In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, we saw Oscar Isaac’s Poe Dameron learning some tough lessons from General Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) about what it means to be a leader, and it seems that arc going to continue in this year’s Star Wars: Episode IX.
As we know, Fisher’s Leia will feature in Episode IX thanks to unused footage of the late actress shot for Star Wars: The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, and Isaac has revealed to the Tell Me John radio show (via EW) how this will continue the story between the veteran Resistance leader and the hotshot pilot.
“[Fisher] and I worked together so much [on The Last Jedi],” said Isaac. “We would talk about the scenes, and we got very tight during the shooting of that. So it was a beautiful thing to see, and it gets carried over into the new film as well.”
Isaac went on to comment on the process behind incorporating the old footage into Episode IX, adding that he found it very emotional and that “It was definitely an unusual thing, but I also think it was right to engage with her character, and not just let it be something that fades away but can really give it its proper, you know, place of honor.”
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Star Wars: Episode IX is set for release on December 20th 2019 with J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) directing a cast that includes Star Wars veterans Daisy Ridley (Rey), Adam Driver (Kylo Ren), John Boyega (Finn), Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron), Lupita Nyong’o (Maz Kanata), Domhnall Gleeson (General Hux), Kelly Marie Tran (Rose Tico), Joonas Suotamo (Chewbacca), Billie Lourd (Lieutenant Connix), Greg Grunberg (Snap Wexley), Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian) and Carrie Fisher (Leia Organa) as well as new additions Naomi Ackie (Lady Mabeth), Richard E. Grant (Logan), Dominic Monaghan (Lost), and Keri Russell (The Americans).
Originally published March 18, 2019. Updated April 12, 2019.
