Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson briefly considered creating an ending for General Leia Organa following Carrie Fisher’s passing. The franchise icon, who played the character in five films, died in December 2016 after suffering a heart attack. Though she had completed filming all of her Episode VIII scenes beforehand, the tragedy raised several questions about how Lucasfilm should handle Leia moving forward. The studio originally planned Episode IX to focus on her, much like how Han Solo and Luke Skywalker were at the center of the sequel trilogy’s first two installments.
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