135-488: Postcards from the Edge is a semi-autobiographical novel by Carrie Fisher , first published in 1987. It was later adapted by Fisher herself into a motion picture of the same name , which was directed by Mike Nichols and released by Columbia Pictures in 1990. The novel revolves around movie actress Suzanne Vale as she tries to put her life together after a drug overdose. The book is divided into five main sections: The prologue
270-499: A Jedi Master , and raises three children with Han: Jaina , Jacen and Anakin Solo . The 1991 New York Times bestselling novel Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn began what would become a large collection of works set before, between and especially after the original films. The bestselling Thrawn trilogy (1991–93) by Timothy Zahn begins five years after the events of Return of
405-403: A debutante and singer in the hit Broadway revival Irene (1973), also starring her mother. Her time on Broadway interfered with her education, resulting in her dropping out of high school. In 1973, she enrolled at London's Central School of Speech and Drama , which she attended for 18 months. Following her time there, she was accepted at Sarah Lawrence College , where she planned to study
540-461: A 1980s icon , a feminist hero and model for other adventure heroines. She has appeared in many derivative works and merchandising, including the now-noncanonical Star Wars Expanded Universe , and has been referenced or parodied in several TV shows and films. Her "cinnamon bun" hairstyle from Star Wars (1977) and metal bikini from Return of the Jedi have become cultural icons. Fisher was nominated for
675-512: A 42-year-old lobbyist, was found dead in Fisher's California home. The final autopsy report listed the cause of death as " cocaine and oxycodone use" but added chronic and apparently previously undiagnosed heart disease as contributing factors. Media coverage of an initial autopsy report used the word "overdose", but that wording is not in the final report. In an interview, Fisher claimed that Stevens' ghost haunted her mansion, which unsettled her: "I
810-521: A Rebel base and evades Vader as she falls in love with the smuggler Han Solo . In Return of the Jedi (1983), she helps to rescue Han from the crime lord Jabba the Hutt , and is revealed to be Vader's daughter and the twin sister of Luke Skywalker . Leia is portrayed by Carrie Fisher in the original film trilogy and the sequel trilogy . The 2005 prequel film Revenge of the Sith reveals that Leia's mother
945-495: A brief flashback scene. Her face was digitally replaced by Fisher's, using imagery from Return of the Jedi . In the film, Leia continues to lead the Resistance while guiding Rey in her Jedi training; a flashback presented later reveals that Leia abandoned her own Jedi instruction with Luke after seeing a vision of her son's death. While Rey and Ren duel on Kef Bir , Leia uses all of her remaining strength to reach out to Ren through
1080-810: A deep depression that causes a rift between him and Leia. They reunite after Leia is gravely wounded at the Battle of Duro in Kathy Tyers' Balance Point (2000). She is targeted by a deadly Voxyn slayer in Troy Dennings' Star By Star (2001), and though she manages to evade death, her son Anakin is later killed during a mission to prevent more Voxyn from being cloned. The Vong are finally defeated in The Unifying Force (2003) by James Luceno . In Denning's The Dark Nest trilogy (2005), Leia, Han, and several Jedi become involved in an escalating border dispute between
1215-481: A documentary about their relationship. It premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival . She earned praise for speaking publicly about her experiences with bipolar disorder and drug addiction. Fisher died of a sudden cardiac arrest in December 2016, at age 60, four days after experiencing a medical emergency during a transatlantic flight from London to Los Angeles. She was posthumously made a Disney Legend in 2017, and
1350-459: A dream of Anakin's in which Padmé dies in childbirth; later, Luke and Leia watch a clip in which Padmé is talking to Obi-Wan Kenobi about Anakin. Tenel Ka , Queen Mother of the Hapes Consortium, has a daughter, Allana , secretly fathered by Jacen. In The Swarm War (2005), Luke and Leia view holoclips of their mother's death, and Leia is promoted to Jedi Knight. The bestselling Legacy of
1485-446: A fantastical reimagining of Fisher's last moments as an ascent into space. On December 28, 2016, the day after Fisher's death, her mother, Debbie Reynolds, had a stroke at the home of her son, Todd , where the family was planning Fisher's burial arrangements. She was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center , where she died later that afternoon. According to Todd, Reynolds had said, "I want to be with Carrie" immediately before she had
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#17328806690641620-407: A good life, but doesn't trust it. Unlike the movie, most of the conflict in the book is internal, as Suzanne is learning to handle her life without the prop of drugs. Suzanne's mother appears in very few scenes, while Suzanne is in rehab: My mother is probably sort of disappointed at how I turned out, but she doesn't show it. She came by today and brought me a satin and velvet quilt. I'm surprised I
1755-551: A growing mistrust toward the Jedi, and the situation is worsened by a Force-induced psychosis that begins afflicting individual Jedi, sending them on violent rampages. In Millennium Falcon (2008) by James Luceno, set between Legacy of the Force and Fate of the Jedi , a mysterious device hidden inside the eponymous spacecraft sends Han, Leia and Allana on an adventure to investigate the ship's past before it came into Han's possession. Troy Denning's Crucible (2013), set after Fate of
1890-449: A limited theatrical release on June 23, 2023, followed by a digital release. In her 2016 autobiography The Princess Diarist , Fisher wrote that she and Harrison Ford had a three-month affair during the filming of Star Wars in 1976. Fisher met musician Paul Simon while filming Star Wars, and the pair dated from 1977 until 1983. In 1980, she was briefly engaged to Canadian actor and comedian Dan Aykroyd , who proposed to her on
2025-610: A lot of fun killing Jabba the Hutt . They asked me on the day if I wanted to have a stunt double kill Jabba. No! That's the best time I ever had as an actor. And the only reason to go into acting is if you can kill a giant monster. Introduced in Star Wars (1977), Princess Leia of Alderaan is a member of the Imperial Senate and a leader in the Rebel Alliance. She is captured when Darth Vader boards her ship, demanding that she reveal
2160-790: A media tour. In 2009, Fisher returned to the stage with her play at the Seattle Repertory Theatre . Wishful Drinking then opened on Broadway in New York at Studio 54 and played an extended run from October 2009 until January 2010. In December 2009, Fisher's audiobook recording of Wishful Drinking earned her a nomination for a 2009 Grammy Award in the Best Spoken Word Album category. Fisher joined Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne on Saturday evenings in 2007 for The Essentials with informative and entertaining conversation on Hollywood's best films. She guest-starred in
2295-467: A passerby that her name is "Rey Skywalker." Leia makes a brief appearance in the final scene of the 2016 film Rogue One . She receives the stolen plans for the Death Star as a lead-up to the beginning of Star Wars . Since Rogue One takes place just prior to the original trilogy, a young Leia was required. To create this effect, a computer-generated image of a young Carrie Fisher was superimposed over
