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Had the opposite reaction. Went in not knowing, then when I saw Tarkin and Leia I was kind of thinking, wtf? They digitally rendered their faces? When I talked to friends afterwards they didn't notice it. This must be pushing some sort of mental limit of our brains - not everyone recognizes faces/cg the same as others.

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I was blown away by Tarkin, I kept thinking how in the heck did they bring him back exactly as he was? Leia was another matter, something was not quite right with her.

It's funny, while both felt pretty plasticky; Leia looked much better to my eyes than Tarkin. The brevity and minimal movement helped, I think.

Out of curiosity, did you see it in 3D? Most of my friends that saw it in 3D were complaining about how bad the renderd Leia and Tarkin were, but very few of my friends who saw it in 2D had any complaints about it.

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