Q&As About 'Star Wars': Will Lucasfilm ever do a Star Wars movie set between Episodes VI and VII with a de-aged CGI Han, Luke, and Leia?
Many Star Wars EU/Legends fans would love to have seen films based on Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy. But the window for a live-action version closed long, long ago. © 1991 Bantam Spectra & Lucasfilm Ltd. (LFL) Quora member Michael Justin asks: Will Lucasfilm ever do a Star Wars movie set between Episodes VI and VII with a de-aged CGI Han, Luke, and Leia? And I say: No. First of all, as it stands now, the technology for such a complex project is too primitive and extremely expensive, plus the results simply would not be convincing. Just look at Rogue One: A Star Wars Story from 2016. which uses CGI technology to superimpose the likeness of Peter Cushing (who died in 1994) on actor Guy Henry (who wore motion-capture headgear while filming) to play Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin in a film set shortly before the events of Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope. Ditto for the brief appearance of Norweigan actress Ingvild Deila (with...