2430-487: A princess and an old general. The second version involved a father, his son, and his daughter; the daughter was the heroine of the film. Now the daughter has become Luke, Mark Hamill 's character. There was also the story of two brothers where I transformed one of them into a sister. The older brother was imprisoned, and the young sister had to rescue him and bring him back to their dad. The character Princess Leia went through various changes as George Lucas wrote and refined
2565-785: A run which overlapped with her mother's appearance in the Broadway company of Woman of the Year . In 1983, Fisher returned to the role of Princess Leia in Return of the Jedi , and posed in the character's metal bikini on the cover of the Summer 1983 issue of Rolling Stone to promote the film. The costume later achieved a following of its own. In 1986, she starred along with Barbara Hershey and Mia Farrow in Woody Allen 's Hannah and Her Sisters . In 1987, Fisher published her first novel, Postcards from
2700-493: A running gag among the actors and crew. The section ends with the crew mooning her on her birthday, and Suzanne asserts that "there isn't enough therapy" to help her with that experience. The fourth section shows a week of Suzanne's " normal " life: working out, business meetings, an industry party, and going with a friend to a television studio for a talk show. She meets an author in the green room and gives him her phone number. The fifth section encapsulates her relationship with
2835-508: A son named Ben Solo, who turned to the dark side and became the First Order warlord Kylo Ren . In The Rise of Skywalker (2019), it is revealed that Leia was trained as a Jedi by Luke sometime after the events of Return of the Jedi . Leia is now the mentor of Rey , the last remaining Jedi. Leia dies towards the end of the film but returns as a Force spirit alongside Luke. One of the more popular Star Wars characters, Leia has been called
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#17328806690642970-547: A television version of the William Inge play Come Back, Little Sheba . That November, she played Princess Leia in the 1978 TV production Star Wars Holiday Special , and sang in the last scene. Fisher appeared in the film The Blues Brothers as Jake 's vengeful ex-lover; she is listed in the credits as "Mystery Woman". While Fisher was in Chicago filming the movie, she choked on a Brussels sprout ; Dan Aykroyd performed
3105-467: A ten-year-old child in the 2022 live-action series Obi-Wan Kenobi , portrayed by Vivien Lyra Blair . Of Blair's casting, series writer Joby Harold said the show wanted an actor who would embody a young Carrie Fisher, and Eric Deggans of NPR later wrote that Blair "practically channels Carrie Fisher's subversive, wisecracking spirit". Leia makes her first literary appearance in Star Wars: From
3240-410: A twin sister. She and their mother were "sent to the protection of friends in a distant system. The mother died shortly thereafter, and Luke's sister was adopted by Ben's friends, the governor of Alderaan and his wife." Fisher explained in 1983: "Leia's real father left her mother when she was pregnant, so her mother married this King Organa. I was adopted and grew up set apart from other people because I
3375-454: A twin sister—not Leia—who would be the focus of another episode. Following the production of Empire , Lucas was burnt out and decided not to make his planned sequel trilogy . Needing to explain the identity of the other potential Jedi mentioned by Yoda , Lucas decided that Leia would be revealed as Luke's twin. In the second draft of the Return of the Jedi screenplay, Obi-Wan tells Luke he has
3510-520: Is Catherine Fisher Lourd and her nickname is "Billy". The couple's relationship ended when Lourd left her for a man. In interviews, Fisher described Lourd as her second husband, but a 2004 profile revealed that she and Lourd were never legally married. Fisher had a close relationship with English singer-songwriter James Blunt . While working on his album Back to Bedlam in 2003, Blunt spent much of his time at Fisher's residence. When Vanity Fair 's George Wayne asked Fisher if their relationship
3645-571: Is Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo , who dies after childbirth. Her father is Anakin Skywalker, a Jedi who falls to the dark side of the Force and becomes Darth Vader. After her mother's death, Leia is adopted by Senator Bail Organa of Alderaan and his wife, Queen Breha . In the sequel trilogy , Leia is a founder and General of the Resistance , which fights against the First Order . She and Han have
3780-500: Is a God." She was raised Protestant , but often attended Jewish services (her father's faith) with Jewish Orthodox friends. In 2016, Harvard College gave Fisher its Annual Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism, noting that "her forthright activism and outspokenness about addiction, mental illness , and agnosticism have advanced public discourse on these issues with creativity and empathy ." Fisher
3915-638: Is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. Introduced in the original Star Wars film in 1977, Leia is a princess of the planet Alderaan , a member of the Imperial Senate , and an agent of the Rebel Alliance . She thwarts the Sith Lord Darth Vader and helps bring about the destruction of the Empire's superweapon, the Death Star . In The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Leia commands
4050-487: Is about their romance, and she is referred to in his song " Graceland ", which was written after their divorce. Fisher said she felt privileged to appear in Simon's songs. Fisher subsequently had a relationship with Creative Artists Agency principal, talent agent Bryan Lourd . Their only child, Billie Lourd , was born in 1992. Eddie Fisher stated in his autobiography ( Been There Done That ) that his granddaughter's name
4185-642: Is also a point-of-view character in the 2015 novelization of The Force Awakens by Foster. Foster's 1978 novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye was commissioned by Lucas as the basis for a potential low-budget sequel to Star Wars should the film prove unsuccessful. In the story, Luke and Leia seek a crystal on a swampy planet and eventually face Vader in combat. Leia appears in the Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens line of novels and comics, which were introduced to connect The Force Awakens with previous films. She
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4320-435: Is also trying to find her brother Luke, who disappeared years earlier. After a battle on the planet Takodana, she reunites with Han. They discuss their son, Ben Solo, who left Jedi training and fell to the dark side of the Force, becoming the First Order warlord Kylo Ren . Leia believes Ren can be brought back from the dark side, and urges Han to bring him home. When Han encounters Ren on Starkiller Base , he asks him to abandon
4455-412: Is featured in the young adult novel Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure (2015) by Cecil Castellucci and Jason Fry, which is set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi , and Claudia Gray 's novels Star Wars: Bloodline (2016) and Leia: Princess of Alderaan (2017). The former is set six years before The Force Awakens , while the latter features a 16-year-old Leia before
4590-494: Is frozen in carbonate by Zorba. Mission from Mount Yoda (1993) finds Ken's father Triclops alive and willing to join the Rebels against the Empire. Leia, now engaged to Han, is captured by Zorba in Queen of the Empire (1993). Trioculus is revived and seizes Leia before Zorba can kill her. Leia is rescued and replaced with a lookalike droid decoy, which kills Trioculus. In Prophets of
