Per [1] it looks like there was an agreement between Mr. Cushing's estate and Industrial Light & Magic. I would be surprised if this did not involve some sort o

Per [1] it looks like there was an agreement between Mr. Cushing's estate and Industrial Light & Magic. I would be surprised if this did not involve some sort of compensation to the estate. In this day and age though, I would also not be surprised if in some franchise contracts big studios try to get preemptive agreements to use an actor's likeness in future films. Obviously that was not the case here though. [1] http://www.slashfilm.com/grand-moff-tarkin-in-rogue-one/ http://www.slashfilm.com/grand-moff-tarkin-in-rogue-one/ Edited to add: for a long summary of likeness law, see: http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/using-name-or-likeness-another http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/using-name-or-likeness-anoth...