Finally, a narrative about deepfakes that’s free from the ethical squishiness and consent points that plague the folks creating them. On Tuesday, a spokesperson for Lucasfilm confirmed that the corporate had employed a preferred deepfake creator as a “senior facial capture artist” beneath the corporate’s laptop graphics subsidiary, Industrial Light and Magic.

The creator, a UK-based YouTuber named Shamook, had just lately garnered fame within the Star wars neighborhood after one in all his deepfaked videos ended up going viral. The clip was particularly designed to enhance the looks of a younger Mark Hamill throughout The Mandalorian season two finale and has racked up greater than two million views on YouTube.

And it’s straightforward to see why—taking a look at Shamook’s deepfake work alongside the work of Industrial Light and Magic (the Lucasfilm division responsible for these kinds of CG graphics), the hobbyist’s work is arguably higher than that of the professionals.

Apparently, the clip was ok to persuade the Industrial Light and Magic group to recruit Shamook for the Mandalorian’s upcoming seasons. “Over the past several years, ILM has been investing in both machine learning and A.I. as a means to produce compelling visual effects work,” a spokesperson stated in a statement to Indiewire in regards to the rent. They added that the corporate is “always on the lookout for talented artists,” and that it’s “it’s been terrific to see momentum building in this space as the technology advances.”

Shamook hinted to the rent earlier this month in a remark left on his YouTube channel noting that since becoming a member of up with Lucasfilm earlier this yr, he hasn’t “had the time to work on any new YouTube content,” on his channel, although he additionally added that now that he’s “settled” into the function, “uploads should start increasing again.”

While his Luke Skywalker deepfake clip may need been his massive break, Shamook’s been utilizing deepfake know-how to create all kinds of content material since his channel first debuted in 2018. He’s used his abilities to place a deepfaked Will Smith into the Matrix franchise, to easy over Henry Cavill’s face throughout his look within the 2017 Justice League movie, and de-age a considerably wrinkly Robert De Niro. Hopefully, on this new function, we’ll be seeing much more of Shamook’s work on the massive display.