Solo: A Star Wars Story was always going to create waves in the Star Wars community — after all, how could you possible recast a role like Han Solo with anyone else other than Harrison Ford? Well, it turns out that there’s always a way: in this case, using AI-based deepfake techniques to replace Solo actor Alden Ehrenreich with Ford’s famous mug.
The footage comes from YouTuber derpfakes, who rose to prominence in the community around the machine learning-based tool by using it to substitute actor (and human meme) Nicolas Cage into famous film scenes instead of creating creepy, homemade fake celebrity porn.
I’ll be totally honest here: derpfakes’ clips, while no doubt technically impressive, show how far this technology…
https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/17/17990162/deepfake-edits-harrison-ford-han-solo-a-star-wars-story-alden-ehrenreich