We Made Our Own CGi Luke Skywalker

[@asdrubalegirolamo660]

Meanwhile at Disney: "Corridor Crew was able to build this in a cave! With a box of scraps!"

[@pgl79]

Underrated comment right here

[@theunholyviper]

Iron man reference?

[@eliheinrichs1185]

@@theunholyviper yeppers

[@GaryRowe]

Disney animator: "Well, I’m sorry. I’m not Corridor Crew." "Wish I was, though."

[@Adian-Bodhi]

Lmao

[@3DPrintingNerd]

The eyes ABSOLUTELY sold it. I thought the lip movement didn't exactly match at times, but the eyes, for me, made up for it.

[@BensBrickDesigns]

Agreed, but to be fair (to be fair) the lips didn't line up great in the show either. So I think it's more in the plus column for CC.

[@I_am_here_to_eat_your_toes]

Hover wewd

[@hypotheticallycheese]

yeh

[@Jgalaski8438]

@@BensBrickDesigns to be faiiirr

[@edkircbj643]

Said the printer guy...

[@BoxOfficeArtist]

From a VFX artist, both versions definitely have their strong points - the original has more of a photorealism feel despite it's flaws as outlined by many. The Corridor's version definitely dynamic and full of emotion - a valiant attempt! Great job all around!

[@GhostPirateEntertainment]

Exactly!

[@laurigardner6227]

Very much this!

[@terminalbliss]

Agreed, this was sharper, but I dont think this is "better". This one has a bit more uncanny valley feel to me as what Disney did looks more photorealistic even if it is less sharp (the sharpness actually adds a cgi/high quality video game feel to me as opposed to making it more real), but it still is impressive what these guys did, even if I disagree with the clickbait "better" claim.

[@EthanRom]

they probably barely worked on this and are a much smaller studio so mad props.

[@maycontainhyjinks2347]

agreed

[@autumnshanks]

i love how the whole world is obsessed with getting old luke skywalker back. I mean Mark's STILL HERE!

[@Tvboy777]

Honestly that makes it less egregious, dead actors can't protest to their likeness being used after they're dead but at least Mark gets to see what they're doing.

[@Graanvlok]

Sure, but he can't play his younger self.

[@arrogantlobster3270]

@Baxi he did state that last Jedi was an insult to Luke’s character, but when did he ever say that it was “woke garbage”? If anything, he has shown to be on board with the things that people like you might consider “woke”, so it doesn’t add up.

[@descendantofartorias2067]

@Baxi "(insert baby crying noise) everything that disagrees with me and has black people and gays in it is (insert meaningless buzzword)" Mark Hamill has clashed with Ben Shapiro and has publicly denounced the don't say gay bill, he is "woke". Keep crying about it forever.

[@VAL3NTIN3]

Yes! People really don't appreciate the people that are live now, until they are dead. Fn po$

[@JustSomeGuy]

What sells it are the eyes moving and moving naturally. If you take the eye movements and the lighting and add it to the Disney shot, it would pretty much look like they used footage from Return of the Jedi.

[@medul10alpha31]

Hey sup dude

[@theevermind]

Agreed. They went too far with what seemed like to many emotions. It seemed like "I will show emotion #1, then I will show emotion #2, now, emotion #3 ..." It didn't feel natural for the context of the situation. Instead keeping most of the existing emotional expression but with added the eye movement of Luke looking around the room to assess who's there, smile/emote more to invite Grogu, move the eyes more to look over Grogu (and back & forth him & Mando), then scan the room again before leaving would have been a winner. But then again, for each advancement in technology & technique, we become better able at detecting it & the flaws, so even those things would stop tricking us after a while.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Yep. With that alone it absolutely blew me away how good it looks.

[@RENO_K]

I think if they made a "real" set, with just like dummies, in place of the people, so his eyes can move better, with actual set points, like mandalorian A B C and the baby yoda down behind the camera somewhere, his eyes, when scanning the room would look infinitely better

[@fandralofasgard]

I think what hurt the original was that Luke didn't smile and his eyes didn't completely work. This fixed both those problems.

[@nd9814]

It looks more “alive” in this version, but looks more like a video game cinematic.

[@ThomasMarekGotovski]

With Disney's budget, they could have made it even better I think. The wig is throwing me off a bit, but they did a great job regadless.

[@victortrense5640]

True

[@bunnyhop1392]

@@ThomasMarekGotovski the baby yoda shot from the back threw it off for me

[@almostfrosty7750]

true doe

[@germanpenn]

the face is better, but the light is a bit off, like it glows and therefore it feels like it's detached from the rest of the environment

[@formoftherapy]

It's weird because it LOOKS better but it somehow seems more like a video game CG model now.

[@danielarcher369]

it looks worse

[@AxellRosas36]

I thought your comment was silly but now that I looked at it again and closer I can kinda see the video game like CG now, good eye!

[@autisticmonkeyboi6820]

Disney s version looks better, but the animation is less believable

[@marcoenriquez9257]

I agree

[@gaelstromproductions]

It's definitely superior, the reason it may look videogame is the sparks and saturated highlights are a bit too intense and are slightly off in where the lightning is located. Not much, but just enough to still feel strange, and as they said it's still about 10% Dean seeping through. The crispness of the face is probably due to some sort of correction by their render making it look just a bit more crisp than the normal footage, missing a slight bit of motion blur or something. Videogames look very crisp in their renders like that, so maybe a very minor amount of blur here and there when his head moves could correct that.

[@aslater5]

The deepfake Luke on the latest Book of Boba Fett episode is basically indistinguishable from real life.

[@rampage408]

Disney hired Corridor to help with it.

[@austina.872]

@Rampage No, they didn't. it was another KZbinr named Shamook. Honestly Corridor Crew's luke didn't age well for me

[@rampage408]

@@austina.872 My bad I thought it was Corridor

[@austina.872]

@Rampage It's fine my dude, I just want to give credit to Shamook, he did an great job

[@Koluke]

is this a joke? I seriously can't tell.

[@LewToons]

so much humanity added in the moment when he said 'he wants your permission' definitely huge improvement imo

[@chasemurray8679]

Has the king returned!

