# Carrie Fisher in another Star Wars **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 27, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-in-another-star-wars/818700 "2018-07-27T20:55:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-in-another-star-wars/818700/1 "2018-07-27T20:55:42Z")
This is getting to be a big joke. When someone dies that should be it unless they died right after filming is over. This is just a bunch of crap to sell tickets. > **[Carrie Fisher to Appear in ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/carrie-fisher-appear-star-wars-episode-ix-full-cast-revealed-1130442/)** > > Carrie Fisher will appear as Leia, using unreleased footage from ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens.’ I guess 100 years from now we can look forward to the same actors in Star Wars 123 ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-in-another-star-wars/818700/2 "2018-07-27T20:57:54Z")
It was footage Fisher shot before her death that was never used. They’re not recreating her in CG. I have no problem with it. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-in-another-star-wars/818700/3 "2018-07-27T21:03:23Z")
I know it’s not CGI. I guess the last movie, Solo, not selling well is probably very related to this. Does her dog get the salary ? ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-in-another-star-wars/818700/4 "2018-07-27T21:03:27Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > This is just a bunch of crap to sell tickets. Yeah, because I’m sure that they’re going to sell a lot less tickets with Carrie Fisher. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-in-another-star-wars/818700/5 "2018-07-27T21:05:38Z")
> [@](#): > > "We desperately loved Carrie Fisher,” Abrams said in a statement. “Finding a truly satisfying conclusion to the Skywalker saga without her eluded us. We were never going to recast, or use a CG character. With the support and blessing from her daughter, Billie [Lourd], we have found a way to honor Carrie’s legacy and role as Leia in Episode IX by using unseen footage we shot together in Episode VII.” By saying they’re just doing this to sell tickets, you’re essentially calling Abrams a liar, right? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-in-another-star-wars/818700/6 "2018-07-27T21:07:43Z")
Using unused footage seems entirely reasonable to me, if that footage fits into the new movie. I don’t know why anyone would have a problem with this. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-in-another-star-wars/818700/7 "2018-07-27T21:07:43Z")
yes, everyone in Hollywood always tells the truth 100% of the time!! Which PR agent wrote that statement for Abrams? Maybe a Disney person? On the other hand I guess this is not a surprise since #7 was basically #4 with mostly different actors. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-in-another-star-wars/818700/8 "2018-07-27T21:29:37Z")
What’s wrong with selling tickets? Would you rather they make movies no one wants to see? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-in-another-star-wars/818700/9 "2018-07-27T21:30:14Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > yes, everyone in Hollywood always tells the truth 100% of the time!! Which PR agent wrote that statement for Abrams? Maybe a Disney person? That’s a fair comment. You might even be right. I don’t think you are, but maybe I’m just not cynical enough. But I don’t see any reason why moviemakers shouldn’t use footage of an actor after that actor’s death, or why there should be a time limit on using it. What is your reason for thinking so? ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-in-another-star-wars/818700/10 "2018-07-27T21:45:41Z")
It’d be one thing if Fisher’s estate were objecting to this, but her daughter is fully on board. If she believes it’s something her mother would approve of, who is anyone to argue? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-in-another-star-wars/818700/11 "2018-07-27T21:52:02Z")
Let’s hope this works better than in _Radioactive Man._ ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-in-another-star-wars/818700/12 "2018-07-27T22:04:00Z")
Hey, if this technique worked for Ed Wood in “Plan 9 From Outer Space”, I’m sure Abrams can pull it off. Is Carrie Fisher’s chiropractor available? And how does she look with a cape pulled over her face? ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-in-another-star-wars/818700/13 "2018-07-27T22:09:25Z")
Wasn’t this done with Peter Sellers and the Pink Panther franchise? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-in-another-star-wars/818700/14 "2018-07-27T22:40:36Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > It’d be one thing if Fisher’s estate were objecting to this, but her daughter is fully on board. If she believes it’s something her mother would approve of, who is anyone to argue? I wonder who gets the money for this? ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-in-another-star-wars/818700/15 "2018-07-27T22:45:58Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > I wonder who gets the money for this? Billie Lourd is not hurting for cash. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-in-another-star-wars/818700/16 "2018-07-27T22:50:23Z")
Disney is not hurting for cash either but they crank out new star wars movies every year now. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-in-another-star-wars/818700/17 "2018-07-27T22:52:58Z")
You know, we hashed this out [a long time ago, in a thread far, far away](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=814874&highlight=carrie+fisher). TLDR, she was supposed to be in the movie all along. So they already have the footage they need to put in the film. So what? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-in-another-star-wars/818700/18 "2018-07-27T22:54:35Z")
Well this does give me hope that maybe there is leftover Jar Jar Binks film they can use in episode 78. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-in-another-star-wars/818700/19 "2018-07-28T00:41:41Z")
Everything Hollywood does in every movie, ever, is for purposes of selling tickets. Except for the things they do for advertising product placement, tie-in merchandise, and theme parks, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-in-another-star-wars/818700/20 "2018-07-28T01:17:01Z")
Since they’re unused scenes from TFA, I bet that they won’t try to shoehorn-in Leia’s death, but instead she’ll only show up in a couple scenes and perhaps have not that much dialogue. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrie-fisher-in-another-star-wars/818700.md?page=2)