Star Wars fans from all over the world gathered at the Star Wars Celebration Convention in Chicago on Friday, April 12 to bask in the force, leading into this year’s much anticipated (with a title recently revealed) Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.…
Star Wars fans from all over the world gathered at the Star Wars Celebration Convention in Chicago on Friday, April 12 to bask in the force, leading into this year’s much anticipated (with a title recently revealed) Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. While speaking with well-known Star Wars fan and moderator Stephen Colbert, director J. Abrams spoke on the late Carrie Fisher’s role in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and revealed that the iconic actor would be a part of the December film, despite her passing in 2016.
“What were [we] going to do?,” he said, positing the question many fans had after Fisher’s death. “Recast the part? You don’t suddenly have her disappear.” But, because of their ability to utilize unused footage from previous films in the franchise, he and his team, in a very unique way, are still working with the late actor on the film.
