While the accuracy of the facts in this article might be as unstable as Anakin Skywalker’s bedroom floor, the possibility of a digitally recreated Cushing is intriguing,showing that the spinoff movies could push the envelope every bit as much as the saga episodes.
A source told The Mail on Sunday: ‘This is one of the most complex and costly CGI re-creations ever. Cushing is a pivotal plot line as he was the one to create Darth Vader and there’s a whole back story that will come out.’
But the film-makers face one particularly tough task – creating Cushing’s legs and feet.
When director George Lucas filmed the original Star Wars, he gave Cushing and other Galactic Imperial officers ill-fitting leather riding boots. Cushing complained so bitterly that Lucas let him wear slippers, forcing cameramen to shoot from the knees up or have him stand behind the Death Star conference table.
‘They are going through hours and hours of old footage from the horror movies to recreate his legs and feet to produce realistic movements,’ said the source. ‘It is eerie to see someone who has been dead for so long come to life on a screen.’