Billie Lourd Talks Briefly About Shooting 'Episode IX'

By: Dominic Jones

Star Wars actress and daughter of the late Carrie Fisher, Billie Lourd has high praise for the final installment of the sequel trilogy.  The actress, who plays Resistance Lt. Kaydel Connix, spoke with Entertainment Tonight recently and praised the script as well as the experience of being on set once again.  She revealed that she shot scenes for Episode IX for three weeks back in September, and she promised fans that new film will be "magical."

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BREAKING: 'Star Wars Episode IX' Cast Revealed, Filming Begins Next Week (Updated!)

By: Dominic Jones

Lucasfilm has officially announced the full cast of Star Wars Episode IX and confirmed that the film will begin shooting next week on August 1st at Pinewood Studios in London, England.  The announcement revealed that newcomers to the saga Naomi Ackie and Richard E. Grant will join the cast, which also sees Billy Dee Williams reprise his role as Lando Calrissian from The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. 

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Watch Mark Hamill Get His Star On the Hollywood Walk of Fame

By: Dominic Jones

Today, Luke Skywalker actor Mark Hamill was honoured with a star on the famous "Hollywood Walk of Fame" in Los Angeles.  Hamill was on hand for the ceremony, alongside Star Wars creator George Lucas and Han Solo actor Harrison Ford, both of whom spoke in tribute to their friend and colleague.  Also in attendance at the event was The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, Rose Tico actress Kelly Marie Tran, and Lt. Connix actoress Billie Lourd (who is also the daughter of the late Carrie Fisher), as well as members of Hamill's family.  You can watch the complete induction ceremony below,

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Billie Lourd Reveals She Auditioned for Rey in 'The Force Awakens'

By: Dominic Jones

We all know that Carrie Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd appeared alongside her mother in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Lt. Connix.  But apparently, she originally auditioned for a different part.  Lourd appeared on Ellen this week where she spoke about losing her mother as well as how she got her role in The Force Awakens, and how that led to her role on NBC's Scream Queens.  Check out the video below,

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On This Day: July 17, 1992

By Ciaran Duggan,

Billie Lourd, who portrayed Kaydel Ko Coninix in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, was born on this day in 1992.

The 25-year-old American film actress is the daughter of the late Carrie Fisher, who portrayed Leia Organa in the original trilogy and Episodes VII and VIII.

Carrie's daughter is set to reprise her role as Kaydel in Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi.

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Billie Lourd Issues Statement Following Coroner's Report on Carrie Fisher

By: Dominic Jones

At the end of last year the world lost a pair of icons when Princess Leia actress Carrie Fisher and her mother Debbie Reynolds passed away.  Following Fisher and Reynold's deaths there was an outpouring of love from fans, both as a celebration of their legacy and in support of Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd.  Lourd had appeared alongside her mother in The Force Awakens, playing Lt. Connix, and will return in The Last Jedi.

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Lucasfilm Pays Tribute to Late Carrie Fisher in 40th Anniversary Celebration

By: Dominic Jones

Star Wars Celebration kicked off this weekend with big panel celebrating the 40th anniversary of the release of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope in 1977.  The panel featured many big names from Star Wars' illustrious cinematic history, including Harrison Ford, Ian McDiarmid, Mark Hamill, Hayden Christensen, and Star Wars creator George Lucas, as well as a performance of fan favourites from the Star Wars soundtrack performed live with legendary composer John Williams as conductor.

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Carrie Fisher's Brother Says Leia Will Be In 'Episode IX'

By: Dominic Jones

Following the tragic death of Carrie Fisher late last year, the question on everyone's mind is how will her death effect the future Star Wars films.  Fisher's scenes for Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi were completed prior to her death and, according to Disney CEO Bob Iger, they won't be changing Leia's role in the film to reflect Fisher's passing.  However, this leaves open the issue of what will do about Star Wars Episode IX, due for release in 2019.  Lucasfilm issued a statement recently revealing they had "no plans" to recreate Fisher using CGI in future films, leading many to speculate she would be written out of the story and the character would not appear in Episode IX.

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Report: Billie Lourd Will Look After Carrie Fisher's Dog, Gary

By: Dominic Jones

Billie Lourd, daughter of Princess Leia actor Carrie Fisher, has had one of the worst possible two days imaginable.  First her mother passed away yesterday after suffering a heart attack last week, and today she lost her grandmother, Singin' In The Rain star Debbie Reynolds, after she suffered a stroke.  As we mourn the two women, our thoughts continue to be with Billie and the unimaginable tragedy she just suffered.

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Billie Lourd Says She'll Have More Than One Line in 'Episode VIII'

By: Dominic Jones

We heard a while back that Lieutenant Connix, played by Carrie Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd, would be back in Star Wars Episode VIII.  Now, Lourd has confirmed that she will have more to do in the sequel than the one line she had in The Force Awakens.  Lourd was promoting her role on the series Scream Queens and she spoke a bit about Episode VIII.  She doesn't say much but she did say it would be more than it was in the last film.  She also spoke about what it was like growing up with Carrie Fisher as her mom. You can check it out below (she talks about Episode VIII at around the 17:20 mark),

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Billie Lourd Says She's Back for 'Episode VIII'

By: Dominic Jones

Another The Force Awakens cast member will be returning for Star Wars Episode VIII.  Billie Lourd, who played Lieutenant Connix in the Resistance Base scenes in The Force Awakens, confirmed to Slashfilm that she would be appearing in the Rian Johnson directer Episode VIII.  Lourd spoke at the red carpet for her show Scream Queens at Paleyfest, where she stated, "Yes, I can’t say much about it but yes." 

