'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' Writer Blames Carrie Fisher's CGI for Lack of Kelly Marie Tran
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When addressing the controversy surrounding the 76 seconds of Kelly's screentime, Chris Terrio assures that they 'did not deliberately trying to sideline' Rose Tico.

AceShowbiz - "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" writer Chris Terrio has explained Kelly Marie Tran's reduced role in the film, admitting it was down to difficulties surrounding the CGI footage of late actress Carrie Fisher.

The 30-year-old actress stars as Rose Tico in the latest offering in the franchise, but millions of her fans were left disappointed when they realised she appears for just 76 seconds of the movie's two hours and 35 minutes run time.

Terrio, who co-wrote the film, opened up about the controversy during an interview with Awards Daily, explaining: "One of the reasons that Rose has a few less scenes than we would like her to have has to do with the difficulty of using Carrie Fisher's footage in the way we wanted to."

"We wanted Rose to be the anchor at the rebel base who was with Leia. We thought we couldn't leave Leia at the base without any of the principals who we love, so Leia and Rose were working together ... As the process evolved, a few scenes we'd written with Rose and Leia turned out to not meet the standard of photorealism that we'd hoped for. Those scenes, unfortunately, fell out of the film."

Continuing to insist the move wasn't a slight against Kelly, Terrio added: "The last thing we were doing was deliberately trying to sideline Rose. We adore the character, and we adore Kelly - so much so that we anchored her with our favourite person in this galaxy, General Leia."

"Star Wars" bosses used computer technology to make old, unused footage of Carrie from previous films work in the latest instalment. Carrie died in December 2016.

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