Carrie Fisher will once again be reunited with her daughter, Billie Lourd.
The Star Wars actress left millions in mourning when she suddenly passed away in December 2016. The 60-year-old has been on a flight from London to Los Angeles when she stopped breathing. Following four days on a ventilator, the actress was declared dead.
But, thanks to technology, Fisher will once again be seen on screen.
Director of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, J.J. Abrams, previously told Vanity Fair that he had discovered old footage of Fisher, left over from The Force Awakens and would use them in the upcoming film.
Last month, Abrams had said, “You don’t recast that part, and you don’t have her disappear. Using CGI was out of the question. There was actually a way to use those scenes to continue her story. And the crazy thing is, every day it hits me that she’s not here, but it’s so surreal because we’re working with her in scenes. She is alive in these scenes, and in some with Billie [Lourd], her daughter. Princess Leia lives in this film in a way that is mind-blowing to me.”
The filmmaker originally cut out Lourd, thinking that scenes alongside her late mother would be too difficult for the 26-year-old to watch, but she surprised by asking Abrams to keep them as they are.
Star Wars: Episode XI is due for release on December 20th.
