Death of a "Princess," a Galaxy Far, Far Away Mourns

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The tragic news of Carrie Fischer's death came this morning. For most of us, her passing is the passing of Princess Leia Organa, daughter of Anakin Skywalker and Queen Amidala, sister of Luke Skywalker, adopted daughter of Senator Bail Organa of Alderaan. Just as Star Wars has reentered the public eye in a huge way, with The Force Awakens last year, and Rogue One this year, the far away galaxy has lost one of its iconic personalities. While Fischer did appear in other movies, and wrote several books, as well as helping with several screenplays for which she revealed no credit, she was typecast for life as the daring Princess/Rebel Leia Organa. Fischer faced many challenges throughout her life, fueled by substance abuse of everything from marijuana to LSD, but of late had overcome them, and her resentment of Star Wars, to reprise her role as Leia. Filming for the 8th movie in the main series concluded last July, so her role in that installment of the epic saga was completed before her passing. The question now will be, how will they rewrite the promised 9th movie to take into account her death. Perhaps, as CG and voice synthesizers improve, Leia may yet appear in future installments, as did Grand Moff Tarkin in The Force Awakens, though the actor who portrayed him, Peter Cushing, died in 1994. All that will be decided in due time. For now, let us hope that, as the Force was once with Princess Leia, Carrie Fischer is now with the Force.