[@patrickmchugh3330]

Absolutely, that shot is the only time I’ve found the performance of a ‘de-aged’ emotional and moving.

[@SkSyrup5]

RIGHT!!!!

[@FrankLeeYoung]

Agreed! CC had their Luke take his time with the scene and emote. Looking around like a real person. The actual Luke in Mando felt too cold like he was droid or something.

[@MetalGamer666]

@@patrickmchugh3330 Terminator Dark Fate opening scene is the only one where I can't tell it's digital manipulation. It's the best de-aging I've ever seen.

[@infinitewebfluid9733]

I like how “warm” he looks. Like the smile he gives when he takes down his hood as tho to say “easy guys, everything’s okay” is just so Luke to me. The original just looks so blank.

[@azam148]

Corridor crew's version looks more alive

[@MattII33]

Gotta disagree, he might be a bit more expressive but now he looks like he was pulled out a video game cutscene.

[@rubyy.7374]

@@MattII33 For an untrained actor, I’d still say it’s pretty damn good.

[@SwaggMessiah69]

@@MattII33 I would rather have a emotive and alive video game cutscene than the used condom that was that wax robot/deviantart amateur artist airbrushed looking assbutt.

[@skoulikiagamwtanekrasas]

because they didn't have time

[@lucastinator6094]

I love how the spoiler alert is after they show Luke´s face.

[@GunmanJag]

Thought the same thing lol

[@andrewp393]

To be fair, it’s in the title

[@GentlyUsedFrog]

It's a spoiler for the results of the video, not the fact that Luke is in the Mandalorian.

[@bbvonnie16]

Exactly lmao

[@nonk4552]

The title has Luke’s face it doesn’t matter

[@judahenjoyseducation4549]

Don't get me wrong. i am beyond happy with what we got in the mandalorian. Except for one little detail that you guys added. Luke's Warmth. He seemed very staunch and heroic but a bit detached from the situation in the mandalorian. but in the few seconds of your animation and performance. The little smile made me think "Thats the Luke skywalker I grew up with in the Movies, Books and Games." That little smile he gives said it all about him.

[@owenw1002]

yes! he felt so dead and lifeless in the show, i would have been totally happen with this version if it was in the show, there’s a few things you can notice (such as the fact that it’s a wig, grogu isn’t reaching up when luke picks him up, small things tho. ) overall super amazing and nostalgic

[@newenglandmixes5990]

That’s such a great point. Luke looked emotionless in the mandalorian episode. He did look much better in the following appearances

[@MsDianagentaToYou]

Absolutely.

[@jwalkballin]

the official stand in actor for luke + the corridor method would be perfection

[@MrTVCow]

Guys, you nailed it. Not without flaws, but your version has more life in it. It's much easier to believe that this is actually real Luke on the screen. I don't know how much time Disney's crew had, but what you've done in this short period of time is simply amazing.

[@TAGE_FPV]

What? Lmao nailed it? Looks worse by a lot but nice attempt

[@mingval]

@@TAGE_FPV cry about it 😢

[@AlejandroLZuvic]

@@TAGE_FPV I don't know what these are watching, the Corridor's one is way worse. Yeah, they add movement and better shadows but the result is so artificial.

[@visualsforyou7120]

Guys. It's inevitable that the one on the show will look more professional because it's by Disney themselves, but given Corridor's budget here, I find it much more impressive. It's not about considering how it'd be if their Luke was in the actual show, it's about seeing what they were able to do with the resources they had. If they had Disney's budget, I bet it would look much better than the one currently in The Mandalorian.

[@hypotheticallycheese]

yeh

[@Bonshello]

That smile before he says "come little one" makes me think of young luke smiling because he remembers yoda

[@jeppejac]

Exactly! There's so much more emotion to be found here.

[@everythingdibs344]

@@jeppejac but the Jedi code says “there is no emotion, there is peace” sO aCtUaLlY iTs wOrSe

[@th3guardian154]

@@everythingdibs344 That's bs, you see Luke laughing and smiling numerous times throughout the movie, having no emotion is idiotic, it's what makes us human.

[@everythingdibs344]

@@th3guardian154 r/whoosh

[@luisaguilar7997]

I stopped to think about it for a moment and then she’s a tear

[@serhiyroyter8434]

With Disney’s resources, and wallet, I wholeheartedly believe this team could make a more convincing Luke, I think they did a phenomenal job all things considered. Much more dynamic.

[@alieaston9453]

they were hired by disney to deepfake Luke for the book of boba fett chapter 6

[@shadycesar8959]

They did not disappoint with todays Episode!

[@austina.872]

@Ali Easton No, Corridor Crew were NOT involved. Disney hired a KZbinr named Shamook

[@dirkmanderin]

@@alieaston9453 Where the hell are you people getting this from. It's in no way true.

[@VisionsOfSpy]

@@dirkmanderin it wasn't Corridor, it was another KZbinr called Shamook who did BoBF's Luke

[@ajaybathula37]

2 things that made it more believable: 1. The eyes have more life in them 2. The body language is not as rigid as it was in the original

[@onedudeJG]

About the only thing that looked off was the lip sync with the vocals, which could be corrected over time most likely. also a better match body type and hairstyle would make it almost seamless

[@meme2868]

The little smile right before he says “come little one” is so well done it convinces you because it feels emotional and like something mark Hamill would do.

[@samhudson8071]

Just to let everyone know Mark Hamill did see this and tweeted "I think this video is the perfect way to display your abilities & further your careers in the industry. Your talent speaks for itself, so when you send it out, maybe remove the boast that it's "better" than others, especially when you send it to Disney. All the best, mh #WellDone" and "Hi Dean- I watched the video & thought you did a great job! I was very impressed with your commitment to the role & your willingness to try every wig they offered you. You instinctively understood that the key to Luke is getting his hair just right. #Bravo "

[@moy_moy85]

Wow. Kinda douchey. I'm fairly sure Corridor Digital are aware of their size and position in the industry in relation to Disney and the use of the word "better" was intentionally cheeky and not braggadocios.

[@jeffreypelton1260]

@@moy_moy85 ... or maybe the absolute best advice to give them if they really want Disney to consider hiring them.

