Is Harrison Ford in Solo: A Star Wars Story the best deepfake yet?

Deepfake technology has grown increasingly impressive and terrifying over the past few years, from dead actors popping up in Hollywood blockbusters to politicians being doctored to say things they’d never dream of. While many are worried about the dangerous potential of deepfakes, there are also lots of fun, harmless examples – and a new Star Wars video feels like exactly what the tech was made for. 

2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story was a notorious box office flop, with many feeling that the prequel just wasn’t the same without Harrison Ford as the titular Han Solo. If only there was some way of using a young Ford’s likeness for the character. Spoiler alert: that’s exactly what a new deepfake (below) has done – for a couple of minutes, at least. As the name suggests, deepfakes require deep machine learning (check out the best computers for video editing for some serious horsepower). 

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Daniel John
Design Editor

Daniel John is Design Editor at Creative Bloq. He reports on the worlds of design, branding and lifestyle tech, and has covered several industry events including Milan Design Week, OFFF Barcelona and Adobe Max in Los Angeles.

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