Star Wars Episode 9 was pretty much restarted following Carrie Fisher's tragic death.
Last month, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy confirmed that Fisher won't be in Episode 9 as they're not going to recreate her digitally, but we will be seeing "a lot of her" in The Last Jedi.
And it seems now that the team behind Episode 9 has come up with a way to move forward. "Obviously, with Carrie having passed away, it shook everybody," Kennedy told EW. "We pretty much started over."
Episode 9 will be directed by Jurassic World's Colin Trevorrow, who will be writing the script with regular collaborator Derek Connolly.
Fisher actually helped write The Last Jedi, but we still don't know where the upcoming movie will leave General Leia Organa, or where Episode 9 could possibly take her character.
It has been rumoured though that Leia will have a showdown with the First Order's mysterious master, Supreme Leader Snoke, in the first act of The Last Jedi.
What to Read Next
Whatever happens in the movies though, Fisher will never be far from the thoughts of Star Wars fans and anyone who knew her.
To mark May the Fourth, Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd paid a lovely tribute to her late mother with a throwback photo of her mum carrying her as a child while Chewie walked behind them.
Star Wars Episode 9 will be released in cinemas on May 24, 2019.
Want up-to-the-minute entertainment news and features? Just hit 'Like' on our Digital Spy Facebook page and 'Follow' on our @digitalspy Twitter account and you're all set.
Movies Editor, Digital Spy Ian has more than 10 years of movies journalism experience as a writer and editor. Starting out as an intern at trade bible Screen International, he was promoted to report and analyse UK box-office results, as well as carving his own niche with horror movies, attending genre festivals around the world. After moving to Digital Spy, initially as a TV writer, he was nominated for New Digital Talent of the Year at the PPA Digital Awards. He became Movies Editor in 2019, in which role he has interviewed 100s of stars, including Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba and Olivia Colman, become a human encyclopedia for Marvel and appeared as an expert guest on BBC News and on-stage at MCM Comic-Con. Where he can, he continues to push his horror agenda – whether his editor likes it or not.
