Star Wars Episode IX: 8 Consequences We'd Like To See With The One-Year Time Jump
We'll miss you, Leia.
To Star Wars fans, this December probably felt a bit lackluster.
For the first time in several years, this Christmas season came and went without a new Star Wars film to coincide with it. We have to wait another 12 months to see the still officially untitled, Episode IX.
While details have been relatively scarce on the project as Disney and Lucasfilm do their best to maintain their high-level of secrecy, it looks as though John Boyega may have just let a crucial detail slip to Empire magazine. According to the latest issue of the publication, Boyega revealed to them that Episode IX will take place one year after the events of Last Jedi.
In the world of Star Wars, this is big news. Considering the state the galaxy was in when we last saw it at the end of Last Jedi, a great deal could have changed in a year's time...
8. Leia On Her Own Mission
Since Disney and J.J. Abrams have already confirmed that the dearly beloved Carrie Fisher will be appearing posthumously through the use of archival and unused footage from the Episode VII shoot, we know that Leia will be returning in some capacity.
There's obviously a lot of pressure on Abrams and co. to give the iconic actress and character a fitting farewell. The groundwork has already been laid, both in The Last Jedi and in the in-canon comic books since then that have shown Leia jettisoning into space may have more negative long-term effects on her health than it initially seemed.
The thing that would seem to be the most fitting for the character would be to send her off on a solo mission of her own. Considering that the archival footage from Episode VII that they'll be using is most likely from her deleted scenes in the Galactic Senate in the first act of that film, this would also be the best choice, technically speaking. Rather than attempting to seamlessly edit her into wider shots or other environments, simply preserve the footage and allow Carrie's performance time to breathe.
This would also allow for some beautiful mirroring of the real-life tragedy of her death, implying that Fisher is always with us, helping from afar even if we can't see her.