Not at all. I have done some Deepfake as part of my own Star Trek TMP fan edit and it is really labour intensive for vaguely unsatisfactory results. It's fine for small cameos but not an entire series (can see the Rand edits below each one taking many hours of computing for just a few seconds). Animated shows are cheaper and can be hugely entertaining using modern storytelling.
Labour intensive? Animation is very labour intensive
For Deepfake though you have to have actors who look like the original actors and sets and special effects PLUS soundalikes PLUS pay for the rights to use the images of the original actors PLUS the cost of the Deepfake itself. If it was easy, they would be doing it in Star Wars already. Well, even more. :-p
You buy stock or something?
They should never have even shown her face. Just the iconic hairstyle. That (and the one word of dialogue) is all you need for Leia.
It's time I'm not willing to give. The Skywalker thing creeped me out. There's something icky about it. And in some cases, embarrassing to watch. For me anyway.
Worked well enough for Governor Tarkin in Rogue One, but mainly because Tarkin always looked kind of weird anyway.
(actually I would have never even guessed it was deepfake if I didn't already know)
Leia, on the other hand...
The CG animations do look better with a layer of Deepfake on top. I admired their efforts with Tarkin but I would probably have preferred them to be less ambitious and feature him largely on a viewscreen.
It makes perfect sense. I concur with @Pauln6 on this point.
Same. I'd rather see a new actor tackle a role than have it Deepfaked.
Same. I found Tarkin and Leia right smack in the middle of the uncanny valley.
They will not. The success is in the subscriptions and the overall positive response to the show.