4725-482: Is how she appears in the finished film. Carrie Fisher was 19 when she was cast as Princess Leia. She was cast over Karen Allen , Glenn Close , Farrah Fawcett , Anjelica Huston , Amy Irving , Jessica Lange , Terri Nunn , Linda Purl , Meryl Streep and Cindy Williams . Jodie Foster was offered the role, but turned it down because she was under contract with Disney. In his early story development for The Empire Strikes Back , Lucas intended for Luke to have
4860-458: Is in epistolary form , with postcards written by Suzanne to her brother, friend, and grandmother. The novel continues the epistolary form, consisting of first-person narrative excerpts from a journal Suzanne kept while coming to terms with her drug addiction and rehab experiences. ("Maybe I shouldn't have given the guy who pumped my stomach my phone number, but who cares? My life is over anyway.") In time Suzanne's entries begin to alternate with
4995-550: Is presented with an advantageous political marriage to Prince Isolder of the planet Hapes. A jealous Han abducts Leia and takes her to the planet Dathomir; Luke and Isolder follow, and there they all find the hidden forces of the Imperial warlord Zsinj. Defeating him, Han and Leia marry. The 2003 novels A Forest Apart and Tatooine Ghost by Troy Denning are set immediately after The Courtship of Princess Leia . The newly married Leia fears that any children she has may succumb to
5130-757: Is set just before the original trilogy , young versions of Leia and the Peter Cushing character Grand Moff Tarkin appear through computer animation . Fisher had completed filming her role as Leia in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) shortly before her death. Director Rian Johnson has stated that many of Fisher's own ideas made it into the film, and that she supplied a few of Leia's lines. Fisher appeared posthumously in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) via unreleased footage from The Force Awakens . Fisher's memoir, The Princess Diarist ,
5265-701: Is set within a year after Return of the Jedi . In The Glove of Darth Vader (1992), the self-proclaimed son of the defeated Emperor Palpatine , Trioculus , seeks the titular glove to cement himself as the new Emperor. Entranced by Leia's beauty in The Lost City of the Jedi (1992), Trioculus vows to make her his queen. He captures her in Zorba the Hutt's Revenge (1992), but Jabba the Hutt's vengeful father, Zorba , offers to trade his own prisoner Ken —Palpatine's real grandson whom Trioculus has been seeking—for Leia, his son's killer. But Leia and Ken are rescued and Trioculus
5400-515: The 2016 Cannes Film Festival and was broadcast on January 7, 2017. Fisher appeared as herself in the final episode of series 1 of Urban Myths (2017) but the episode was never broadcast following objections by the Jackson family to Joseph Fiennes' portrayal of Michael Jackson in the episode. Fisher was featured in the film Wonderwell with Rita Ora , which was filmed in mid-2016 in Italy; it received
5535-573: The Chiss and the insidious insectoid Killiks, and Leia makes a bitter enemy in the Twi'lek warrior Alema Rar . In The Joiner King (2005), Leia asks Saba Sebatyne to train her as a Jedi Knight. R2-D2 malfunctions in The Unseen Queen (2005) and shows Luke a holoclip of his father Anakin and a pregnant woman, whom Luke learns is his and Leia's biological mother, Padmé Amidala. Anakin and Padmé are discussing
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5670-587: The Columbia Pictures comedy Shampoo , filmed in mid-1974, when she was age 17. Lee Grant and Jack Warden play the role of her parents in the film. Warren Beatty , Julie Christie and Goldie Hawn also star in the film. In 1977, Fisher starred as Princess Leia in George Lucas ' space-fantasy film Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ) opposite Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford . Though her fellow actors were not close at
5805-658: The Heimlich maneuver which "saved my life", according to Fisher. She appeared on Broadway in Censored Scenes from King Kong in 1980. The same year, she reprised her role as Princess Leia in The Empire Strikes Back , and appeared with her Star Wars co-stars on the cover of the July 12, 1980, issue of Rolling Stone to promote the film. She also starred as Sister Agnes in the Broadway production of Agnes of God in 1983,
5940-456: The Saturn Award for Best Actress for Star Wars and Return of the Jedi . She also received Saturn Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress for The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi , the latter being a posthumous nomination. Leia was created by Star Wars creator George Lucas , who in 1999 explained his early development of the main characters: The first [version] talked about
6075-463: The Star Wars screenplay. In one early draft, she is the spoiled teenage daughter of King Kayos and Queen Breha of Aquilae. In a later version, she is Luke's cousin and the daughter of Owen Lars and his wife Beru . A subsequent story synopsis establishes her as Leia Antilles, the child of Bail Antilles from the peaceful world of Organa Major. In the fourth draft, she is Leia Organa of Alderaan, which
6210-446: The Star Wars series. Fisher claimed that Leia was "Elderly. She's in an intergalactic old folks' home [laughs]. I just think she would be just like she was before, only slower and less inclined to be up for the big battle." After other media outlets reported this on March 6, 2013, her representative said the same day that Fisher was joking and that nothing was announced. In a January 2014 interview, Fisher confirmed her involvement and
6345-517: The Thrawn trilogy. Next in the timeline is the Callista trilogy: Children of the Jedi (1995) by Barbara Hambly , Darksaber (1995) by Anderson and Planet of Twilight (1997) by Hambly. In The Crystal Star (1994) by Vonda McIntyre , young Jacen, Jaina and their three-year-old brother Anakin are kidnapped in a plot to restore the Empire, but are rescued by Leia and Chewbacca. Leia struggles with
6480-794: The Women of Vision Award . Fisher wrote and performed in her one-woman play Wishful Drinking at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles from November 2006 to January 2007. Her show then played throughout 2008 at the Berkeley Repertory Theater , San Jose , the Hartford Stage, the Arena Stage and Boston. Fisher published her autobiographical book, also titled Wishful Drinking , based on her successful play in December 2008 and embarked on
6615-548: The 1990s, Fisher also published the novels Surrender the Pink (1990) and Delusions of Grandma (1993). Fisher wrote an episode of the television sitcom Roseanne entitled " Arsenic and Old Mom ", in which her mother Debbie Reynolds made a guest appearance. Fisher also did uncredited script work for movies such as Lethal Weapon 3 (where she wrote some of Rene Russo 's dialogue), Outbreak (also starring Russo), The Wedding Singer , and Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot . In
6750-715: The 2000 film Scream 3 , Fisher played a former actress who acknowledges she looks like Fisher, and in 2001 she played a nun in the Kevin Smith comedy Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back . She also co-wrote the TV comedy film These Old Broads (2001), of which she was also co-executive producer. It starred her mother Debbie Reynolds, as well as Elizabeth Taylor , Joan Collins , and Shirley MacLaine . In 2003 Fisher played Mother Superior, another nun, in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle . In addition to acting and writing original works, Fisher