[@skeletalgaming4198]

@@moy_moy85 Yeah. They were joking. So is he. He does that a lot on Twitter.

[@skeletalgaming4198]

@@jeffreypelton1260 Also that. Actually, knowing Disney, he was probably warning them

[@starmorpheus]

@@moy_moy85 How is it douchey? He's just saying that they shouldn't say it better than the work done by other professionals, especially if they want to do work for Disney. He's probably joking too lol.

[@Lovetone1983]

the bit where he said "I am" was the best part. Had so much more empathy than the original cut. The smile and nod was lovely too. Its amazing what people are doing with what I imagine are less resources than Disney and totally killing it. congratulations

[@NotAStranger2440]

I think Disney’s actor had Luke’s face shape and hair down more but the fact that corridor did this is insane

[@JoRoBoYo]

Hello there

[@abcdefedcba2]

Ah general kenobi, you really are a bold one

[@tapuout101]

The hair was bad in this new one.

[@31337flamer]

RAID SHADOW LEGENDS!

[@outphase78]

I think your version definitely has WAY more emotion and looks more fluid and less stiff than Disney's. However, I think Disney has the upper hand on the realism of the texture and lighting, but given the fact of what you guys had to work with from scratch, y'all deserve ALL the praise and credit. Extremely impressive!

[@heatherholland1051]

You hit the nail right on the head.

[@randy7068]

My thoughts Exactly. And Luke's hair isn't that dark...lol

[@Flyingdinosaur69]

Imagine what they could do with the money and time the Mandalorian VFX artists had

[@TheMilwaukeeProtocol]

You're right. I'm not sure why I prefer Corridor Crew's. It's probably because I see only the gestalt. I see the forest much better than the trees.

[@matzr3000]

PlayStation side cut

[@jeseramirez9852]

They made they’re point. They clearly proved that if they had Disney’s resources they could have made a super life like mark hamill . Amazing work guys . Imagine how much more accurate with a trained actor almost identical to mark hamil. But still super good!

[@The_zenithgod]

Their

[@TrampusSims]

Disney has Sebastian Stanon payroll. Him + these guys...?

[@dhilipans5412]

@@TrampusSims ik right sebastian is almost like young luke

[@EnzoTheBaker]

The final result looks like garbage. Are you people seeing the same thing I'm seeing. I literally laughed out loud when I saw the final product, after all that talk and hype. The original looks bad, but no way does this rework look better. Looks like a PS3 cutscene with dead fake eyes.

[@wadewilson4928]

@@EnzoTheBaker ok boomer

[@OrionLaerithryn]

I agree you're not 100 percent there, but what your team has accomplished is in itself phenomenal in regards to the effects of lighting and bringing emotion (which is huge) to Lukes's expressions. I felt the hair wig was still too full and not short enough but good enough for the test. Thank you all for doing this and sharing it, it was awesome!

[@RawJah]

i love that Lukes Eyes check out everyone in the room for a mili second and then there is this small smile as if he's thinking "no foes in here".

[@red_nick]

Would have been interesting if they had Boba with them at that point...

[@CorridorCrew]

This is exactly what we were going for in trying to make his performance feel more alive!

[@balabanasireti]

@@CorridorCrew And I like you for including small details like that.

[@Neerana]

Yeeees dude, that was the first thing that stood out to me. He actually takes the time to look at everyone, acknowledge them/check for threats before giving that tiny smile. Just adding that subtle performance alone makes this so much better. Gives it so much more life and humanity. Excellent Job, Corridor Crew!

[@verynick]

I liked it either! Although, I hate doing criticism, how come when he blinked they didn’t do it at the same time?

[@therealsulaco]

It's till not all the way there, of course, but the "He want's your permission" shot nailed it 100% IMO. That totally felt like real 1983 Luke.

[@Nostalgianerd]

Literally pulling some guy from the office and working to a tight timeframe. This is no less than outstanding.

[@pfistor]

If they had the resources to cast someone with a little bit heavier build, and get a truly professional wig those 2 things and this scene would be totally superior. The actual face looks much more believable. It just doesn't match up to original look b/c of the hair and smaller neck / build. Impressive as heck for a small studio in a short time.

[@wkruse84]

I think they both looked bad. As in if I never watched starwars before and didn't know who Mark Hamill was, I would still be immediatley able to tell this is a poorly done computer generated image. Even video games make better looking and more believable characters. This isn't a criticism of the small crew that these guys had, but I am criticizing Disney. The question is clearly, why? Why would a company with seemingly infinite resources do such a poor job? I think it is because they are so sophisticated now, with how well they can actually imitate people, they don't want to raise questions like, "Is anything I am watching on TV or the internet real?" Disney owns a bunch of news networks now, so they do have conflicting interest. If you want to see something funny, check out Sassy justice on YT. You can see how well they can fake people with open source tech. The only conclusion one can draw is that Luke looks poorly conjured by design.

[@stare4539]

Ok

[@liepins444]

@@wkruse84 I'd like to see some video game characters (not including cinematic) that are of better quality. I don't think their are. If your talking cinematic then your talking about the first method they mention in the video which is a complete CGI character done with traditional modeling, surfacing, lighting, and rendering. There exists CGI you cant tell is CGI. You might not know it, b/c its too good to notice. Even trained experience pros wont notice. There is no evidence to support that big VFX companies are worried their characters look indistinguishable from reality, thats just conspiracy theory nonsense. Will it be an issue in the future when its easy to create indistinguishable characters, probably, but no ones actively avoiding it.

[@mustang6599]

@@wkruse84 "seemingly infinite resources". I guess you don't understand "budget"? These shows/divisions have to pay for themselves. The de-aging they did in the Marvel movies for characters, and Hamill himself in TLJ where seamless. But then, they have a bigger budget.....

[@EdnovStormbrewer]

I love the amount of time and effort that was put into it. The lighting and shadow looks much better. However the CGI looks a lot more noticeable on your version than Disney's.

[@ricardomendoza-oy8mp]

When he looks over at grogu and smiles. That’s it. That is Luke Skywalker holy crap. It’s fucking amazing well done corridor crew.

