J.J. Abrams Shares Carrie Fisher Tribute as ‘Star Wars IX’ Production Begins

Author: Aaron Couch / Source: The Hollywood Reporter

J.J. Abrams has sent his first tweet as he heads back to a galaxy far, far away.

The filmmaker penned a message honoring the late Carrie Fisher, and shared the first photo from the Star Wars: Episode IX set Wednesday.

“Bittersweet starting this next chapter without Carrie, but thanks to an extraordinary cast and crew, we are ready to go,” he

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Last week, Lucasfilm unveiled it’s full cast for Star Wars: Episode IX and also revealed that Fisher would appear, via unused footage from…

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