No one could've played Leia like my mother: Lourd pens essay on Fisher

Billie Lourd says as a child she did t like to see Carrie Fisher transform as Princess Leia as her mor would disappear when character appeared but over years she has realized why people connect with part so much.

"She (Leia) is femininity at its finest," Lourd wrote in a moving essay for Time Magazine about her mor, who died in December 2016 at of 60.

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Fisher succeeds Lourd as Leia in Star Wars: Last Jedi

Fisher h just wrapped reprising her role of Leia in director Rian Johnson's Star Wars: Last Jedi and h called Lourd to say that Rise of Skywalker would be her movie but tragically died before film's shooting began. Fisher will posthumously appear in movie, which will be released on December 20. "We wrapped Last Jedi' a little less than six months before she died. I went back to LA to film show I was on, and she stayed in London to film show she was on. One of last times we spoke on phone, she talked about how excited she was that next movie in trilogy was going to be Leia's movie. Her movie", Lourd wrote.

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Lourd said about a year ago, director JJ Abrams called her into his office to talk about his plans to recreate Leia even though Fisher was longer around. "We both agreed she was too important to be written off in classic 'Star Wars' introductory scroll. This last movie was supposed to be Leia's movie, and we wanted it to remain that, as much as possible.  "What I hn't kwn - and what JJ told me that day - was that re was foot of my mom that y h collected over years that hn't me it into movies, foot that JJ told me would be eugh to write an entire movie around. It was like she h left us a gift that would allow Leia's story to be completed. I was speechless," she said.

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Fisher shares childhood memory

Fisher was t just an actor but also a celebrated writer and a famous script doctor in Hollywood with books such as Postcards From Edge and Wishful Drinking to her credit. Sharing her childhood memory of her mor, Lourd said she did t like to dress up like Leia and did t like watching movie. "When Leia was around, re wasn't as much room for my mom for Carrie. As a child, I couldn't understand why people loved Leia as much as y did. I didn't want to watch her movie, I didn't want to dress up like her, I didn't even want to talk about her. I just wanted my mom one who lived on Earth, t Tatooine, she said.

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Fisher thinks one could be a better Leia than her mor

Lourd, an actor herself, over years she realized that one could have played Leia way her mor did. 

"I realized n that Leia is more than just a character. She's a feeling. She is a strength. She is grace. She is wit. She is femininity at its finest. She kws what she wants, and she gets it. She doesn't need anyone to defend her, because she defends herself. And one could have played her like my mor. Princess Leia is Carrie Fisher. Carrie Fisher is Princess Leia. two go hand in hand." 

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