Should Lucasfilm Use AI Dubbing to Restore “Lost” Voices?

The theatrical Star Wars experience remains a quest for a legend from a bygone age, spanning multiple decades. While editors have been hard at work for years attempting to recreate projects such as “Harmy’s Despecialized Edition” for fans who sought an alternative route from the 1997 Special Editions, audio quality remains a substantial barrier. High-quality audio for deleted footage or mono audio seems lost deep beneath a layer of analog decay. However, new technology surrounding AI dubbing enters the fray, and now the question is whether Lucasfilm can use these tools to bridge the gap between decaying history and modern clarity, or does reconstructing a performance cross an ethical line?…