Star Wars Day, Might 4, all the time brings with it a lot of enjoyable actions. This yr, although, the Star Wars galaxy centered on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, CA—wright here Princess Leia herself, Carrie Fisher, was lastly given a star on the enduring Stroll of Fame.
Fisher sadly handed away in 2016, so the posthumous honors have been dealt with largely by Fisher’s daughter Billie Lourd, who joined her mother within the Star Wars universe in recent times, in addition to Mark Hamill, who performed Princess Leia’s brother Luke Skywalker within the saga. The pair bought to share one final scene collectively in 2016’s Star Wars: The Final Jedi.
Lourd (who wore a Princess Leia gown) and Hamill have been joined by Lourd’s father Bryan Lourd in addition to Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, Power Awakens and Rise of Skywalker director J.J. Abrams, and others. Droids C-3PO and R2-D2 have been additionally there. Hamill’s speech centered on Fisher’s upbeat persona, with sentiments akin to “She wouldn’t need us to be unhappy. She’d need us to have enjoyable.” Lourd was a bit extra emotional and sprinkled glitter on the star, in honor of Fisher’s love of glitter.
Followers who need to go to the star can discover it on the south aspect of Hollywood Blvd., between Orange and Highland, in entrance of the Jimmy Kimmel Reside theater. On this slideshow, you may see extra photographs from the occasion.
