Carrie Fisher Helped Write Leia's Lines in Star Wars: The Last Jedi

"I connected with her first and foremost as a writer."

By Joe Skrebels

Carrie Fisher helped write Princess Leia's dialogue for Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

During today's panel for the upcoming Episode VIII, director Rian Johnson revealed that he collaborated with Fisher on the script:

"I connected with her first and foremost as a writer," he explained. "I'd go to her house and sit on her bed for hours, and we'd go through the script."

He described the process as "stream of consciousness, jazz poetry ad-lib sessions", which could sometimes resulted in a single four-word line.

Lucasfilm president, Kathleen Kennedy spoke of Fisher's wider performance in The Last Jedi, describing it as "remarkable".

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