By: Dominic Jones
One of the most discussed aspects of the film going into
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was how
the film handled the character of Leia Organa, since her actress, Carrie Fisher, died almost three years before the film's release. Now that the film has been in theaters for a few weeks, and audiences have been able to see how the filmmakers created the character's role using footage shot for
The Force Awakens, some of the key crew members for
The Rise of Skywalker took part in
a group interview with Vanity Fair's Anthony Breznican about how they created Leia's final performance.
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Post-production on
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the conclusion to the Skywalker saga (for now), has been underway for several months now as we inch ever closer to the film's release this December. The film's editor Maryann Brandon took a short break from cutting the film to take part in a conversation with Pollock Theater Director Matt Ryan following a screening of 2009's
Star Trek (which she also edited with director JJ Abrams)
at the Carsey-Wolf Center at UC Santa Barbara.
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