[@blaedashfield9005]

yeah i thought the same thing . lukes little smirk that he gives to r2d2 at the end of new hope.

[@lankestermerrin267]

That’s what was missing from the original version. Look would have smiled at Grogu. Nice job,

[@vincecortese4882]

Take everything you guys did right and combine it with Disney’s time, budget, and resources and it would’ve been perfect.

[@ivanduarte6774]

precisely what i thought

[@Al.j.Vasquez]

I think time isn't actually better for shows like the mandalorian, they have to be on a thousand things at the same time, so i don't think they could dedicate 10 computers worth of computing power into doing a better deepfake, because they need that for other things, time is very restrained in tv shows.

[@lt.axesci5644]

@@Al.j.Vasquez Disney could have started the process long before the series was even filmed though, I don't think time would have been a problem as Luke's return would have been planned for a really long time

[@SpeedosAndTheGun]

Actually in this case it’s the “time” that didn’t seem to be on there side as it was a very last minute scene

[@Camtrain1989]

Disagree. Its not the lack of talent in the industry, it's the time constraints set by the execs, and their willingness to let quality suffer in order to get the finished product out!

[@jacobtruelove9326]

I would say that the Disney version looks more realistic when it comes to the texture, but when it came to movement and interaction with lighting you guys' is far superior. Excellent job!

[@TephulioTX]

My thoughts exactly.

[@murasaki1177]

Because disney used an actual set and corridor used a cgi background.

[@jacobtruelove9326]

@@murasaki1177 i was referring purely to Skywalker himself as opposed to anything else, sorry for not clarifying

[@albinoman4248]

They made it almost exact to how skywalkers physical appearance was in the good movies (not sequels)

[@sharazar]

Same the deepface still looks more cartoony but the small movements like in the lips and eye movement are better. so there still needs work to improve the overlay but still keep the small details to keep from looking like a moving statue.

[@SillyGooseTV]

Commenting 3 years later to say you should do a part 2 where you spend another week refining it even further. Tech has come far in 3 years so im curious. Love you guys

[@Dizzy247365plus]

"He wants your permission." THAT WAS THE MONEY SHOT. They achieved ABSOLUTE LUKE with that shot. The eyes came alive and it affected the whole body language. THAT made feel like I was looking at Luke!🤩

[@Zestyb0i]

Dean killed that with the 'noble' head lift too; totally mimicked how Mark moves

[@ZAMinationProductions]

It definitely has more emotion and nicer lighting, but it does feel like it has a lot more fake elements to it now. However, I'll take more emotion over complete photo realism any day!

[@christianfelbo3333]

@@tanmaydeshpande he is spamming all comments

[@thedefault8109]

hi zamination

[@myredlabwinston4501]

Hi Zam!

[@ajaxwar3739]

wElL isNT It SUPrIsinG SeEIn yOu hErE

[@jalapenopixar]

@@SparrowIZ ? you ok bro

[@God-in4cn]

Disney: "THEY MADE THIS IN A CAVE. WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!"

[@totszwai]

Technically is more like a men cave. XD

[@shamamtashminkabir]

With a rtx 3090 tho.

[@totszwai]

@@shamamtashminkabir Exactly, the 3090 is the scrap, just like those Starks missiles and stuff lol

[@shamamtashminkabir]

@@totszwai Yup

[@narwhalz968]

I understood that reference

[@Darkslide2AR-FE]

I think you guys hit out of the park, there parts that were not consistent like the hair but the realism, the emotion is absolutely there!

[@ASSASSANATIONS2]

The face alone makes him look so much alive. The eyes sell the whole thing. The redness of the skin. Mark looks young again

[@yigitcanyontem3258]

I think this version of luke looks more like its from game cutscene and looks less photorealistic but i would rather this because in the original there was no emotion and the skin is so flat

[@angelmiteos4133]

But he looks even younger that he should be. But yeah, he look more alive. I loved that!

[@Petrovelly]

@@yigitcanyontem3258 Because he's played by a guy who can't really act, on blue-screen with a shitty wig. If they manage to fix these things, it would be just perfect

[@zonesproductions]

For a weeks worth of work from a studio a microcosm the size of Disney you did an incredible job. Honestly, Disney needs to hire you guys.

[@kanyepepper9977]

Imagine what these guys could do with a Disney budget

[@kanyepepper9977]

@Cara Salusc buddy they made this almost a month after the real episode aired while also under the height of the pandemic. If anything, the folks at Disney had much more time to develop the episode

[@nonotdrschwa5677]

@@kanyepepper9977 and a way bigger budget, more people to work on it, and professional equipment

[@JB-wt7rr]

@Cara Salusc they state in this video they worked on it for 2 weeks

[@MattKeepsFish]

@@JB-wt7rr Woah this is a hot convo! But can you give the time stamp for when they said that please :)

[@JB-wt7rr]

@@MattKeepsFish @MattKeepsFish at 16:42 Niko says "...been training on this deepfake for 2 weeks", which I took as that's how long they worked on it

[@tydamewood2700]

I enjoyed the lighting it was a lot more dynamic than the original scene. It really brought the character into the scene for me. I love the channel it has taught me so much and I can’t wait to keep learning.

[@RonAlbert]

At this point Corridor's motto should be: "Hey Disney. We exist."

[@calebmatheson3857]

fax

[@melissamarshall7940]

corridor luke looking like that one guy from that 70's show

[@MaxPMagee]

@@melissamarshall7940 The dumbass! (Eric Forman)

[@joshuaosborne9203]

It’s so weird how important the eyes are. The dead eyes from Disney makes the whole thing feel dead even though the hair and other points are better, but because the eyes were alive I could forgive everything else!

[@hsatin20]

Disney modeled Luke's eyes after the eye's of their soulless executives, that was their problem.

[@Jebu911]

How would that be weird? considering we spend most of our time looking people in the eyes while we look at someone so we get quite familiar with how eyes are supposed to work.

[@henningneuer7876]

Well it's like my grandma used to say: Eyes are the Window to the soul. ... Well it sounds better in German 😄

[@Cristalskulle]

@@henningneuer7876 Don't worry it's a very commun say^^

[@carlbradley4872]

Great point. And how odd- that Disney manages to make GROGU's eyes look full of life, but not Luke's?

