Via Ign.com:

Oscar Isaac, who has played Resistance pilot Poe Dameron since Star Wars: The Force Awakens, has said that Star Wars: Episode IX handles Carrie Fisher’s Leia in “a really beautiful way.”

Speaking to The Daily Beast, Isaac promised that “the still untitled ninth film will pay appropriate homage to Leia – and to Fisher’s sense of fun.”

“The story deals with that quite a bit,” Isaac explains. “It’s a strange thing to be on the set and to be speaking of Leia and having Carrie not be around. There’s definitely some pain in that.” He does, however, reveal that “there’s a looseness and an energy to the way that we’re shooting this that feels very different.”

“It’s been really fun being back with J.J., with all of us working in a really close way. I just feel like there’s an element of almost senioritis, you know?” he laughs. “Since everything just feels way looser and people aren’t taking it quite as seriously, but still just having a lot of fun. I think that that energy is gonna translate to a really great movie.”

He ends by promising fans that, in regards to the beloved Leia, Episode IX “deals with the amazing character that Carrie created in a really beautiful way.”

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