At 60, Carrie Fisher was too old to play a version of Princess Leia Organa younger than the one she played in the original Star Wars trilogy, and, apparently, she couldn’t even do the motion capture for the CGI version of the character – even though it used her own likeness.
Peter Cushing as Grand Moff Tarkin meanwhile was based on motion capture of Holby City actor Guy Henry.
“People have aged so much that you can’t even get them to do the motion capture.
Both CGI replicas were breathtakingly executed but raise a few ethical questions.