[@EdCaraballo]

Disney: "wow! Looks great guys. Really, really good. Here's a cease and desist."

[@itsd0nk]

Brian Donegan I think it was just a funny joke dude. Like a "could you imagine?" joke. Made me laugh

[@amihere383]

@Brian Donegan They wouldn't allow Star Wars Theory to monetize his Vader movie

[@corvax8644]

Wait a minute that’s Nintendo not Disney!

[@flowerlandfilms]

@Brian Donegan ...tell that to the Star Wars novel authors who aren't being paid their royalties...

[@brakza]

Yeah, ask Deadmau5 lol

[@vampirelogan]

So when I first saw the original in the Mandalorian, I teared up a bit while being so excited. This version, I teared up more because I could feel Luke's empathy in Dean's performance. Great job you all did there. I just found out about you today through your more realistic lightsaber fight which was also awesome! Subbed and liked both. I will look through some more of your stuff!

[@Mbg.2007]

I think it looked more like Mark Hamill and expressive but looks a little bit more like a video game character

[@DaQuellen]

The part where Luke says “He wants your Permission” was perfect. Gave me chills in that moment.

[@bacail]

yer right, that was the best shot. got a little creepy good for a sec. awesome stuff

[@Deadeye313]

That was definitely the best part. Nailed that shot.

[@nApucco]

Definitely the best shot. (18:09) Absolutely perfect!

[@bluefletcherfish]

Agreed. That shot was easily the best. Maybe that angle showed less of Dean's Swan neck. 😂

[@adaug27]

The quick, subtle smile before he says 'come little one' was incredible. The emotion of Luke seeing a tiny spark of his old master in the little one, well done.

[@unconnardquelconque4888]

I did not saw it like this at firts, but after you said it it now looks so amazing.

[@remxloz]

he definitely has way more emotion, so many props to you guys for the effort you put in. It just makes me miss the real luke skywalker, in all honesty. he deserved more than just three movies (I am glad we got to see him in the mandalorian and tbobf though). also yes Im ignoring the sequels

[@geoffreyblackmer]

The face was incredible. More emotive. Better circadian movement with the eyes. The neck was still a little pale and elegant because Dean was built for the ballet, but it felt waaaaay less creepy and looked waaaaay more like mar🐫. (It's saccadic, not circadian, sorry everyone!)

[@RexMuffin]

Mar camel... good one

[@freddy7694]

What is mar🐫

[@ramonsterns]

was... was that intentional?

[@nicoEmt187]

@tanuki no yami typing that into Google would have taken exactly as long as typing it here has.

[@dundermifflinity]

Built fir ballet 😂

[@DragonHost6243]

"can we do better than a multi-billion dollar company?" Every Bethesda modder ever: nodding sagely "It can be done."

[@Shade01982]

Just like a single community contributor did leagues better than Games Workshop...

[@HillsBrosProductions]

This is the way

[@cheryzheng]

This is the Way

[@bigcazza5260]

creation kit should be renamed to community kit ahahahahah beyond skyrim will probably have influence on ES6 too lol

[@otakoob]

Todd: I just works

[@wilberforce95]

The eyes were definitely the biggest improvement. The idea of it being Mark was really sold through the eyes.

[@qqqfuzion2582]

Agreed. The mouth was a lot better too.

[@andy_mir]

I'm 3 years late, but I finally watched se02 and then this vid again. Your version's eyes are so lively, if he showed up like this in the show, maybe with a couple more days of machine learning, I would be in awe

[@graymoon3000]

The actor who played Luke. Needs more credit. He nailed all of the gestures of Luke to the T.

[@geekfreak9578]

thats what im sayin

[@biigg22]

Soo Mark Hamill?

[@evolvh3159]

@@biigg22 they're talking about the guy who played the role for the video

[@chrisgirone]

Mark Hamill actually played himself playing a young luke skywalker for the mandolorian. They CG'd a young luke face on him.

[@kenanderson3954]

@@chrisgirone They CG'd young Luke's face on Max Lloyd Jones, who was the double for young Luke in the Mandolorian. Mark Hamill only provided the voice over.

[@mjf69]

The original feels like a low quality effect on an IRL shot, while the corridor's version feels like a really high quality video game cut scene.

[@MacroManatee]

This sums it up perfectly. It is the exact characterization I couldn’t put into words. Well said, dude.

[@orgANGmo]

Perfectly explained.

[@Dragons_Armory]

I like the fact that his smile makes him more natural.

[@Malidictus]

Yup. A lot more face acting. That makes a huge difference.

[@miniontm69]

Smiles are extinct thanks to masks.

[@Malidictus]

@@miniontm69 Say, notice Nico talk about how when he smiles, his eyes scrunch up? A smile is a facial expression, not just a mouth position. Words spoken while smiling also have a different sound to them.

[@cherryskingart]

@djdaem0n For suree

[@LegendaryPhil]

The smiles and hand waves made it. You guys are awesome

[@TheSecondVersion]

Disney: "We've decided that it was just cheaper to hire Sebastian Stan than to CGI Mark Hamill into every scene"

[@thomascross8216]

I always thought Sebastian Stan looked a lot like Mark Hamil. Exactly my thoughts.

[@nickminderman7380]

@@LeonidZavadsky-rr1nl Can you link the video

[@thelasttempleguard9008]

hamill and stan have a running joke that they’re father and son.

[@doingstuffinpublic]

I’ve beee. Saying this for ages!!

[@Rinaldimanc]

No it's not, Sebastian Stan is expensive, this is much cheaper to do.

[@michaeltalkstoomuch]

"He wants your permission." This shot looked excellent.

[@tumbleweed8329]

This was done in two weeks... imagine if they had more time to tweak. Imagine if they had a bigger budget.... someone hire these guys for big budget hollywood projects already.

[@TheOfficial_CommanderShepherd]

Hollywood is dead

[@PsychoticEGG]

Except theirs looks waxy

[@SliCooper]

Funny thing is that they tried and the heads kept "critiquing" their work XP

[@nick23347]

@@SliCooper they don't deserve this aawesome team.

