The universally, very much including here, Carrie Fisher having passed on doesn’t really impact our use of AI for this project other than that the filmmakers themselves were hamstrung by her loss. We used AI for at least two other characters when there was a need for it.
Fan editing at large is an unofficial hobby, a digital version of something natural and inevitable with stories that will always occur. No disrespect is intended, generally, and certainly not when it comes to any of the performers whom aren’t with us anymore.