The show has already been renewed for a fourth season. Fisher appears in one of the season’s six episodes. “Catastrophe” has completed filming for its third season which will air in the spring. Fisher was on a flight returning from her work on the show in London at the time she suffered a heart attack. The show’s third season is set to premiere early next year. Among her many projects, Fisher had a recurring role on the Amazon/Channel 4 comedy series “Catastrophe,” playing the caustic mother of star Rob Delaney’s character. Leia was originally slated to appear in that production.īeyond Star Wars, Fisher was highly sought after for her on camera work and for her writing and script doctoring. That means that Disney and LucasFilm, the producers of the Star Wars series, will not have to address Fisher’s death until the ninth film begins shooting in 2018. Sources tell Variety that Fisher’s work on the sequel was finished.
The eighth film in the series, in which Fisher appears as Leia Organa, wrapped shooting in July and is now in post-production. Chief among them is her ongoing role in the Star Wars franchise. Carrie Fisher’s death Tuesday at the age of 60 has left her involvement in a number of film and television projects unresolved.