She also confirmed that her role would be bigger than it was in The Force Awakens, saying, "Oh yeah, yeah. The last one was a little Where’s Waldo-y."  She also teased the potential of having scenes with her mother, Carrie Fisher who plays General Leia in the films.

Source: Slashfilm

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People Magazine Releases New Images of Billie Lourd from 'The Force Awakens'

By: Dominic Jones

People Magazine has released two new images of Carrie Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd in costume as her unknown character from Star Wars: The Force Awakens.  Check them out below,

People also spoke with Lourd about Star Wars for their special Star Wars issue which hits newsstand today,

Billie Lourd has said she's not playing Princess Leia's daughter in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, even though she's the real-life daughter of Carrie Fisher.

But as PEOPLE's exclusive first look at her top-secret character reveals, she has at least inherited Leia's hairdo!

In PEOPLE's special Star Wars collector's edition, on newsstands today, Lourd reveals she had an obsession with the original movie when she was growing up.

"I made [my mom] watch it at least once a week – and on special occasions I would make her get in a lightsaber fight with me," Lourd, 23, says. "Let's just say the more trained Jedi usually won." 

Lourd's destiny at first seemed to take a different path from her mom and dad's (her father is CAA superagent Bryan Lourd). At 19, she was studying religion and psychology at New York University. At that age, her mom started production on the original movie as the now-iconic Princess Leia, up to her hair buns in a galactic war.

But after graduating from NYU last year, Lourd has reclaimed her destiny; her family is strong in the ways of Hollywood, after all.

She costars on the Fox TV show Scream Queens. While the name of her The Force Awakens character still hasn't been revealed, Lourd says her mom's portrayal of Leia has long been an inspiration for her.

"When I saw the [original] movie for the first time, I noticed my mom was not only equally as confident and strong as the men, she was one of the most confident characters in the entire film," Lourd says. "It made me realize women are just as powerful as men and that we can truly do anything they can – if not more!"

Source: People

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Billie Lourd Talks About Being on 'The Force Awakens' Set on 'LIVE With Kelly & Michael'

By: Dominic Jones

Billie Lourd, who has a role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, appeared on LIVE With Kelly & Michael to talk about her role and what it was like being on set with her mother, Carrie Fisher.  Lourd couldn't say much but she did describe to host Kelly Ripa and guest host Anderson Cooper how Fisher tried to balance being an actor and her mom on the set of the film.  Check it out below,

It's fun to see Lourd talking about her mother and her role in the film.  We still don't know who she is playing in the film, though she can be spotted in the Resistance Base, with her mother, in a few TV spots.

Ten Days to go....

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New Image of Billie Lourd in 'The Force Awakens'

By: Dominic Jones

We've known for a while now that Carrie Fisher's daughter, Billie Lourd (Scream Queens) would be appearing in Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens, and eagle eyed viewers were able to spot her in a recent TV spot, but we've never gotten a good look at her character.  Until now.  Our pals over at MakingStarWars.net came across a Tweet from Twitter user @SGaviri who got their hands on a magazine featuring an image of Lourd's character standing next to the droid PZ-4CO in a Resistance war room.  Check it out below,

@carrieffisher U daugther and PZ-4CO. #TheForceAwakens #BillieLourd pic.twitter.com/tcTUAuuXp0

— Santiago Rios (@SGaviri) November 28, 2015

This appears to be the same location you can see Lourd in in the TV spot (at around 0:47) below,

I don't expect Lourd to have a large role, but it's still nice to see Star Wars staying in the family for Carrie and Billie.

Source: MakingStarWars.net

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Billie Lourd Confirms She Will Not Play a Young Princess Leia in 'The Force Awakens'

By: Dominic Jones

We've known for a while now that Carrie Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd would be appearing in Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens.  Who she is playing is still yet to be confirmed, and rumors had her playing a young Princess Leia in flashback scenes.  Lourd, who is currently promoting her upcoming role in the film Scream Queens, revealed to Entertainment Tonight that she while she is in the film, she is not playing a young version of the character her mother made famous back in 1977.  Lourd said, "That’s a lie. That’s a rumor. I wish I played a young Princess Leia. Disney, I’m available."

You can see Lourd's response in the video below (at around 1:29)

This is one of the longer standing rumors to debunked.  The rumor can be traced back to late June of 2014 when it was first reported that Lourd would be in the film and then a few days later the Young Princess Leia rumors started.  Now the question is, who is Billie Lourd playing in The Force Awakens?  We'll likely get our answer on December 18th, 2015.

Source: ET

Via: Indie Revolver

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Debbie Reynolds Confirms Bille Lourd's Appearance in 'The Force Awakens'

By: Dominic Jones

We've been hearing for a while that Carrie Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd will be appearing in Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.  Now it seems we have our confirmation.  Lourd's grand mother, Debbie Reynolds appeared in Las Vegas this past week and let it slip that Lourd would be appearing in the film.  According to Vegas Seven, "Debbie mentioned that Carrie and Billie had been working on Star Wars: Episode VII–The Force Awakens with “Harrison Ford… and the other boychik.”

There you have it.  That's probably as close to a confirmation about Lourd's involvement in The Force Awakens.  It's nice to see that Star Wars is a family thing for the cast, as well as the fans!

Source: Vegas Seven

Via: MakingStarWars.net

 

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