Princess Leia is cleared to appear in Star Wars: Episode IX
The way appears to be clear for Princess Leia to make an appearance in Star Wars: Episode IX, despite Carrie Fisher’s tragic death. In an interview with New York Daily News, Todd Fisher — Carrie Fisher’s brother — said that both he and her daughter, Billie Lourd, had granted Disney the rights to use existing footage of the actress.
“Both of us were like, ‘Yes, how do you take her out of it?’ And the answer is you don’t,” Todd Fisher said. “She’s as much a part of it as anything and I think her presence now is even more powerful than it was, like Obi-Wan — when the saber cuts him down he becomes more powerful. I feel like that’s what’s happened with Carrie. I think the legacy should continue.”
