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Lucasfilm took the wraps off the primary players for the next Star Wars film on Friday, and the studio is wasting no time clarifying a key player in the film: Carrie Fisher.
A statement from Star Wars: Episode IX director and co-writer J.J. Abrams confirms that the character of Princess Leia will be played by the actor thanks to "previously unreleased footage"—and that these scenes were filmed during the making of 2015's Star Wars: The Force Awakens, as opposed to 2017's The Last Jedi.
“Finding a truly satisfying conclusion to the Skywalker saga without her eluded us," Abrams wrote in the statement. "We were never going to recast, or use a CG character. With the support and blessing from her daughter, Billie, 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.”

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