Leia's role in Episode IX.

Will her scene have anything to do with what is actually happening in Ep. 9? For instance, she can't forgive Kylo for Han's death since that wouldn't have been filmed. It just sounds like a throwaway scene that can be a flashback or something irrelevant since it wasn't important enough to use when it was originally filmed.

They appear to be adding people like Lando and Yoda for marketing instead of it being vital for a great script. They made a big deal about Rose, Phasma and Holdo, but did nothing with them except brag about having strong female characters.

Well they won't have enough footage to show her bitchslapping her idiot son into submission or being elected president of a democratic Galaxy, so I'm bound to be disappointed in whatever they do.

I hope they manage to give her a substantial role and use CGI to alter dialogue and expand on the footage they have, but that's not guaranteed. They may just show her giving commands on a ship that blows up.

On the one hand, I read they shot a crap ton of footage that was never used, so i've no doubt they could probably put together a whole film worth of outtakes if they wanted to. But I simply don't see how any of it can be relevant unless JJ cut a big twist from the first movie. I fear they may burden this film with a big pointless side story of Leia simply because they have the footage and she passed.

My fear is it will look like the Trail of the Pink Panther or that one "Bruce Lee movie" made after his death. Both of these movies had used previous footage to make a movie featuring an actor who was already dead. They were terrible.

I can't imagine them using footage from the previous two movies and having it make sense. Is Leia going to suddenly pop up in a random scene, talking about Han as if he's still alive? Will they have awkward close ups of her making vague statements about the First Order then cut to a close up of a different actor reacting to her statements as if they are in the same room? They would have to alter her lines and use stand-ins every now and then for it to make any sense.

Maybe they'll have another actress record new lines, and CGI her mouth to fit them?

Not sure but I am bummed that most of the extra footage is from TFA and not TLJ. Carrie still seemed to be getting used to acting again in TFA and did a much better job in TLJ.

A roll and black pudding with a runny egg.

In all seriousness though does anyone care at this point?

I'll not be paying to see it and I doubt many others will either.