With the recent rumors thanks to the petition to have Meryl Streep “replace” Carrie Fisher for Star Wars Episode IX, the discussion of what to do with General Organa has resurfaced.

Welcome back to another episode of Walking Carpet, The Geekiverse’s all Star Wars talk show. Maggie Lauricella (pronounced “Lor-i-sell-a” & not “Lor-i-chell-a,” as it should be) & Tom Kolbert (pronounced as it appears & not like Stephen “Colbert,” though it should be) join host Josiah LeRoy to discuss everything in from a galaxy far far away.

In segment 1, we caught up on the latest Star Wars news. The biggest bit making the rounds this week is the petition to have Meryl Streep step in for Carrie Fisher’s character in Episode IX. The petition wants Streep to actually play Leia Organa, as opposed to a new character all together. This doesn’t sit well with us, and we have some better solutions (which we’ll get to in segment 2). Elsewhere, Star Wars: The Last Jedi came out on 4K, Blu-ray, & DVD this past week. Rian Johnson’s featurette, The Director & The Jedi, shows fans an in-depth look at the behind the scenes dynamic of TLJ, as well as just how deep the cast had to dig to portray the heavy emotion we witnessed on screen.

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On this date in Star Wars history (thanks to starwars.com), we learned that the scenes between Luke Skywalker & his best friend, Biggs Darklighter, were shot. These Tattooine sequences were unfortunately dropped from the final version of Star Wars: A New Hope, but Biggs can of course be seen later in the film during the attack on the Death Star. Additionally, our fun fact of the show surrounds the name “Josiah.” An actor named Josiah Oniha played “Oniho Zaya” in The Last Jedi. Oniho is one of the children seen enslaved on Canto Bight & is the child narrating the Luke Skywalker legend at the end of the film.

In segment 2, the crew discusses a handful of scenarios that could (and some that should) play out regarding the handling of Leia Organa in Episode IX. The conversation is based on this article from The Geekiverse from early 2017.

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Past Episodes of Walking Carpet

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