Star Wars: The Last Jedi has opened and fans finally get to see how the franchise is dealing with the untimely death of Princess Leia star Carrie Fisher.
Or not.
In the new movie, First Order guns blow out Leia’s ship’s bridge leaving her drifting out into space, Vanity Fair reported Thursday.
Left hanging: Star Wars: The Last Jedi has opened and fans finally get to see how the franchise is dealing with the untimely death of Princess Leia star Carrie Fisher. Or not
But she is not dead. Instead, she summons the Force, gets back to her ship and then spends the rest of the film in a coma.
That means fans will have to wait until the next installment to find out what happens to the iconic character.
Producer Kathleen Kennedy assured Vanity Fair that they won’t digitally recreate Fisher in the next installment Episode IX. There won’t even be archival footage of the late Hollywood actress either, she said.
‘Sadly, Carrie will not be in IX,’ Kennedy told Vanity Fair.
End of the journey: Producer Kathleen Kennedy assured Vanity Fair that they won’t digitally recreate Fisher in the next installment Episode IX, saying: ‘Sadly, Carrie will not be in IX’
Gone but not forgotten: The screening of Star Wars: the Last Jedi at Hollywood’s historic Chinese Theatre honored the late Carrie Fisher
In memoriam: Carrie’s brother Todd Fisher unveiled the commemorative plaque in honor of the star
Meanwhile, among the celebrity cameos it turns out is Jennifer Aniston’s husband Justin Theroux.
The Leftovers star is seen on screen during a casino screen as a character called Slicer.
Slicer is a hacker and codebreaker sought out by Finn and Rose.
Meanwhile, among the celebrity cameos in The Last Jedi, it turns out, is Jennifer Aniston’s husband Justin Theroux who plays a character Slicer in a casino scene
Blockbuster: Star Wars: The Last Jedi is the eighth movie in the franchise