6:35
- ABC News
- December 5, 2019
'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' cast reflects
The final installment of the 'Star Wars' saga will be released on Dec. 20.
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\"I'm like, 'What is this?'\" Isaac told ABC News with a laugh, adding that he was changing a diaper when he saw the video.
\"That form of speaking, we kind of put on this voice and we talk to each other throughout the day in that way,\" Isaac said.
He called the \"deep love\" that he had developed in working with his castmates over the years as \"rare and special.\"
The camaraderie poignantly amplifies Carrie Fisher's absence. Although Fisher died in 2016, Leia will live in \"The Rise of Skywalker,\" Abrams said.
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\"The heartbreaking reality that she is no longer with us is so surreal,\" he continued. \"Because, literally, she's been alive in the editing room every day for nearly a year, and the idea that we're sitting here talking about her in the past tense is still crushing and impossible to imagine.\"
In addition to Fisher's appearance in the new film, her legacy will live on with those she's worked with. Ridley, for example, spoke about how Fisher affected Ridley's understanding of \"Star Wars\" and its singularly devoted fans.
\"Someone had asked her for a picture years ago,\" Ridley said of Fisher. \"And she went to take a picture with them and their heart was beating really fast. And the thing [Carrie] said was, 'This really matters to people. Like, this is an important thing.'\"
Abrams said he hopes the film gives people a sense of \"transcendence.\"
\"That feeling of getting to go somewhere that no other kind of movie will take you,\" Abrams continued. \"You always feel safe in a 'Star Wars' movie, even when it's frightening, even when the story scares you. There's something about 'Star Wars' as a whole that I think has enormous heart.\"
\"Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker\" will be in theaters Dec. 20.
The Walt Disney Company is the parent company of Lucasfilm and ABC News.
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