Thanks for reading! I totally forgot about the synthetic Peter Cushing. Yes, it was Rogue One. The phenomenon you're talking about--whether a revision that is closer to the creator's original vision is more or less authentic than the version that audiences first experience--is hardly new to Lucas' Star Wars movies. It even happened with King Lear! Do you know Walter Benjamin's classic essay "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction"? Brilliant stuff... and accelerated a LOT by digital reproduction and distribution.
Hey Surj,
Thanks for reading! I totally forgot about the synthetic Peter Cushing. Yes, it was Rogue One. The phenomenon you're talking about--whether a revision that is closer to the creator's original vision is more or less authentic than the version that audiences first experience--is hardly new to Lucas' Star Wars movies. It even happened with King Lear! Do you know Walter Benjamin's classic essay "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction"? Brilliant stuff... and accelerated a LOT by digital reproduction and distribution.
Best,
BB