Carrie Fisher's brother says JJ Abrams is responsible for portraying the latest actress in "Star Wars: Episode IX"

The brother of Carrie Fisher says that JJ Abrams is responsible for the participation of the actress in Star Wars: Episode IX.

Although Kathleen Kennedy, the president of Lucasfilm, had earlier rejected Todd Fisher's claims that her sister would appear in the next movie, Disney and Lucasfilm revealed that Carrie will present the latest film series using scenes shot for "The Force Awakens" of 2015, but were unpublished.

And Todd says that returning director JJ is fully responsible, explaining to the Hollywood Reporter: "JJ really did it happen."

He also said that there was no Kennedy first denied his story.

He said, "If I were anyway a source of inspiration for the final decision to keep Leia in the story, it's great, I have to say that sometimes I felt like crying in the desert "

Carrie made her final appearance as Leia Organa in" Star Wars: The Last Jedi "in 2017, which was published posthumously and was filmed before her untimely death.

However, JJ insisted His character was needed to complete the saga.

He said, "We have desperately loved Carrie Fisher. Find a really satisfying conclusion to the Skywalker saga without it escaping us. We would never recast, or use a CG character. "

The use of Carrie's unpublished scenes occurs after Disney and Lucasfilm insisted that they would not use CGI to recreate its resemblance to the upcoming movie." in a statement: "We want to assure our fans that Lucasfilm does not intend to digitally recreate the performance of Carrie Fisher as Princess or General Leia Organa.

"Carrie Fisher was, is, and will always be part of Lucasfilm's family, she was our princess, our general and, most importantly, our friend, we still suffer from her loss, we cherish her memory and her heritage. as Princess Leia. "

Star Wars: Episode IX begins shooting on August 1 at Pinewood Studios in London.

Publishers Online