Is Carrie Fisher in Star Wars Episode VIII?

The unexpected death of Carrie Fisher has left many people devastated — from her iconic role as Princess Leia to her various other movie roles, she was a real star. The information has additionally left us with questions, primarily what’s going to occur with Leia within the upcoming Star Wars movies?

Yes, Rogue One proved the digital effects team can recreate the young princess, however Leia is older within the new episodes. Carrie Fisher reprised the function for 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and he or she is returning for Episode VIII as effectively. Filming concluded on Episode VIII in July of 2016, so except reshoots are wanted, Fisher already shot all her scenes. Unfortunately, filming on Episode IX is not starting till 2017, and each Fisher and Mark Hamill have been anticipated to return. This signifies that Leia’s storyline in all probability will not be wrapped up tidily in Episode VIII, and the writers will both want to determine the best way to clarify Leia’s absence, or recast her. Since it is extremely unlikely they’re going to recast her, the writers in all probability provide you with a narrative about why she’s now not round.

Back in January, Episode IX director Colin Trevorrow hinted that Leia and Luke would have large roles in the film, saying that he needed “to search out new locations that we will take these characters.” Unless he was mendacity, which means that neither Luke or Leia will die in Episode VIII, making no matter they do for Episode IX a dramatic readjustment. Let’s simply hope they do not proceed as deliberate, solely with a CGI determine rather than Carrie Fisher.

We’ll have to attend and see, however one factor is definite: the Star Wars universe will not be the identical with out Fisher’s Leia.