Filmmaker Ava DuVernay (A WRINKLE IN TIME, SELMA) moderated the STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Los Angeles press conference, and she was fangirling the whole time as a STAR WARS fan. Watch as Carrie Fisher's presence was felt during the panel when a light went out as J.J. Abrams was talking about missing the actress. Other highlights includes DuVernay revealing something about Keri Russell's character. Video below.
Daisy Ridley, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Keri Russell, Kelly Marie Tran, John Boyega, Naomi Ackie, Joonas Suotamo and Richard E. Grant, director J.J. Abrams, writer Chris Terrio and LucasFilm's Kathleen Kennedy were in attendance at the Los Angeles press conference.
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER is the final chapter in the Skywalker saga. The group talked about the pressures of ending the story in EPISODE IX.
TAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER is in movie theaters December 20.
