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Billie Lourd talks about Carrie Fisher in The Rise of Skywalker documentary

Mark Newbold
By Mark Newbold
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It can’t be overstated how tough it must have been for Billie Lourd to film the scenes required to make the footage of her mother Carrie Fisher work in The Rise of Skywalker. Being on set without her, but filming scenes with her fellow actors that would seamlessly integrate Carrie’s performance into the film is hard to imagine, but Billie discusses this in the behind the scenes documentary available with Rise, which arrives on digital next week and on physical formats on 31st March.

SourceGood Morning America
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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It can’t be overstated how tough it must have been for Billie Lourd to film the scenes required to make the footage of her mother Carrie Fisher work in The Rise of Skywalker. Being on set without her, but filming scenes with her fellow actors that would seamlessly integrate Carrie’s performance into the film is hard to imagine, but Billie discusses this in the behind the scenes documentary available with Rise, which arrives on digital next week and on physical formats on 31st March.

SourceGood Morning America
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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