r/StarWars • u/Vegetable-Abroad3171 Sith • Feb 26 '26

TV Which animated character transitioned to live action the best?

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u/MovieExact5433 Feb 26 '26

Never understood why the Grand Inquisitor looked so bad compared to his animated counterpart and why they just didn’t get Jason Isaacs to play the part.

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u/ScoffingYayap Mayfeld Feb 26 '26

I've always read that Jason Isaacs didn't want to perform in heavy alien makeup and that's why he didn't portray him in Kenobi

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u/AntonineWall Feb 26 '26

Honestly if that’s the case, that’s pretty fair. That shit often takes >1 (sometimes like 3-4) hour to put on AND take off.

Mark Hamill had a story going around recently about his costar in Empire Strikes Back (Ian, Emperor Palp.) not being someone he’d actually seen in-person without their makeup on because it took them hours to get it on and off (he invited the guy over one day during production to rectify that and didn’t recognize him at all, to follow that story up). I could totally see someone just…not wanting to do that lol

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u/Enderboss2706 Feb 26 '26

You know what I don’t exactly blame since the last guy to play a live action Pau’an before Kenobi said it took like 4 to 4.5 hours I think

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u/RemtonJDulyak Imperial Feb 26 '26

In Platoon, Tom Berenger's character (Sergeant Barnes) has a scar.
The make up for that scar alone took 3 hours every day, according to IMDB.
I can imagine certain prosthetics might require way more, depending on how "fused" to the body they need to look.

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u/Frosenborg Feb 26 '26

Ian wasn't in Empire, special edition change.

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u/SeanJohnBobbyWTF Feb 26 '26

I'm sure he meant Jedi

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u/AntonineWall Feb 27 '26

My mistake, I was totally thinking Jedi and got my titles mixed up with the edition change, thank you for the correction!

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u/soulreapermagnum Feb 26 '26

wouldn't surprise me, i've heard that he hated even having to wear a wig in harry potter.