Carrie Fisher footage to be used in next Star Wars film
Lucasfilm and writer-director Abrams announced on Friday that footage of Fisher shot for 2015's Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be used in the ninth film in the space opera's core trilogies about the Skywalker family.
Filming is scheduled to begin on Wednesday in London.
Fisher died in 2016 after she finished work on The Last Jedi.
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Mark Hamill, who plays Luke Skywalker, will also appear in the film.