Late Carrie Fisher Knew J.J. Abrams Would Direct The Final 'Star Wars' Film

The final Star Wars film called Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is finally upon us and we certainly cannot wait to see it as the man behind the mega-hit and critically acclaimed Star Wars: The Force Awakens, J.J. Abrams returns to direct the final installment.

However, it is no secret that the whole cast and crew still miss and would all the more miss the late and great Carrie Fisher aka Princess Leia. Amazingly, Fisher uncannily knew that Abrams would return to direct the final installment and this is when no one else had any idea about it at all.

In an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Abrams mentioned about an uncanny message that the late actress left to him that he now understands. 

While talking about how much he missed Fisher, who died in 2016 at the age of 60, Abrams recalled working with her on his first Star Wars film, The Force Awakens. 

It is common knowledge now that Princess Leia appears in the new film via unused Force Awakens footage, but obviously, no one knew that would be the case at the time of that film's release. What's more, no one could have known Abrams would return to direct Skywalker — that is except maybe Fisher. 

"I wasn't supposed to work on this film," Abrams begins. "She passed away before the Last Jedi was released. She wrote this autobiography, The Princess Diarist, and I remember reading in the end, a 'special thanks to J.J, Abrams for putting up with me twice.' I had never worked with her before Force Awakens and I wasn't supposed to direct Episode IX. It was a very Carrie thing to write something like that and to somehow know. It was really strange." 

Abrams also told Colbert that The Rise of Skywalker was completed Sunday. 

The Disney film is due in theaters Dec. 20.