Billie Lourd played Leia during that flashback scene in The Rise of Skywalker!

Billie Lourd played Leia during that flashback scene in The Rise of Skywalker!

Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) do incredible visual effects work on Star Wars and other franchises, and that was certainly the case in The Rise of Skywalker. Recently, ILM released a video detailing some of their work on the film, and it's a fascinating look at the process. We get a chance to see a [...]

Billie Lourd writes beautiful essay paying tribute to Leia Organa and Carrie Fisher

Billie Lourd writes beautiful essay paying tribute to Leia Organa and Carrie Fisher

Today in an essay for TIME, Billie Lourd wrote a very touching, beautiful, and emotional essay about her mother, Carrie Fisher, and Leia Organa. It's a great read, and I would encourage you to click the link above and do so. Lourd writes about how, growing up, she didn't like Leia, as she just wanted [...]

Billie Lourd will share screentime with Carrie Fisher in The Rise of Skywalker!

Billie Lourd will share screentime with Carrie Fisher in The Rise of Skywalker!

The Rise of Skywalker is bound to be an emotional movie for Star Wars fans based purely on the fact that it is wrapping up the entire Skywalker saga, something fans have grown to love over four decades.  But this film will carry an additional emotional punch: the late Carrie Fisher will be once more [...]

Here’s what we learned from the Star Wars: Episode IX casting announcement

Here’s what we learned from the Star Wars: Episode IX casting announcement

On Friday, Lucasfilm announced the official cast list for Star Wars: Episode IX, which begins filming on August 1. The most notable news was, understandably, the revelation that Carrie Fisher will reprise her role as General Leia Organa in the film posthumously via the use of unreleased footage shot for The Force Awakens.  It is [...]