We’re all full of words today about what she meant to us- to Hollywood, to mental health advocacy, to addiction awareness, to young women who refuse to sit down and shut up- but I think Rogue One, in its way, says what needs to be said about Carrie Fisher and its a better movie for sharing her legacy. The end of Rogue One *spoiler alert* is the beginning of Leia’s story and she appears (with some impressive help from the computer graphics team) at age 19 with sly “I’ll take it from here” confidence. It’s a story about rebels who say what they think and don’t do what they’re told it’s imperfect and sometimes frustrating but ultimately full of hope. It’s the eighth film of a franchise that was built in part on Fisher’s shoulders the second to feature a female protagonist in a world where Princess Leia laid the foundation for smart, self-possessed women. I do think, though, that there’s a way to read Rogue One as an achingly appropriate sendoff for one of Hollywood’s most legendary risk-takers and truth-tellers. We attempt to pay her tribute but it isn’t close to enough. ![]() ![]() Just a few hours before recording, we learned of the passing of Carrie Fisher, an icon in so many ways but mostly an icon of the Star Wars universe. I had so much fun recording last year’s Force Awakens podcast with my Star Wars-obsessed friend Andrew Patti that I invited him back to talk Rogue One.
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