Episode IX will be very difficult for fans to watch.
Whatever the divisions and rancour left from the backlash against The Last Jedi, everyone is united in their grief over Carrie Fisher’s death and the loss of what was intended to be a spectacular final arc for her Alderaan princess turned Resistance leader.
Leia, we now know, will appear on screen using footage shot for Epsiodes 7 and 8.
New revealtions show just how far she will go in her battle against tyranny and its latest face, the First Order.
Leak plot details already claimed last week that Leia is instrumental in coordinating and planning the creation of a new resistance to the First Order.
She will send Finn, Poe and Chewbacca out across the galaxy to find the seeds of rebellion. Recent leaked photographs for the UK locations outside Pinewood showed them on a mission with Naomi Ackie’s new character.
This is a fight which has consumed Leia’s entire life and was ignited into a burning quest for vengeance and justice when she watched her home planet destroyed by the Death Star.
JJ Abrams has confirmed he is commited to bringing as much prequel and original trilogy material into Episode 9 but Disney is also doing this across all its releases.
A new scene spotted by ScreenRant in the latest Star Wars Poe Dameron Annual reveals just how integral Leia is to everything.
Set before The Force Awakens, it shows Leia learning that the ancient archives of Alderaan were smuggled off planet before its destruction. When Poe and Ha Solo retrieve them, Leia shows why she is the leader by sacrificing her own feelings for the greater good.
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These are the last records of her people and their teachings, histories and beliefs but Leia has no time to be sentimental.
Rather than hold onto them, Leia knows that they will raise a high praise among collectors and tells Poe they will be sold to finance the rebellion.
Yet one more example of why Leia was one of the greatest leaders and heroes in this or any galaxy.
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