Published 16:21 IST, December 7th 2019
JJ Abrams shares he 'needed' Carrie Fisher's Leia to complete Star Wars saga
JJ Abrams in a Star Wars conference shared how Carrie Fisher is going to come back to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. He said it was necessary for the story
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last of third Star Wars trilogy will be ending whole Star Wars saga. It will be answering many questions fans have long been waiting to kw about. film will feature cast of Daisy Ridley, am Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Maat Smith, and Dominic Monaghan. It is also speculated that actors from original Star Wars trilogy will also be making an appearance in film. Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, and Billy Dee will be stars who might be seen in movie. In a recent interview, JJ Abrams said that even though Carrie Fisher, who essayed Leia Organa, died in 2016, she will be included in last Star Wars movie.
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JJ Abrams brings Carrie Fisher back into Star Wars saga
JJ Abrams in a recent Star Wars conference revealed that Carrie Fisher will return for saga’s finale. He said that Leia was a necessary part of story and that he needed her to complete story. JJ Abrams expressed that character of Leia was loved by fans. But after her b health and untimely death, it was tough to complete story. Abrams furr ded that makers discussed to go on without Leia in story. But y soon dismissed idea as story would have t ended at a good te.
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JJ Abrams also said that using digital Leia was t an option. However, JJ Abrams ded that Carrie Fisher’s unused foot from Episode VII was used in movie. JJ Abrams also spoke about how recasting Leia was a b idea. He said that he was looking at old foots from Force Awakens and that is when he realised that y h an opportunity to use lines from foot by changing lighting and make it scene appropriately.
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JJ Abrams furr ded that if Carrie was around, things would have been different and scenes would have been much batter. JJ also said that he h an opportunity and he took it. He ded that Carrie would have been happy if she was in movie. JJ expressed that it is very emotional as whole star cast is re but she's t sitting here with all of m.
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15:11 IST, December 7th 2019