[@1264-t4y]

@@TheOfficial_CommanderShepherd naw it's just owned by china now

[@alw1268]

Dude, that was wayyyyyy better than Disney's version. U guys need to be hired , ASAP!!!!!! U can still tell its CGI it didn't look as robotic like Disney's.

[@alyssahayes268]

As a girl who loves makeup, a huge problem I noticed with the Crew's version is that they didn't recolor his NECK correctly! So it made it more obvious that they stitched the face on another guy because the neck colors just didn't match. (The reason someone who likes makeup would notice this is because we always put foundation on our necks to ensure that the color and tone are consistent.)

[@ashishrandive9417]

Love this comment because even seemingly unrelated fields can end up offering some amazing insight.

[@brucewaynespringsteen8069]

Hilarious. My wife does make up fx, and she is constantly pointing things out like that. Specifically necks, and she's always right.

[@xFoundGamer]

Ok

[@MetalmcBiff]

The neck and wig were the two main things that threw me off. There’s something about how the light interacts with his skin and the costume, that doesn’t quite gel with the background or the deepfaked face. There are brief moments where the head looks almost pasted on. That said: WOW, what an accomplishment! That was insane to watch.

[@ashtonbio]

What do you use like 14 pounds of makeup lmao

[@VEE3RDEYE]

I can feel the absolute passion in this

[@YTGamingFF]

1st Reply To a verify KZbinr

[@navinaterstarwars8410]

Second

[@HuskyType]

Whoever said “It’s Luking Good” made me spill my coffee. Hahahah

[@indisummers4385]

SO good. The dubbing is the only thing that needs a little work. I think if Corridor Crew was hired by Disney with access to their time and resources, they could kick so much ass.

[@breadproductions6139]

Imagine these guys on Disney’s budget.

[@somebody8998]

Imagine Astartes with a disney budget and crew 🤯

[@AMV12S]

they will become lazy

[@ottorask7676]

Its not the budget mostly, its the passion and know-how.

[@mobileterrarian8860]

It's not about budget, it's about skill. It's like saying that money improves their skill

[@iamvulgar8188]

@@mobileterrarian8860 Money would definitely get them access to top of the line everything. I'm sure the amount of computers and staff they would have would greatly increase and they could dedicate more than a week to working on something like this.

[@aSongScout]

The opening shot's camera movement was maybe a little too ambitious, as the face shape doesn't look right and the neck is too small...but pretty much all the subsequent shots really did look better, even if the full resolution wasn't quite there. Very impressive for the time and resources available!

[@madhatten00]

opening shot looks like sw game graphics when he takes his hood off it looks like it came straight out of xbox

[@potloodpuntje6130]

Coconut wig though, no it’s really amazingly done😂

[@JeanLuc761]

@@madhatten00 And from a different perspective, that really speaks to how far real time rendering has come for modern games.

[@RonaldoVODS]

@@madhatten00 Keep in mind that most of the video was done in like 3 days, and the wig was the most unnatural part. Aside from that, they were pretty great

[@terragthegreat175]

Yeah the original framing was well done. After that first shot, though, this deepfake is definitely superior. It does feel like Mark Hamill's acting.

[@olivierlessard6783]

With better hair and a more buffed actor, hands down that scene would have been better than the original.

[@bleu_ches]

I honestly thought it was better than the original

[@dirtybaytexas]

@@bleu_ches it is but that guy looks kinda Goofy

[@TheNuggzt3r]

But I thought the movements looked less fluid? Like there were many fps missing. Or is it just me?

[@user-nr5xp6yd8z]

​@@TheNuggzt3r for me it's more fluid than the original

[@kingsaracoon9594]

WIG

[@TKDCrazedd]

Way better way better way better!!!! Now that is Luke Skywalker! I hope Disney is taking notes because this need to be how they make characters look when they need too! Outstanding job guys! And btw it does NOT look like a videogame.

[@Whateverworksman93]

Niko: if you haven’t finished the Mandolorian, stop watching now before spoilers! Video literally begins with Luke Skywalker in the Mandolorian

[@noblejack9882]

Hahahahah true

[@noahhapa]

This looks way more human but less Luke in the terms of mannerisms.

[@zousui7238]

I never realized how the mandalorian nailed Luke's mannerisms until now.

[@chad7586]

You need mark to do the scene then let the body double observe and follow the mannerism of how mark performed it

[@umairbutt1355]

Mannerisms are the easiest component in this, that's just acting. These guys have nailed everything else.

[@noahhapa]

@@umairbutt1355 mannerisms are the easiest? In terms of creating high-quality content, I agree, but in terms of trying to make this actually look like Luke Skywalker, I wouldn’t say that’s the easiest. The quality is great and it looks better than what’s in the show, but you can clearly see that, while this character looks more emotive and more human, it is very clearly not Mark. Nevertheless, disregarding only the mannerisms (and maybe the wig lmao), I think they did phenomenal.

[@umairbutt1355]

@@noahhapa So you find an actor that can act like Mark Hamil? They go through an auditioning phase, they can be compared against other candidates etc. It's a well understood process and disney did it with the actor protraying Mark in this original sequence. I think his mannerisms were perfect. The difficult part is now making that actor look like Mark Hamil 5-10yrs after return of the jedi.

[@TotinosPizzaRollz]

It's just incredible how well you did with a non-professional actor and only a few days of effects work. Disney is crazy if they don't hire you guys to work on their upcoming shows.

[@timz9862]

Why would they hire them when they have their own art departments?

[@davidm.johnston8994]

@@timz9862 Because they're really good, and creative from a technical standpoint.

[@seamouse007]

​@@davidm.johnston8994 It would make more sense for Disney to hire CC as consultants for a short period and try some new ideas with their own team. I know that's not what CC would want as a contract, but that's the smarter move when you have the resources Disney has.

[@ghostbaum]

to be fair to the disney team they did some way crazier shots than this in the series. corridor is focusing on one aspect of something that was probably done on a tight deadline. corridor has the means to do their own movies they should do that instead of trying to be hired by disney.

