While there’s plenty of excitement for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the release will be certainly bittersweet, given that it will mark the final time we get to see Carrie Fisher in the role of Leia Organa, the actress having sadly passed away this past December. During an interview with Entertainment Weekly, writer-director Rian Johnson […]
Director Colin Trevorrow says Star Wars: Episode IX will handle the death of Carrie Fisher with “love and respect”
While doing the promotional rounds for his upcoming film The Book of Henry (set for release on June 16th in the States) Star Wars: Episode IX director Colin Trevorrow naturally found himself also fielding questions on his plans to close out the Sequel Trilogy. And unsurprisingly, one of the major topics was the recent tragic […]
Carrie Fisher’s Princess Leia was intended to be “front and center” of Star Wars: Episode IX
Over the past few months, there has been a lot of speculation regarding the role that Princess Leia (the late Carrie Fisher, who tragically passed away this past December) would have not just in the upcoming Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but also Star Wars: Episode IX, assuming that the character would survive that far. Well, it […]
Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson discusses Carrie Fisher’s role
Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson recently spoke with Good Morning America following the release of a behind-the-scenes sizzle reel for the next entry in the saga at D23 [watch it here], and naturally he was asked about the passing of Carrie Fisher and her role as General Leia in the film. Speaking delicately […]
J.J. Abrams talks Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and the Han Solo movie
J.J. Abrams attended the 12th annual Oscar Wilde Awards this past week, and of course he spent much of his time with the press fielding a host of questions about the Star Wars franchise. During an interview with MSN, Abrams shared his admiration for Mark Hamill, whom of course he briefly directed in the final […]
John Boyega says Star Wars: The Last Jedi sends Carrie Fisher off “in a very amazing way”
John Boyega is currently out an about on the press rounds for his new film Detroit, but with Star Wars: The Last Jedi on the horizon, he’s naturally fielding a number of questions about the hotly-anticipated follow-up to 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Speaking to Peter Travers on Popcorn Talk, Boyega has been discussing […]
Carrie Fisher will not appear in Star Wars: Episode IX after all
A few days ago Carrie Fisher’s brother, Todd Fisher, said he and his niece Billie Lourd had given their permission to Disney and Lucasfilm to use pre-existing footage of the late actress for use in Star Wars: Episode IX. However, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy has now revealed that Fisher will not appear in Episode IX after all. Speaking with Good […]
Lucasfilm won’t alter Star Wars: The Last Jedi as a result of Carrie Fisher’s passing
Following the tragic passing of Carrie Fisher in December, there has been some speculation as to what effect this may have on the remaining two instalments of the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy. Fisher had already completed production on Star Wars: The Last Jedi prior to her death, and now Disney’s Bob Iger has confirmed that no […]
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’s Princess Leia actress open to return for future movies
The actress behind the digitally de-aged Princess Leia in Rogue One is open to returning to the part in the future. There has been a lot of hoopla regarding Disney’s de-aging/resurrection technologies used in Rogue One: a Star Wars Story. Bringing back Peter Cushing for the role of Tarkin and having a young Carrie Fisher turn […]
Digital Damnation, or Denying Dignity to the Dead with Computer Generated Doppelgangers
Anghus Houvouras on digital resurrection… No. Hell no. This needs to stop and needs to be stopped in its infancy. Snuffed out before this demon baby matures into a fully grown ideological hellspawn that feasts on our cinematic souls. I might be one of the few people who was genuinely irked at seeing the late, […]
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