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Billie Lourd Reflects On Carrie Fisher, Princess Leia, And Her Star Wars Journey With A Touching Essay In Time

Discussion in 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' started by SWNN Probe, Nov 7, 2019.

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    It's been nearly three years since Carrie Fisher passed away and there's not a day gone by where her indelible presence in Star Wars isn't felt – though we all know, no one's ever really gone and our princess is no exception. Fisher's daughter, actor Billie Lourd (who will reprise her role as Lieutenant Kaydel Ko Connix in The Rise of Skywalker) penned a beautiful essay featured today in Time. Lourd pays tribute to her late mother and how she grew to love the iconic character who loomed over their lives.



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    Children who grow up in the show business have a unique perspective. Billie Lourd comes from a family with significant pedigree in the entertainment industry, her mother being Carrie Fisher and her grandmother Debbie Reynolds. Lourd describes growing up as the child of an actor known as one of the most iconic characters in film history and how that wasn't always easy. She never watched a Star Wars film until later in her childhood and didn't come to love the character until she was a teenager.



    Billie Lourd, from her essay in Time, describes the first time she realized how much an affect her mother's performance had on so many:
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    Lourd describes both her parents were determined to keep her out of the film industry, but Lourd's interest in acting grew and eventually Fisher helped land her the role of Connix in The Force Awakens. She describes what it was like to work on a production as big as The Force Awakens so early in her career and how her mom constantly watched over her and reassured her. Billie emphasizes how much it meant to her when Carrie commended her natural talent for acting and ease on a big set like Star Wars. 



    Reflecting on Carrie's passing, Lourd describes the incredible responsibility not just to help carry on the legacy of Carrie Fisher, but that of Princess Leia, as well. To Lourd (and many), Carrie Fisher and Leia Organa are one in the same, so when it came time to discuss what role Leia would play in The Rise of Skywalker, she sat down with director JJ Abrams to hear his ideas.



    Lourd, on her conversation with JJ Abrams after Carrie's death:

    I know there is a lot of speculation Leia's time will be limited in The Rise of Skywalker, but I'm not underestimating JJ here and think we are all in for a huge surprise this December.



    Billie Lourd has not only inherited the acting talents of her mother – she's also a great writer, as this essay demonstrates. Make sure to head over to Time and read it for yourself, as what we touched on here is only a small portion of this touching, hilarious, and very honest piece of writing. There's no doubt Carrie Fisher and Princess Leia live on in Billie Lourd, as well as the rest of us. Always with us – no one's ever really gone.





    SOURCE: Time





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