Rogue One

Westside Steve

@gftchris said:
I'm waiting for the snark, steve...!

Not really snarky I just compared it to Star Trek. Star Trek is different situations based on static and familiar characters while Star Wars is blowing up a death star with a different handful of characters every time.

I like this one more than I'd expected to.

WSS

The Gipper

Rogue One was great.

jbluhm86

My question now is how are they going to get around Carrie Fisher's death in Episode IX? Is Leia going to be a force ghost or something?

Westside Steve

@jbluhm86 said:
My question now is how are they going to get around Carrie Fisher's death in Episode IX? Is Leia going to be a force ghost or something?

Rumor has it that they have shot a good deal of her footage if not all. They also State they won't use any digital tricks but I don't particularly believe that.

WSS

gftChris

@jbluhm86 said:
My question now is how are they going to get around Carrie Fisher's death in Episode IX? Is Leia going to be a force ghost or something?

That doesn't get around the death at all though? Alec Guinness was still acting in VI.

But the answer has already come in the form of how they portrayed Peter Cushing. A guy of similar size who does a decent impression wore a motion capture 'mask' and they animated Cushing's face over the top. Could easily do the same with Leia.

The Gipper

@jbluhm86 said:
My question now is how are they going to get around Carrie Fisher's death in Episode IX? Is Leia going to be a force ghost or something?

She will probably just be phased out of the story. Luke/Rey will likely become the focus of things.

And to be honest with you....I did not care much for the character Finn. So he can be diminished as well.

JPPT1974

Luke-Rey will be the focal point. Like in the original S.W. it was Luke and Ben!

stillmotion

I liked it much better than the JJ Abrams Star Wars movie. However, the main female character was incredibly boring and dull, the story was lacking and too simpleton, and nothing new was added to the overall world of Star Wars with the exception of the new funny/cool robot. 3 Stars // Average

hoorta

@jbluhm86 said:
My question now is how are they going to get around Carrie Fisher's death in Episode IX? Is Leia going to be a force ghost or something?

As you saw at the end of the movie, they can recreate her digitally if they want to. I hope you noticed the very convincing digital General Tarkin. As Steve pointed out, essentially all of her scenes were already shot before she died.

The Gipper

@hoorta said:
As you saw at the end of the movie, they can recreate her digitally if they want to. I hope you noticed the very convincing digital General Tarkin. As Steve pointed out, essentially all of her scenes were already shot before she died.

I understand that yes, they completed all her scenes for the next movie before she died. However, I also understand that in any future movies, Leia just won't make an appearance. Maybe they will kill her character off without having her in the scene, like having the planet she is on explode or something.