6885-460: The 2017 sequel to The Force Awakens. When Leia's ship is attacked by the First Order, she is expelled into space, but uses the Force to pull herself back onboard. After recovering, she shoots and stuns the Resistance pilot Poe Dameron , who mutinied against Vice Admiral Holdo . From his self-imposed exile on Ahch-To , Luke uses the Force to project himself to the Resistance stronghold on Crait . He reunites with Leia and apologizes for Ben's fall to
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#17328806690647020-513: The Adventures of Luke Skywalker , the novelization of the original 1977 film Star Wars , which was released six months before the film in November 1976. Credited to Lucas but ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster , the novel was based on Lucas' screenplay. Leia later appeared in the novelizations The Empire Strikes Back (1980) by Donald F. Glut and Return of the Jedi (1983) by James Kahn . She
7155-672: The British comedy series Catastrophe , that was first broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK on January 19, 2015. Her last appearance on Catastrophe , which aired in the UK on April 4, 2017, left many viewers in tears and earned her a posthumous Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series nomination. In a March 2013 interview following the announcement that a new trilogy of films would be produced, Fisher confirmed that she would reprise her role as Princess Leia in Episode VII of
7290-569: The Corellians in Aaron Allston's Exile (2007), but Alema reappears to exact her vengeance on Leia. Sacrifice (2007) by Karen Traviss finds Leia and Han on the run, hunted by Jacen as traitors to the Galactic Alliance. He kills Luke's wife Mara Jade as his final sacrifice to become Darth Caedus, the new ruler of the Sith. In Inferno (2007) by Troy Denning, Han and Leia are faced with
7425-568: The Dark Side (1993), Leia looks forward to her wedding to Han and has a vision of their two children. Matthew Stover 's 2008 standalone novel Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor picks up the story soon after, as Luke, Leia and the Rebels fight the Sith Lord Shadowspawn. In The Courtship of Princess Leia (1994) by Dave Wolverton , set immediately before the Thrawn trilogy, Leia
7560-581: The Edge "bristles with a bravery and candor that still feels groundbreaking. She went there, long before that was a catchphrase, and before that particular there was such a crowded piece of real estate." According to Carolyn See 's review in the Los Angeles Times : It's intelligent, original, focused, insightful, very interesting to read. ... Postcards From the Edge can be compared to Less than Zero . It almost requires this comparison, because it's about young Southern Californians, drugs, addiction,
7695-623: The Edge . The book was semi-autobiographical in the sense that she fictionalized and satirized real-life events such as her drug addiction of the late 1970s and her relationship with her mother. It became a bestseller, and she received the Los Angeles Pen Award for Best First Novel. Also during 1987, she was in the Australian film The Time Guardian . In 1989, Fisher played a major supporting role in When Harry Met Sally... , and in
7830-460: The First Order. Ren refuses and instead kills his father. Leia senses Han's death through the Force, and later shares a moment of grief with the scavenger Rey , who viewed Han as a father figure. Although Leia appears as a Jedi in various Star Wars Legends works, she is not depicted that way in The Force Awakens . The film's director, J.J. Abrams , explained that Leia's decision to lead
7965-501: The Force series (2006–08) chronicles the crossover of Han and Leia's son Jacen to the dark side of the Force while the Jedi, Solos, and Skywalkers fight against his growing power. In Betrayal (2006) by Aaron Allston , Jacen turns to the dark side, believing that it is the only way to save the galaxy from the chaos brewing among the member systems of the Galactic Alliance. Jacen realizes in Bloodlines (2006) by Karen Traviss that
8100-492: The Force. Rey impales him while he is distracted, then heals his wound as Leia dies. During the climactic battle on Exegol , a transformed Ben Solo utilizes the remainder of his life force to revive a comatose Rey, then vanishes into the Force at the same time as his mother. Rey travels to the Lars homestead on Tatooine and buries the lightsabers that had belonged to Leia and Luke. As the Force spirits of her two mentors look on, Rey tells
8235-582: The Golden Heart Award for her work with The Midnight Mission . She was a spokesperson for Jenny Craig weight loss television ads that aired in January 2011. During appearances on 20/20 and The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive with Stephen Fry , Fisher publicly discussed her diagnosis of bipolar disorder and her addictions to cocaine and prescription medication . She said her drug use
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#17328806690648370-400: The Hapes Consortium. Multiple novels in the series made The New York Times Best Seller list . The nine-volume Fate of the Jedi series (2009–12) by Aaron Allston, Troy Denning, and Christie Golden finds Han and Leia become caught up in the intensifying conflict between the Galactic Alliance and the Jedi. In the wake of Darth Cadeus' death, the now-peaceful Galactic Alliance harbors
8505-556: The Jedi (1983), Leia infiltrates Jabba the Hutt's palace on Tatooine disguised as the Ubese bounty hunter Boushh. She frees Han from the carbonite, but they are both recaptured by Jabba, who chains Leia and outfits her in a metal bikini. After Luke arrives and kills Jabba's rancor , the crime lord sentences Luke, Han and Chewbacca to be fed to a Sarlacc , a deadly ground-dwelling beast. The group overpowers their captors, and Leia strangles Jabba to death with her chain. The companions then escape
8640-610: The Jedi and the last novel to date in the Star Wars Legends chronology, reunites Leia, Han and Luke with Lando as they aid him to thwart a vast criminal enterprise threatening his asteroid mineral refinery in the Chilean Rift nebula . Leia's youth is depicted in the Star Wars Tales story The Princess Leia Diaries . Leia develops a disdain for the Empire, as well as a conflict with Tarkin. She discovers and decides to support
8775-524: The Jedi , Leia is searching for Boba Fett to find a captive Han. She is bewitched by the crime lord Prince Xizor using pheromones, but Chewbacca helps her elude the seduction. Allegiance (2007) and Choices of One (2011) by Timothy Zahn are set between Star Wars: A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back , and feature Leia and her cohorts seeking new allies for their Rebellion against the Empire. Razor's Edge (2013) by Martha Wells and Honor Among Thieves (2014) by James S. A. Corey take place in
8910-424: The Jedi . Princess Leia depicts Leia training in martial arts on Alderaan and explores her reaction to the destruction of the planet, while Shattered Empire portrays her as a skilled pilot who undertakes a dangerous mission alongside Poe Dameron 's mother. Leia also appears in Star Wars #12. Leia appears briefly in the 1978 television film The Star Wars Holiday Special as a leader and administrator of
9045-412: The Jedi . In Heir to the Empire (1991), Leia is married to Han and three months pregnant with twins. Noghri commandos repeatedly attempt to kidnap her as part of Grand Admiral Thrawn 's plan to restore the Empire and crush the New Republic. In Dark Force Rising (1992), Leia realizes that Darth Vader and the Empire deceived the Noghri to secure their allegiance, and by revealing the truth she turns
