Exclusive: George Lucas Dismisses ‘Digital Actors’

With ground-breaking digital films like Final Fantasy turning out virtual stars with uncanny realism, the debate over the future of 'real' actors is hotter than ever. While it's true that Buzz Lightyear does make a more convincing spaceman than Val Kilmer did in Red Planet, we have always taken claims that CG thesps will inherit Hollywood with a substantial pinch of salt. But, with almost everyone offering their two cents on the subject, Empire paid a visit to Skywalker Ranch to get the final word from Jar Jar Binks' progenitor, the bearded one himself, Mr George Lucas. "Acting is acting," he told us. "Most of the discussion on virtual actors at this point is a discussion by people that don