[@MubangaDNB]

@@timz9862 VFX shots are often outsourced, it wouldn’t be that crazy for Disney (or any other production company) to hire Corridor to do a deep fake shot. Especially now, since they just showed they can deliver it in this quality, without a proper look a like actor (although Dean did an amazing job).

[@rogerlouie1]

Oh man, the face masks indoors on shared ventilation made me remember all the stupid things we did during the coof-19.

[@Blake_C137]

Perfect? No. Better than Disney? Yes. Could you do it perfect with Disney’s budget? I’m sure you could.

[@rakshitranjan8040]

the only critic i have is the neck, deans neck was a little longer

[@BollWeevil]

They just did it better with way less...

[@bigcoop2575]

No such thing as perfect my guy

[@jaystrid2796]

Heck, even given another week with no extra budget it could've been pretty perfect.

[@rakshitranjan8040]

@@jaystrid2796 yup!!! 💯💯

[@InfamousSwoosh]

What you guys did actually looks crazy good

[@SoyAntonioGaming]

it is a lie, don't believe in the lie. i reported this video for misleading, that is robot - not mark hamillo!!!

[@stego456]

Didn't think I would find infamous swoosh here

[@Cyclone9227]

@@SoyAntonioGaming Come on at least they recreated their own version of Luke Skywalker and it’s better because not everybody can do this better than them.

[@rgb2296]

@@SoyAntonioGaming ew that's really bad sarcasm.

[@spodergibbs5088]

It’s not that good.

[@eamo2334]

He looks more compassionate in the remake too. His body language is kinder and more welcoming.

[@CrazyOrdinal]

But we talking bout the face which is cgi, not the rest of the body

[@brandonmshrock]

Wow! This looks great you guys!! I loved how there was more emotion and Marks smirk added in!

[@FreakDaMIghet]

The thing that sold it for me was when Luke did that initial look around the room like "Anyone else here going to shoot at me?" then when he senses they are all good, he gives that slight smile and deactivates his lightsaber like "Sorry to scare you. I come in peace."

[@JonkariP]

This is exactly what I wanted to see after the episode

[@queenjamjam]

Me too!! I was thinking corridor can do this better

[@polltag]

hopefully, they'll do more follow-up videos in the future iterations of VFX artists react....

[@2low200]

Saaame

[@Spartan-jk9tl]

Ye

[@Feefa99]

Luking good

[@Vesohag]

Disney: CorridorCrew were able to do this in a cave!!

[@Eric-uy7ee]

Sorry Mr. Jeff Bridges... but I'm not CorridorCrew.

[@Jermine1269]

With a box of scraps!!!!!

[@Vesohag]

@@Jermine1269A box with a 3090!

[@krzyffo4379]

But I'm not 3090

[@Kevin303]

Love this 3000

[@LucaNoire]

You guys are very fortunate to do what you do. I'm a fan of the channel. And to be perfectly candid, the lot of you should be working for a AAA game or production/picture company's. No exaggeration. You guys are the real deal in VFX and content provision. A true, breath of fresh air. Two lightsabers way up. Red lightsabers 🤫🤭

[@BobbyStafford]

I'm just imagining how perfect a corridor deep fake would be with a Disney budget.

[@aidankelly198]

It WOULD be Mark Hamel. Those guys are insane. They’d get it done

[@Balthazar2242]

Yeah, the fact that it's even possible to compete _at all_ with a studio like ILM is absolutely incredible.

[@BlackEagle352]

@@Balthazar2242 i think the VFX team was time constraint for this project.

[@Bu4o1603]

Next video: Corridor channel is closing because we all got hired by Disney.

[@RickACG]

Sued * by Disney

[@heyimgoingtoplaysomegames]

Not closing, they would have “fuck you” money, and could do WHATEVER THEY WANTED! :) It would be limitless creativity! (As long as Disney let them out of the sweatshop to continue working the corridor channel).

[@aidanwhunter]

Underrated comment

[@froggy_boy_kermuttt41]

Or cease and desist

[@Dumbs]

wow... good job corridor. you have blown away my understanding of visual effects.

[@evanb.5726]

They are really good yea

[@Girisado]

Why r u her

[@cosmicpan]

@@TFirsty LMAO, that was so unexpected

[@possibleawkwardness5480]

Everything is amazing with this except the skin looks like solid wax

[@JordanGr100]

Dumbs learning everything about vfx, getting so he can post better league memes

[@arpitupadhyay1535]

When I saw the CGI Luke Skywalker that you guys made for one moment when I was seeing the clip from the Mandarin then it was like that is an actual clip and not a clip that was redesign it just look real to me and so much better then Disney's. Great job you guys keep up the good work

[@IanWatson]

There's still a bit too much Dean in the body -- the shape of the neck, fr'ex -- but WOW. The performance and emotion are stunning, and leaps above the official result. Excellent work.

[@digitaldazzle5836]

It’s not that much better. Lol

[@lupsik1]

​@@digitaldazzle5836 Its better but it doesn't matter how much better it is if it still falls under the uncanny valley, which it unfortunately does. Maybe even more uncanny due to being closer to reality.

[@lachmack8967]

Are you drunk? No way as good

[@BaldMancTwat]

@@digitaldazzle5836 The point is that a billion-dollar company couldn't do better than a KZbin VFX studio. Imagine if these guys had the same resources and didn't have to wait 10 days for it to be complete (i.e. they could test it and do it multiple times), then they could easily do a near-perfect job.

[@elliothansen2726]

@@digitaldazzle5836 Like a previous commenter mentioned, they did this with some random guy they found around the office and no funding. Disney could hire a look alike, pay someone to master Mark Hamill’s facial expressions, and put much more time and money into this. Yet the Corridor Crew did a fairly comparable job, with negligible resources in comparison. Disney could definitely have done better.

[@ghanilawal6798]

It was a bit wonky but, I could definitely feel the emotion from Luke here WWAAAYYY more than in the actual show, which as a fan I believe is more important, great work guys!!!

