Shamuk garnered millions of views by deepfaking The Mandalorian (Image: Playback/Disney)
deep fakeTechnology that is able to change people’s faces in videos is both fascinating and problematic. However, Lucasfilm hired YouTuber Shamook after she developed one of the most anticipated moments in Season 2 of The Mandalorian, when the studio spent a portion of its budget to reduce Mark Hamill’s age and make her look like Luke Skywalker.
After the sudden appearance (and eventually saving of Grogu) of a Jedi master, the Creator Youtube Shamuk created a deepfake of Skywalker using the same sights. According to the site Mashable, although the sound was a bit out of sync, the result was incredibly convincing, as its appearance far exceeded the CGI-generated footage for the current episode.
Currently, after creating a YouTube video since 2018, the creator is working in the UK for Industrial Light and Magic, Lucasfilm’s visual effects division, which he confirmed to the site. Indiewire Hiring a digital designer.
“[A Industrial Light and Magic está] He is always looking for talented artists and in fact he hired the artist who works as “Shamok” on the internet. In recent years, ILM has invested in both machine learning and artificial intelligence as a means of producing compelling visual effects work, and it was great to see momentum build up in this space as technology advances,” Lucasfilm announced in a call.
Earlier this month, Schmuck already stated that he was hired by the video producer. “As some of you already know, I joined ILM/Lucasfilm a few months ago and didn’t have time to work on any new YouTube content. Now that I’ve settled on my work, uploads should start increasing again. They’ll still be slow, but hopefully it won’t separate Among them are months. Enjoy!”, stated this YouTuber at the time.
Shamuk released his fake version of The Mandalorian on December 21 last year, having completed just four days of editing the clip.
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