tarkin

In my opinion, the failing of Tarkin was one of animation, not so much rendering.

To me one of the most interesting things about Rogue One was how differently the Tarkin and Leia recreations were received, at least in person.

I found Tarkin in Rogue One well done, after all Peter Cushing was really that gaunt and cadaveric in his later years.

I didn't even notice that Tarkin was a CG rendition until this post.

The synthetic Tarkin was well received and looked accurate.

Although CGI Tarkin clearly stood out to me, I'm a pretty serious SW fan (having seen the original when I was 12 and the entire opening trilogy many times since).

Even the Empire was competent (until Tarkin and the other senior leadership were destroyed in the first Death Star.) And what does teenagers splitting up in horror movies have to do with the struggle against incompetent and uncaring authority?

I went with a large group and half of the group didn't even realize Tarkin wasn't real, while the entire group and and a good chunk of the theater audibly groaned when they saw Leia.

Pretty much everything he touches leaves a Grand Moff Tarkin level of stench of evil from his attack on public access to Carbon Beach through his massive property portfolio to his more well known attacks on open source (originally as a threat to Oracle's dominance).

It also helps to have been around long enough to have one's once strongly held opinions gradually become obviously wrong over time:-) As for evaluating CGI Tarkin in particular, I think the only fair way to assess that work is by first putting it in historical context, as it was created nearly 10 years ago now.

To be fair, once you start counting NAB and Siggraph trade shows you've attended by the dozen, it's reasonable to assume you probably can't see films or CGI the way most people do - and so I concede it's entirely possible CGI Tarkin was adequately executed for the majority of the intended audience.

So the fact CGI Tarkin didn't abjectly fail and was, at worst, mildly distracting to critical eyes, is something the team that did it should be proud of and those of us with those critical eyes should, at the least, be tolerant of and, preferably, celebrate as a worthy historical milestone on the long path toward perfection.

"The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers." ―Princess Leia to Grand Moff Tarkin.

Or to quote Star Wars, “The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers”.

"The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers."

"The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers." Same is with communications.

The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more numbered accounts will slip through your fingers.

Tarkin and Leia looked awkward but was ok for a few seconds in the theater.

I saw it in a packed opening weekend; Tarkin’s was more of a cheer and Leia’s a wave of appreciative murmurs.