The late actress posed as the princess-turned-general for an issue promoting Star Wars: The Last Jedi and celebrating the 40th anniversary of Star Wars (1977).
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Likewise, after reading Rian Johnson’s script for The Last Jedi, Hamill said, “I at one point had to say to Rian, ‘I pretty much fundamentally disagree with every choice you’ve made for this character”.
The Vanity Fair story also will make you miss Fisher even more, and it explains how important she was supposed to be to the film she never lived to work on – the yet-unfilmed Episode IX. This December, we’ll be able to see our favorite characters and a few new ones roam the galaxy.
After Carrie Fisher tragically passed away at the end of 2016, many fans were left wondering what this meant for her role in The Last Jedi – and beyond. While some, like the original European Union children of Luke Skywalker or Leia and Han Solo, simply won’t ever fit in, there are plenty others that can and should still come into play.
We now know who the new characters are (sort of). “I remember-and forgive me, I’m going to drop the f-bomb, but that’s just Carrie-she said, “Ah, boohoo, who fuckin” cares?”
While 20th Century Fox had little faith a movie called “Star Wars” would be a hit, the space opera from young filmmaker named George Lucas became a worldwide cultural phenomenon.
“The amusing thing is, between “VII” and ‘VIII, ‘ Finn’s now a big deal! It’s just so untimely, and I’m so angry”, the 65-year-old actor confessed”. Johnson says that Luke had been living there in “kind of a little Jedi village”, among an indigenous group of caretaker creators who the director confirms are definitely not Ewoks.
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi will be released in theaters on December 15, 2017. Perhaps most importantly, the VF piece finally reveals what the goddess Laura Dern is doing in space: She’s a “prominent officer in the resistance”.
