Star Wars: Episode IX –Carrie Fisher was meant to be ‘more prominent’ in franchise’s ninth film, says Mark Hamill
Ahead of December’s release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Luke Skywalker actor says Leia was supposed to play an even larger role in the ninth instalment
Carrie Fisher’s death has left a void in a galaxy far, far away – as well as our very own.
The beloved actress and writer, who died from sleep apnoea and other factors last December, reprises her role of princess-turned-general Leia Organa in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (in cinemas December 14), the franchise’s eighth instalment.
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“You’re going to really love her in [Last Jedi],” Hamill says during a fan event at New York Comic Con. “I know they’re going to try and find a way to close her story in [episode] nine that gives her the respect she deserves, because [Han Solo] was more prominent in seven [ The Force Awakens ], Luke’s a little more prominent in eight, and certainly Leia was meant to be more prominent in nine.