9180-472: The Jedi training of Jacen and Jaina. In The Truce at Bakura (1993) by Kathy Tyers , set one day after the ending of Return of the Jedi , Leia establishes New Alderaan, a sanctuary for the destroyed planet's surviving inhabitants. The spirit of Anakin Skywalker appears to Leia and pleads for her forgiveness, but she angrily banishes him. The six-volume Jedi Prince series (1992–93) by Paul Davids and Hollace Davids, later contradicted by other novels,
9315-448: The Rebellion. During the events of the comic series Dark Empire (1991–92), Palpatine has been resurrected in a clone body. As part of his plan to restore the Empire, he seduces Luke to the dark side of the Force. Leia resists Palpatine's attempts to turn her as well, and escapes with the Jedi Holocron , an artifact he needs to secure his power. When Luke pursues her, Leia manages to turn him back. Luke and Leia then fight Palpatine with
9450-473: The Resistance instead of training as a Jedi was "simply a choice that she made". Nevertheless, he affirmed that Leia's strength with the Force is an intrinsic part of her character. Asked to describe Leia in the film, Fisher said she is under "a lot of pressure" and is likely feeling "somewhat defeated, tired, and pissed." Fisher was nominated for a 2016 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. Fisher returns as Leia in The Last Jedi ,
9585-503: The Sith discipline will require him to kill one of his loved ones, which he decides is an acceptable sacrifice to save the galaxy. In Troy Denning's Tempest (2006), Han and Leia thwart the assassination of Tenel Ka and Allana but become caught up in a Corellian conspiracy. They are almost killed when the Millennium Falcon is attacked by a Star Destroyer controlled by an increasingly powerful Jacen—who knows that his parents are on board. With Han injured, Leia and Lando further investigate
9720-485: The United Kingdom, broadcast December 21, 2016), Fisher was on a commercial flight on December 23, 2016, from London to Los Angeles when she had a medical emergency around fifteen minutes before the aircraft landed. A passenger seated near Fisher reported that she had stopped breathing; another passenger performed CPR on Fisher until paramedics arrived at the scene. Emergency services in Los Angeles were contacted when
9855-513: The acquisition of Lucasfilm by The Walt Disney Company in 2012, most of the licensed Star Wars Expanded Universe material produced between 1977 and 2014 was rebranded as Star Wars Legends and declared non-canon to the franchise. In the Legends narrative universe, Leia battles remnants of the Empire after the events of Return of the Jedi . She becomes the chief of state of the New Republic and
9990-616: The alien race to the side of the New Republic. At one point, she remembers her adoptive parents on Alderaan, implying that the "mother" she discussed with Luke on Endor was Queen Breha. In The Last Command (1993), Leia gives birth to the twins Jaina and Jacen Solo on Coruscant during Thrawn's siege. Leia, now the Chief of State of the New Republic, is a minor character in the Jedi Academy trilogy (1994) by Kevin J. Anderson , set after
10125-443: The arts. She later left without graduating. She was extremely smart; a talented actress, writer and comedienne with a very colorful personality that everyone loved. In Star Wars she was our great and powerful princess—feisty, wise and full of hope in a role that was more difficult than most people might think. —director George Lucas Fisher made her film debut in 1975 as the precociously seductive character Lorna Karpf in
10260-401: The author, bringing the story to the anniversary of her overdose. The epilogue consists of a letter from Suzanne to the doctor who pumped her stomach, who had recently contacted her. She notes that she is still off drugs and doing well. She is flattered that he inquires as to whether she is "available for dating", but she is seeing someone. The book ends on a bittersweet note: she knows she has
10395-507: The base to pay off Jabba, he tries to make Leia admit that she has romantic feelings for him. When Imperial forces arrive and assault the base, Leia leads an evacuation. She then flees with Han, Chewbacca and C-3PO in the Falcon . While hiding in an asteroid field, Leia and Han share a kiss. With the ship needing repairs, Han seeks out his old friend Lando Calrissian in Cloud City . Lando welcomes
10530-462: The births of Fisher's two half-sisters, Joely Fisher and Tricia Leigh Fisher . In 1960, her mother married Harry Karl, owner of a chain of shoe stores. Reynolds and Karl divorced in 1973 when Fisher was 17 years old. Fisher "hid in books" as a child, becoming known in her family as " the bookworm ". She spent her earliest years reading classic literature and writing poetry. She attended Beverly Hills High School until age 16, when she appeared as
10665-441: The cast for the new sequel was officially announced, and Fisher, along with Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Peter Mayhew , Anthony Daniels , and Kenny Baker , were all cast in their original roles for the film. Star Wars Episode VII , subtitled The Force Awakens , was released worldwide on December 18, 2015. Fisher was nominated for a 2016 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal. In Rogue One (2016), which
10800-512: The dark side like her father. During an adventure on Tatooine in Tatooine Ghost , she discovers the diary of her grandmother Shmi Skywalker and meets some of young Anakin's childhood friends. When she learns of Anakin's childhood as a slave and the traumatic death of his mother, Leia learns to forgive her father. In Shadows of the Empire (1996) by Steve Perry , the only Star Wars novel set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of
10935-469: The dark side of the Force and becomes Darth Vader, Padmé gives birth to Luke and Leia on Polis Massa and then dies. Leia is adopted by Senator Bail Organa of Alderaan and his wife, Queen Breha. Leia returns in The Force Awakens (2015), which takes place thirty years after the events of Return of the Jedi . She is the leader of the Resistance, an organization she formed to fight the First Order. She
11070-498: The dark side. Leia says that her son is gone, but Luke assures her that nobody is ever truly gone. While Luke distracts Ren and his troops, Leia and the remaining Resistance forces escape in the Falcon . The filming of Fisher's scenes was completed shortly before her death on December 27, 2016. Following Fisher's death, Variety reported that she was slated to appear in The Rise of Skywalker (2019). However, Lucasfilm stated that it
11205-509: The episode titled "Sex and Another City" from season 3 of Sex and the City with Sarah Jessica Parker . On October 25, 2007, Fisher guest-starred as Rosemary Howard on the second-season episode of 30 Rock called " Rosemary's Baby ", for which she received an Emmy Award nomination. On April 28, 2008, she was a guest on Deal or No Deal . In 2008, she also had a cameo as a doctor in the Star Wars -related comedy Fanboys . When asked if she
11340-508: The events of A New Hope . She also leads in Beth Revis ' Star Wars: The Princess and the Scoundrel which is set immediately right after Return of the Jedi . Leia appears in the limited series Star Wars: Princess Leia (2015), which takes place immediately after Star Wars . She is also featured in the four-part series Star Wars: Shattered Empire (2015), set immediately after Return of
