This will be done through unused footage of the actress’ last two appearances, although some fans worried they might also digitally create her likeness, as they did with Leia and Tarkin in Rogue One.
But a new report indicates that Abrams isn’t going that route for The Rise of Skywalker.
On top of the pressure of completing the decades-long narrative, J.J. Abrams must also bring Carrie Fisher’s General Leia to life, despite her 2016 death.