22nd March 2003, 9:13 PM
Like I said, the only reason you know that is because of the slight difference in movement (mainly that it's quite unusual for Threepio to move that way since he's always been stiff), camera angles, and shots that some certain CGI scenes have. There is no other way to tell that 3PO is CGI. Every detail, every little bump from the real Threepio has been recreated, and every single inch of his body is an exact duplicate of the real one. Computer graphics haven't gotten to the point where everything is 100% photo-realistic, but many of the models in AotC are indistinguishable from real models or props in every way except for animation (with certain models) which still hasn't been totally perfected in the CGI world. But come on, you can't seriously tell me that those clones look fake. Hell they look even more real than the original stormtroopers who always kind of looked like little action figures because of the cheap plastic that they used to make their suits. I could show you several shots where lots of CGI was used and you wouldn't be able to tell what's fake or not.