Todd Fisher, brother of the late Carrie Fisher, recently stated that the integration of Leia’s unseen footage from Star Wars: The Force Awakens will seamlessly fit into the plot of Episode IX.
The passing of Carrie Fisher, for a moment, put things in an awkward place for the continuation of the Skywalker Saga. After all, her character was still alive at the end of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Ironically enough, with Fisher’s passing, Leia was the one who survived between her, Luke, and Han Solo. So J.J. Abrams stated that footage from The Force Awakens would be interwoven into Episode IX. A challenging task, no doubt, but Todd Fisher stated during his appearance on Good Morning America that the footage would fit well into the film’s narrative:
“There’s a lot of minutes of footage. I don’t mean just outtakes. This is unused, new content that could be woven into the storyline. That’s what’s going to give everybody such a great kick. It’s going to look like it was meant to be. Like it was shot yesterday.”
This sounds overall like the appearance of Leia here will fit more here and not have the uncanny valley effect that both Leia and Grand Moff Tarkin had in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Still, though, it will be an interesting prospect to see just how J.J. Abrams manages to fit Carrie Fisher’s Leia footage from The Force Awakens into Episode IX. With audiences and fans alike well aware of Fisher’s passing, you can count on eagle-eyed viewers paying attention to see whether the footage does indeed seamlessly fit.
Still, though, based on what Todd Fisher is saying, it seems that Abrams has everything under control and is in the right mindset when it comes not just to paying tribute to Fisher, but continuing Leia’s storyline. However, Todd Fisher remained tight-lipped on what would be done with the footage and how the film would honor Carrie Fisher, similar to what The Last Jedi did:
“We’re not allowed to talk about the details of anything. But we’re thrilled at what’s been done.”
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Directed by J.J. Abrams, Star Wars: Episode IX stars Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Kelly Marie Tran, Domhnall Gleeson, Billie Lourd, Naomi Ackie, Joonas Suotamo, Richard E. Grant, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Jimmy Vee, Greg Grunberg, Dominic Monaghan and Matt Smith.
The film will blast its way into theaters on December 20, 2019.
Source: Good Morning America