11475-570: The exact cause of death could not be determined, but sleep apnea and the buildup of fatty tissue on the walls of arteries were among the contributing factors. A full report from June 19, 2017, stated that Fisher had cocaine in her system, as well as traces of heroin , other opiates , and MDMA . The report also stated that the investigation was unable to determine when she had taken the drugs and whether they contributed to her death. Her daughter stated that Fisher "battled drug addiction and mental illness her entire life. She ultimately died of it. She
11610-399: The experiences of Alex, another addict in the same clinic. This section ends with Suzanne being discharged after successfully completing treatment. The second section opens with dialogue between Suzanne and film producer Jack Burroughs on their first date. It then changes to alternating monologues from Suzanne (addressed to her therapist) and Jack (addressed to his lawyer, who serves much
11745-410: The face of the actress Ingvild Deila . Archival audio of Fisher was used to voice the character. A teenage Princess Leia, voiced by Julie Dolan, appears in a 2016 episode of the animated series Star Wars Rebels , which is set between Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars . In the episode, Leia is sent on a secret mission for the Rebel Alliance. Dave Filoni , the executive producer of Rebels , said
11880-542: The flight crew reported a passenger unresponsive prior to landing. Fisher was taken by ambulance to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center , where she was placed on a ventilator . On the morning of December 27, 2016, after being in intensive care for four days, Fisher died at the age of 60 at the UCLA Medical Center. Fisher's daughter, Billie Lourd, confirmed her mother's death in a statement to
12015-413: The good life and death. But Postcards starts from the "hellpit" and cautiously takes the reader back to something resembling normal life. This is not an inspirational novel, but something on the order of a tough look at reality; a "serious" piece of work. Carrie Fisher Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016) was an American actress and writer. She played Princess Leia in
12150-406: The group graciously, but has betrayed them to the Empire. He turns them over to Vader, who hopes to use them as bait to capture Luke. Leia confesses her love for Han as he is frozen in carbonite and handed over to the bounty hunter Boba Fett . As Lando, Leia, and Chewbacca escape from Cloud City, Leia senses that Luke is in trouble, and she orders Chewbacca to turn the ship around and rescue him. He
12285-471: The intention was to show Leia developing her leadership abilities. He added that in the series, Leia is "part of the Empire. She doesn't believe in the Empire, but she is acting the part, almost a double agent." Leia also appears in the web series Forces of Destiny (2017–2018) voiced by Shelby Young , and in Star Wars Resistance , voiced by Rachel Butera and Carolyn Hennesy . Leia appears as
12420-551: The interviewers for the screenwriting documentary Dreams on Spec in 2007. In an interview in 2004, Fisher said she no longer did much script doctoring. Fisher also voiced Peter Griffin 's boss, Angela, on the animated sitcom Family Guy and wrote the introduction for a book of photographs titled Hollywood Moms , which was published in 2001. Fisher published a sequel to Postcards , The Best Awful There Is , in 2004. In 2005, Women in Film & Video – DC recognized Fisher with
12555-520: The involvement of the original cast in the upcoming sequels by saying "as for the next Star Wars film, myself, Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill are expected to report to work in March or April. I'd like to wear my old cinnamon buns hairstyle again but with white hair. I think that would be funny." In March 2014, Fisher stated that she was moving to London for six months because that was where Star Wars Episode VII filming would take place. On April 29, 2014,
12690-485: The location of stolen architectural plans for the Death Star, the Galactic Empire 's battle station. Before her interrogation, Leia hid the plans inside the droid R2-D2 , and sent him to find one of the last remaining Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi . Vader takes Leia to the Death Star and tortures her, but she offers him no information. The Death Star commander Grand Moff Tarkin threatens to destroy Alderaan unless she reveals
12825-545: The location of the Rebel base. She provides the location of an abandoned headquarters on Dantooine, but Tarkin obliterates Alderaan anyway. Leia is rescued by Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Chewbacca . They escape aboard Han's ship, the Millennium Falcon . After analyzing the Death Star schematics, the Rebels find a small weakness in the battle station, which allows Luke to destroy it with torpedoes launched from his X-wing . After
12960-459: The new Rebel Alliance base. She and C-3PO contact Chewbacca's wife Mallatobuck for assistance in finding Chewbacca and Han. Leia also appears in the animated segment at a different base in an asteroid field, and at the Life Day ceremony at the end of the film. Fisher also appeared in and hosted the November 18, 1978, episode of Saturday Night Live that aired one day after the special. Following
13095-608: The original Star Wars films (1977–1983) and reprised the role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), a posthumous release that was dedicated to her, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), through the use of unreleased footage from The Force Awakens . Her other film credits include Shampoo (1975), The Blues Brothers (1980), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), The 'Burbs (1989), When Harry Met Sally... (1989), Soapdish (1991), and The Women (2008). She
13230-432: The original script, when Luke and Han arrive to rescue Leia, she is unconscious, her eyes are yellow and she is hanging upside down, imagery which alludes to the 1973 horror film The Exorcist . Fisher explained that the scene was changed because Chewbacca would have had to carry Leia for an extended period of time. In The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Leia is commanding the Rebel base on Hoth . As Han prepares to leave
13365-413: The planet and return to the Rebel base. Later, they travel to the forest moon of Endor to disable a shield protecting the second Death Star. There, Luke reveals to Leia that he is her twin brother and that Vader is their father. After joining forces with a tribe of Ewoks , the Rebels manage to destroy the Death Star and defeat the Empire. Following the release of Return of the Jedi, Fisher commented on
13500-522: The play. She wrote the screenplay for the film version of Postcards from the Edge which garnered her a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay , and her one-woman stage show of Wishful Drinking received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special . She worked on other writers' screenplays as a script doctor , including tightening
13635-533: The press. Many of her co-stars and directors from Star Wars and other works also shared their thoughts on her death. On January 9, 2017, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued a death certificate that stated "cardiac arrest/deferred" as the cause of death, with more tests to be expected. In a June 16, 2017, news release, the Los Angeles County coroner's office said that
