Lucasfilm will NOT digital recreate Leia for future movies

[CyberCubed]

Straight from Starwars.com:

We don’t normally respond to fan or press speculation, but there is a rumor circulating that we would like to address. We want to assure our fans that Lucasfilm has no plans to digitally recreate Carrie Fisher’s performance as Princess or General Leia Organa.

Carrie Fisher was, is, and always will be a part of the Lucasfilm family. She was our princess, our general, and more importantly, our friend. We are still hurting from her loss. We cherish her memory and legacy as Princess Leia, and will always strive to honor everything she gave to Star Wars.

http://www.starwars.com/news/a-state...ing-new-rumors


Looks like after Episode VIII she'll be written off-screen. I hope they don't literally kill her off, but I guess if they're not going to digitally make her in Episode 9 it's inevitable.

[Shark_Blade]

They meant no plans at the moment. I'm sure if there's any relevance for her appearance in the story in the future, they can always opt to do that. I'm down for that.

Heck, people even digitized Audrey Hepburn:



So sure, why not. They did Leia in Rogue One, they can do it again.

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

They meant no plans at the moment. I'm sure if there's any relevance for her appearance in the story in the future, they can always opt to do that. I'm down for that.

Heck, people even digitized Audrey Hepburn:



So sure, why not. They did Leia in Rogue One, they can do it again.

I am for it on condition Carrie would be for it. I honestly think she would considering how on board she was for her Rogue One cameo. Its just I would rather Billie give the thumbs up if she thought the same as I do.

[Spitfire]

Digital Peter Cushing looked off putting in Rogue One so I am alright with them not including a digital Leia in future movies. Young Leia worked in Rogue One because they showed her for one a few seconds. You did not have time to see her face break the uncanny valley.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

I feel like CGIing actors just devalues them.

[Coola Yagami]

Give it a few years....

[Bry]

It's best not to. I can understand why they considered it -- having to write out Leia in the final chapter of the new trilogy, especially since the main antagonist is her son, has to throw a major wrench in their plans. But Carrie Fisher was far more than Princess Leia, and she had a bit of a contentious relationship with the franchise off and on over the years, so digitally pasting her into these movies posthumously doesn't seem especially tactful. In general I feel it's a bit ghoulish to recreate and profit off a late actor's likeness in this way -- but especially if it's so soon after their passing.

An offscreen death for Leia isn't particularly satisfying, but she's a general at war, and fighting fascists to the very end is the perfect way for her to go.

I imagine their best bet will be to really play up Kylo/Ben's connection to Luke in the next movie any way they can at this point, through editing or reshoots (and play up the Vader/Kenobi comparisons in the process), and factor in Leia's absence/death in the third movie in this series to dig into some real, raw emotion for them both.

[ToTheNines]

Well said, Bry. I agree with pretty much everything you said.

I'll just add that I hope to see a stock footage Force ghost Leia at the end of IX. I'll cry.

[CyberCubed]

I wonder if the original plan was to kill off Luke by Episode 9, but now with both Han and Leia gone, they probably are going to change their minds and have him survive.

Having at least 1 surviving member of the original trio was a given, and it was likely originally intended to be Leia. But Carrie's death will probably now change it to make Luke the only one who survives by the end of the new trilogy.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Straight from Starwars.com:



http://www.starwars.com/news/a-state...ing-new-rumors


Looks like after Episode VIII she'll be written off-screen. I hope they don't literally kill her off, but I guess if they're not going to digitally make her in Episode 9 it's inevitable.

Interesting. It's worth noting that right before this, the big news article was, "Disney in active negotiations with the Fisher estate to continue Fisher's likeness in future Star Wars movies." Guess they said... no?

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I wonder if the original plan was to kill off Luke by Episode 9, but now with both Han and Leia gone, they probably are going to change their minds and have him survive.

Having at least 1 surviving member of the original trio was a given, and it was likely originally intended to be Leia. But Carrie's death will probably now change it to make Luke the only one who survives by the end of the new trilogy.

I don't think Leia had any weight on involvements in 8 or 9 at all, really. They probably beefed her part up a bit in 8 from 7, but that's not saying much. They gave the heavy lifting to Ford and Hamill, per her request. Her dying in real life and the Fisher Estate saying "No," just means they'll either kill her between films, use existing (non-CGI) footage of her in 9 to kill her off, reedit 8 to kill her off in some way in it, or the crawl of Episode X will somehow gloss over Leia dying of old age between films.

If I was a betting man, they won't kill her off in 8 (too soon! they wouldn't do that), they'll leave that whole performance completely intact... but 9 will be rewritten to include some bit that either shows (again, with existing Fisher footage leftover from 7) Leia dying or alludes to it.

[NinjaPug]

Sure if you actually believed Disney was in negotiations less than 2 weeks after her passing. Come on.