances that Lola Visual Effect had to work on as well.”