http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/late-carrie-fisher-final-star-wars-movie-article-1.3030154
Could be problematic considering we don’t know the extent of Leia’s involvement in VIII. If they cut out some of her performance and place it in IX we could end up seeing her for a few minutes not to mention the story problems that could arise if this isn’t done in a sufficient manner. This whole ordeal is making me nervous.
Same. I would have greatly preferred to have her full role fleshed out in 8 and then recast her for 9 and not alter the script at all. Keeping the story consistent is what is the best course of action in my books.
Recasting was never, ever going to happen. From what I remember hearing, there was a surprisingly large contingent in favor of having Meryl Streep play Leia in IX. But there were probably just as many people - if not way more - who would’ve hated that idea.
If they can make this work, it’s the best possible outcome. Carrie gets to stay in the saga right up to the very end with minimal re-writing/re-editing and we don’t have to see either extreme of her being written out of the movie entirely or brought back via cgi.