The Passing of Carrie Fisher

This year, 2016, has been rough on celebrities and creative types, such as actors, writers and musicians.  For this community, we took a hit earlier this year with Kenny Baker's passing.  Now, we have taken a much bigger hit with the passing of Carrie Fisher today.  

She portrayed the character with great dignity, poise, and respect, and helped to break the mold for female protagonists in films that shook things up a fair bit back in '77 and as recently as in Force Awakens.  She had a sharp, great and quick wit that she used to great effect, and frequently in a self-referential and hilarious manner.  She was honest and up front about her flaws, and was unapologetic about it.  She's a complex person, and it is a terrible loss to us all, and especially to her family.   Our condolences and respects to her family on their loss.

But, as Yoda himself wisely said (regardless that it's a fictional character, the words are still wise): "Mourn them do not. Miss them do not."  They will live on with us in our hearts, and let us be thankful that they have shared their talents and abilities with us all, and providing such a wonderful example and inspiration to so many.

I have raised the limit to submit to the "In Memoriam" collection to the max that I am allowed, but if you find you are unable to submit to it, just submit it or note it to us and we will re-route it to the right collection, or list the images here below.  

Farewell, Princess, may you rest in peace alongside your coworkers: Peter Cushing, Sir Alec Guinness, Sir Christopher Lee, Erik Bauersfeld, Aaron Allston and Kenny Baker.  Once again, to borrow from another "Star" series...

"To absent friends...."

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