10 More Most Paused Star Wars Moments

8. CGI Leia - Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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Boldly and somewhat controversially, Rogue One included not one but two digital recreations of Star Wars alums - Peter Cushing's Grand Moff Tarkin and Carrie Fisher's Princess Leia.

Though it was publicised pre-release that a digital double of the late Cushing would be featured in Rogue One, the late-film appearance of a young Leia - achieved by superimposing a CGI likeness of a younger Fisher over stand-in Ingvild Deila - was kept a secret for maximum impact.

Critical and fan opinion was ultimately divided on the necessity of using not-quite-convincing digital trickery to recreate these characters, but at least in Leia's case, her screen time amounts to a single seven-second shot.

And so, the close-up of Leia's face practically invited fans to hit pause and scrutinise every last detail, looking for imperfections which gave the game away. 

The irony, of course, is that it looks close to perfect in a freeze-frame, and the uncanny valley effect really only becomes apparent in a moving image, where the subtle movements of Leia's face just seem ever so slightly off. Still, it's certainly an impressive effort.

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