Star Wars: Disney Getting Sued for Peter Cushing’s Appearance in Rogue One
Disney and Lucasfilm are facing a potential lawsuit regarding their use of Peter Cushing’s image in the 2016 film “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” Reports indicate that Tyburn Film Productions, a movie company based in London, has received permission from a judge to sue Disney. The claim is that they had an agreement with Cushing in 1994, which granted them the power to approve or reject any use of his image through special effects. In “Rogue One,” they used computer-generated imagery (CGI) to merge Cushing’s likeness onto a body double (Guy Henry from HBO’s “Rome”) in order to recreate Grand Moff Tarkin, the character originally played by Cushing in “Star Wars: A New Hope” (1977).