[@ThisIsTechToday]

Waaaaay better! The more abrupt movements do feel more natural. I didn’t realize that. The mouth is the only area that still feels really off on both. I’d almost want to see what it would look like if you ran the deep fake learning for another month and came back to it 😅

[@MaxsLEGOStopMotion]

Definitely

[@dallinorr6929]

This is Tech Today I was gonna say, everything looks so good. Except the mouth a few times. And not even for some weird upper lip movement (a common issue). But for example, when he says, "May the force be with you", I feel like the mouth isn't tracking his speech super well.

[@TheTorbjoern]

It's actually one of the things that can instantly tell you if a video is CG or not. If it has an almost smooth camera shake, or if the object in focus is too smooth in their movements, it's almost certainly fake.

[@ThisIsTechToday]

@@dallinorr6929 yeah, it seems like the mouth just didn’t move.

[@ggandalfy9390]

Yesssssss

[@notbabyrodney7040]

The fact the Corridor can do something this good, makes Disney look bad with the latest they been putting out.

[@tyno_skt]

Expressions are definitely better but I still think there's a slight difference in color between the neck and the face for some shots

[@bentricky]

The colour shift of the skin between the top and bottom of the forehead was annoying.

[@balabanasireti]

@@bentricky Calm down, kid.

[@robertdanker6193]

I agree better but still off. Although for the time and budget of these guys, pretty good.

[@jerbil404]

If they got an actor with a more similar body to Luke, this would’ve been ABSOLUTELY perfect. However, this is still absolutely phenomenal

[@B1GDaddyFatStax]

Sebastian Stan. I swear they look like twins.

[@chickenb4egg106]

@@B1GDaddyFatStax exactly.

[@vijeshkumar692]

sebastian stan is the one

[@MrChadsimoneaux]

Yeah other than dude's neck being longer it looked great.

[@usctrojans001]

Could You Imagine Sebastian Stan standing in for Luke?!? Now that would be Amazing and most of the work would already be done for you!

[@davidh.2377]

15 years ago this would have won you an academy award

[@beyse101]

But in 15 years, I can do it on my Smartphone

[@Jay-st6sl]

​@@mynamejeff8401 Wow, you managed to be pedantic and redundant in only 6 words.

[@davidh.2377]

@@mynamejeff8401 I know that, but just talking about the final results.

[@digitalcanvas4444]

I think you guys are technically really good at what you do. The problem you have is that you need to practice more restraint. You get too excited about adding flashing lights which ends up being more distracting than helping connect the foreground object with the background. Add one or two flashes instead of a dozen and your shots will look better.

[@Kgknipp]

Guys...that “I am.” - nailed it. Right in the Jedi force feels. Happy for Dean’s dream coming true.

[@RyuRanXII]

That was perfect.

[@SuperMaanas]

Now if they combined their eyes and emotions with the rest of Disney's luke, it would be perfect.

[@JackMaslovLive]

Your deep fake was a little bit more plasticky so it indeed looked a bit more like a CG model, but I think a tiny color adjustment and a slightly different reflection layer would make it just perfect! That's why I prefer by a little the edit of the original, but the movement and the scene of yours is intensely more detailed! Great job!

[@Roulettesplay]

It's the wig. Usually you give a wig some dry shampoo and a few other tricks to get rid of the "fake hair" look. Also, to me at least, the neck was distracting in it's mis-matched length. The green screening was also a little rough and at least for me, pulled him out of the scene into his own "layer" on top of things.

[@perox9695]

Yes i agree with the color and reflection. maybe also make the shadows a bit darker, if you compare the background and his face.

[@rlm2933]

It needs more details like the spots on his face

[@Anudorini-Talah]

way to young looking lol. bad

[@ethanworks9917]

Yeah I agree

[@arwinkappl8980]

You can see the difference in posture and sound, but its definetely much better than the original. Great job!

[@Cinefanatics]

I want to issue a challenge to Corridor Crew. Make a deepfake that we don't know where the deepfake is. Like switch Wren and Nico's faces (super extreme example, I know the face structure needs to match up) but give us a video where someone is deepfaked but we don't know who until the end. And, not a video telling us that someone is faked at the beginning. Just a regular video that we then have to go back and watch again to catch it. The reason for this challenge is I'm wondering if our minds automatically see "uncanny valley" because we already know we are going to be looking at something fake. But if we have no idea there is a "fake face" our eyes may not catch it. Let's see what the comments may say about that...

[@JamesCLynch]

THIS.

[@pierrebeastlovesyou]

great idea

[@fantasticphil3863]

They should do this

[@saladbowl85]

Good idea! For science! Haha

[@neiltaylor9222]

I Agree they should do this and fo it now. I have spoken.....

[@PhazerSC]

"If anyone at Disney watching this..." Disney: BAM! Copyright strike!

[@iamvulgar8188]

really though

[@Lacoux]

lol yeah no one report them

[@MrLimitedSanity]

@@AC-1876 What is this? 2011? That doesnt matter anymore. You cant even hum a song now. lol

[@PEZ1514]

they probably laughing at how trash this video remake and how smug the hollywood rejects are

[@MobiusVideo]

The VFX guys would absolutely love this and respect it. The management would be straight onto their legal team for a takedown request.

[@ryanwillisofficial]

That was one of the most late spoiler alerts i've ever witnessed...

[@lui472]

8 seconds and you know Luke is in the Mandalorian. Got this spoiled like two months ago when this came out while I had just watched like 4 episodes.

[@ryanwillisofficial]

@@lui472 Yeah and on top of it, they titled the video that they made a better cgi version, yet the one on The Mandalorian looks WAYYY better than their live action video game looking non-sense. Don’t mean to be so harsh to them, but when you have a title like that thinking that you made a better deepfake, or cgi version, people are gonna really compare.

[@oliverscarlin]

The thumbnail of this video spoiked it for me. Thanks guys!

[@junk3202]

Lmao

[@hrreasoner2388]

Now that The Book Of Boba Fett has come out this actually looks like the Luke Skywalker CGI from Episode 6

[@nateleonard5882]

I think Disney hired these guys for Boba Fett BECAUSE of this video

[@hannahseren6825]

@@nateleonard5882 no, they hired another youtube called ‘shamook’. they made a lot of very good deepfakes so it’s well deserved

[@twisterius1141]

@@nateleonard5882 no they didnt. theyve hired shamook and he did an awesome job.