13770-494: The reality that their son, now Joint Chief of State, is the enemy. Leia attempts unsuccessfully to manipulate Jacen in Aaron Allston's Fury (2007) so that the Jedi can both thwart him and neutralize Alema. Finally, in Invincible (2008) by Troy Denning, Jaina kills Jacen in a lightsaber duel. At Tenel Ka's request, Leia and Han adopt Allana, disguised with the name "Amelia" to protect her from any future vengeance against Cadeus or
13905-582: The responsibilities of her position in The Black Fleet Crisis trilogy (1996) by Michael P. Kube-McDowell . In The New Rebellion (1996) by Kristine Kathryn Rusch , she avoids an assassination attempt and then aids in the defeat of the Dark Jedi Kueller, whom she shoots to death. The Corellian trilogy (1995) by Roger MacBride Allen finds Han and Leia swept up in a civil war while visiting his homeworld of Corellia with their children. In
14040-424: The role of Princess Leia had she realized it would give her the celebrity status that made her parents' lives difficult. This interview was followed by a similar appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on December 12, 2008, where she discussed her electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) treatments. At one point, she received ECT every six weeks to "blow apart the cement" in her brain. In 2014, she said she
14175-480: The same purpose as Suzanne's therapist). Their relationship continues in this vein – all dialogue/monologue. The last three sections are traditional third-person narrative . The third section describes the initial days of the first movie Suzanne made after her treatment. For convenience, Suzanne stays with her grandparents while the movie is made. She is chided for not relaxing herself on-screen, and notes that if she could relax she wouldn't be in therapy. This becomes
14310-596: The same time period and also chronicle the adventures of Leia and Han. In the New Jedi Order series (1999–2003), Leia resigns as Chief of State, and on the heels of her warnings before the Senate, the alien Yuuzhan Vong invade the galaxy. They destroy system after system and defeat both the Jedi and the New Republic forces in countless battles. Chewbacca dies in Vector Prime (1999) by R.A. Salvatore , which sends Han into
14445-555: The same year she appeared with Tom Hanks as his character's wife in The 'Burbs . In 1990, Columbia Pictures released a film version of Postcards from the Edge , adapted for the screen by Fisher and starring Meryl Streep , Shirley MacLaine , and Dennis Quaid . Fisher appeared in the fantasy comedy film Drop Dead Fred in 1991, and played a therapist in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997). During
14580-418: The script. So they can get all the notes from all the different writers, keep the notes and not hire you. That's free work and that's what I always call life-wasting events." In 2010, HBO aired a feature-length documentary based on a special live performance of Fisher's Wishful Drinking stage production. At the time of her death, Fisher had been preparing a sequel to the one-woman play. Fisher appeared on
14715-539: The scripts for Hook (1991), Sister Act (1992), The Wedding Singer (1998), and many of the films from the Star Wars franchise , among others. An Entertainment Weekly article from May 1992 described Fisher as "one of the most sought-after doctors in town." Fisher was the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds . She and her mother appear together in Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds ,
14850-482: The set of their film The Blues Brothers . She said: "We had rings, we got blood tests, the whole shot. But then I got back together with Paul Simon." Fisher was married to Simon from August 1983 to July 1984 and they dated again for a time after their divorce. During their marriage, she appeared in Simon's music video for the song " Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog after the War ". Simon's song " Hearts and Bones "
14985-623: The seventh season of Entourage in the summer of 2010. She was among the featured performers at the Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne , which aired in August 2012. In her monologue, Fisher poked fun at her own mental illness, and her fellow roasters' reliance on weight and menopause jokes. Fisher joked that she had no idea why she was asked to roast Roseanne, until "they explained that we were actually good friends, and that apparently we have worked together." Host Jane Lynch joked that Fisher
15120-487: The stroke. On January 5, 2017, a joint private memorial was held for Fisher and Reynolds. Fisher was cremated while her mother was entombed. A portion of her ashes was placed beside Reynolds in a crypt at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills . The remainder of those ashes are held in a giant novelty Prozac pill. Princess Leia Princess Leia Organa ( / l eɪ . ə / or / l iː ə / )
15255-578: The time, they bonded after the commercial success of the film. In April 1978, Fisher appeared as the love interest in Ringo Starr 's 1978 TV special Ringo . The next month, she starred alongside John Ritter (who had also appeared in Ringo ) in the ABC -TV film Leave Yesterday Behind. At this time, Fisher appeared with Laurence Olivier and Joanne Woodward in the anthology series Laurence Olivier Presents in
15390-558: The two Hand of Thrawn novels by Timothy Zahn (1997's Specter of the Past and 1998's Vision of the Future ), Leia tries to hold the New Republic together as Moff Disra conspires for its volatile factions to destroy each other. Leia appears periodically in the Young Jedi Knights series (1995–98) by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta . The 14-volume young adult fiction series covers
15525-508: The victory, Leia honors Luke, Han and Chewbacca for their heroism. In 2015, Alyssa Rosenberg of The Washington Post praised Leia's courage and resiliency while experiencing imprisonment, torture, and the destruction of her home planet. Rosenberg also notes that while Han is almost immediately attracted to Leia, they end up in conflict because she insists on asserting command and he automatically resists, even as she proves herself to be worthy of it. Fisher told Rolling Stone in 1980 that in
15660-482: The way Leia is depicted: "[She] gets to be more feminine, more supportive, more affectionate. But let's not forget that these movies are basically boys' fantasies. So the other way they made her more female in this one was to have her take off her clothes." In the prequel film Revenge of the Sith (2005), Anakin Skywalker's wife Padmé Amidala is pregnant with twins near the end of the Clone Wars . After Anakin turns to
15795-536: Was a form of self-medication; she used pain medication such as Percodan to "dial down" the manic aspect of her bipolar disorder. She gave nicknames to her bipolar moods: Roy ("the wild ride of a mood") and Pam ("who stands on the shore and sobs"). "Drugs made me feel more normal", she explained to Psychology Today in 2001. "They contained me." She discussed her 2008 memoir Wishful Drinking and various topics in it with Matt Lauer on NBC 's Today that same year, and also revealed that she would have turned down
15930-414: Was a nut for a year, and in that year I took drugs again." In her later years, Fisher had an emotional support animal , a French Bulldog named Gary, that she brought to numerous appearances and interviews. Following her death, reports indicated that Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd would take care of Gary. Fisher described herself as an "enthusiastic agnostic who would be happy to be shown that there
16065-425: Was a princess." Anthony Breznican of Entertainment Weekly described Leia as a diplomat, spy, warrior, and undercover agent. Fisher told Rolling Stone in 1983: There are a lot of people who don't like my character in these movies; they think I'm some kind of space bitch. She has no friends, no family; her planet was blown up in seconds ... so all she has is a cause. From the first film [ Star Wars ], she
