The death of Carrie Fisher left almost every Star Wars fan numb. It wasn’t easy to accept for them that their beloved princess Leia won’t be there anymore. The ones who were most affected by the loss were the makers of Star Wars, Lucasfilm. They’ve made sure that the show must go on by confirming the production of Star Wars 9 without Carrie Fisher. The most difficult job is of director Colin Trevorrow, who’ll have to make sure that he doesn’t hurt the feelings of Star Wars fans while completing the production of Star Wars 9.
While promoting his upcoming movie, The Book of Henry, on Cinemablend, he spoke about going on with Star Wars 9 without Carrie Fisher as she was a part of the movie initially. He said,
“She was a major character, that’s not a secret. She really was. And it was extremely sad for all of us, mostly just because she was so loved by the Star Wars family and everyone that worked with her. I feel like our options are limited mostly by ourselves, in that there is only certain things that we are willing to do. But I can guarantee it will be handled with love and respect, and all of the soul that Carrie Fisher deserves.”
The options for Lucasfilm are actually limited. They won’t be recreating Princess Leia through CGI as was done with Grand Moff Tarkin in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and neither will they be using some unused footages. What makes it more sad is the fact that Carrie Fisher wanted the 9th part to be her movie.
Colin Trevorrow said,
“The minute she finished, she grabbed me and said, ‘I’d better be at the forefront of IX!’ Because Harrison was front and center on VII, and Mark is front and center on VIII. She thought IX would be her movie. And it would have been.”
One thing that can be said about her role in Star Wars 9 is that they are not going to just kill her away. They’ve stated that they’ll keep her role as it had to be initially. How they’re going to do it remains to be another Star Wars mystery. Any Guesses how they’re going to do it? Share them with us in our comments section below.
