The YouTuber known as Shamook who deepfaked Luke Skywalker in The Mandalorian now has a Star Wars job.
That feeling when yourStar Warsdeepfakes are so good that Lucasfilm wants to give you a job.
That was essentially what happened to the person known online as Shamook.
De-aged Mark Hamill in ‘The Mandalorian’ season 2.Lucasfilm Ltd.
“Now I’ve settled into my job, uploads should start increasing again.
They’ll still be slow, but hopefully not months apart.
The studio then confirmed the news in a statement to EW.
“Over the past several years ILM has been investing in both machine learning and A.I.
IndieWirewas the first to report the news.
Shamrook had already done something similar forRogue One.
Again, the work spoke for itself.
This emphasis on “machine learning” and new techniques can be seen elsewhere in Lucasfilm.
It’s something Lucasfilm and ILM will continue to use as they develop multiple live-actionStar Warsshows.
As for Shamook, there’s nothing fake about this YouTube success story.