16200-508: Was a supporter and advocate for several causes, including women's advocacy, animal rights, and LGBT causes. She was open about her experiences caring for friends who had AIDS , contributing financially to various AIDS and HIV organizations, including hosting a benefit for amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research . She also served as an honorary board member for the International Bipolar Foundation, and, in 2014, received
16335-470: Was able to detox without it. I was nervous about seeing her, but it went okay. She thinks I blame her for my being here. I mainly blame my dealer, my doctor, and myself, and not necessarily in that order. [...] She washed my underwear and left. Later Suzanne talks with her on the phone, but it is not stressful. A. O. Scott of The New York Times wrote in 2016 that while others before Fisher had written about their struggles with addiction, Postcards from
16470-543: Was awarded a posthumous Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album the following year. In 2023, she posthumously received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . Carrie Frances Fisher was born on October 21, 1956, at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California , to actress Debbie Reynolds and singer Eddie Fisher . Fisher's paternal grandparents were Russian-Jewish immigrants, while her mother, who
16605-572: Was just a soldier, front line and center. The only way they knew to make the character strong was to make her angry. In Return of the Jedi , she gets to be more feminine, more supportive, more affectionate. She said in 2014: I would rather have played Han Solo. When I first read the script I thought that's the part to be, always wry and sardonic. He's always that. I feel like a lot of the time Leia's either worried or pissed or, thank God, sort of snarky. But I'm much more worried and pissed than Han Solo ever was, and those aren't fun things to play ... I had
16740-455: Was no longer receiving the treatment. Her 2011 book Shockaholic describes these treatments. In another interview, Fisher revealed that she used cocaine during the filming of The Empire Strikes Back . "Slowly, I realized I was doing a bit more drugs than other people and losing my choice in the matter", she noted. In 1985, after months of sobriety, she accidentally overdosed on a combination of prescription medication and sleeping pills. She
16875-493: Was nominated twice for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her performances in the NBC sitcom 30 Rock (2007) and the Channel 4 series Catastrophe (2017). Fisher wrote several semi-autobiographical novels, including Postcards from the Edge and an autobiographical one-woman play, and its nonfiction book, Wishful Drinking , based on
17010-409: Was not planning to create a digital version of Fisher for the film. Several months later, Fisher's family granted Lucasfilm the right to use previously-filmed footage of her in the film; it was later announced that Fisher would appear using unseen footage from The Force Awakens . Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd , who portrays Lieutenant Connix in all three sequel trilogy films, stepped in as Leia for
17145-460: Was one of the top script doctors in Hollywood, working on the screenplays of other writers. She did uncredited polishes on movies in a 15-year stretch from 1991 to 2005. She was hired by George Lucas to polish scripts for his 1992 TV series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles and the dialogue for the Star Wars prequel scripts. Her expertise in this area was the reason she was chosen as one of
17280-468: Was purposefully open in all of her work about the social stigmas surrounding these diseases.... I know my Mom, she'd want her death to encourage people to be open about their struggles." In her 2008 work Wishful Drinking , Fisher wrote that "no matter how I go, I want it reported that I drowned in moonlight, strangled by my own bra." After Fisher's death, several news sources and magazines honoured her request in their obituaries, with Bustle featuring
17415-419: Was raised a Nazarene , was of English and Scots-Irish descent. Fisher was two years old when her parents divorced in 1959 after it was revealed shortly following the death of Elizabeth Taylor's husband, Mike Todd , that Eddie Fisher had been having an affair with her. Eddie Fisher and Taylor married that same year and divorced in 1964. Her father's third marriage, to actress Connie Stevens , resulted in
17550-519: Was released in November 2016. The book is based on diaries she kept while filming the original Star Wars trilogy in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Her audiobook recording of the memoir earned her the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album , awarded 13 months after her death. Fisher and her mother appear in Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds , a 2016 documentary about their close relationship featuring interviews, photographs and home movies. The documentary premiered at
17685-470: Was rushed to the hospital, creating the turn of events that led to much of the material in her novel and screenplay, Postcards from the Edge . Asked why she did not take on the role of her story's protagonist, named Suzanne, in the film version, Fisher remarked, "I've already played Suzanne." After finishing the European leg of her book tour (her last TV appearance was on an episode of 8 Out of 10 Cats in
17820-536: Was sexual, she replied: "Absolutely not, but I did become his therapist. He was a soldier. This boy has seen awful stuff. Every time James hears fireworks or anything like that, his heart beats faster and he gets 'fight or flight.' You know, he comes from a long line of soldiers dating back to the 10th century. He would tell me these horrible stories. He was a captain, a reconnaissance soldier. I became James' therapist. So it would have been unethical to sleep with my patient." On February 26, 2005, R. Gregory "Greg" Stevens,
17955-404: Was still working as a script doctor in December 2008, she said: "I haven't done it for a few years. I did it for many years, and then younger people came to do it and I started to do new things. It was a long, very lucrative episode of my life. But it's complicated to do that. Now it's all changed, actually. Now in order to get a rewrite job, you have to submit your notes for your ideas on how to fix
18090-489: Was there to add perspective to Roseanne's struggles with weight and drugs. Fellow roaster Wayne Brady poked fun at Fisher's career, saying she was the only celebrity "whose action figure is worth more than you are." She was selected as a member of the main competition jury at the 2013 Venice Film Festival . She filmed an appearance on the UK comedy panel show QI that was broadcast on December 25, 2014. Fisher starred alongside Sharon Horgan and comedian Rob Delaney in
18225-530: Was wounded during a lightsaber duel with Vader, and used the Force to contact Leia. Commenting on Han's attempt to pry a confession of affection out Leia, Rosenberg asserts that "Han's not wrong that if Leia doesn't figure out that she's a person with needs, she's going to burn out ... In a way, it's an early confession of love: Han's anxious about the bounty hunters who are still pursuing him ... But he would stay and give his love and support to Leia if she could just acknowledge that she needs him." In Return of
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