Carrie Fisher's brother Todd stumbles upon witty letter late 'Star Wars' actress wrote about death: 'I'll see you soon'
Todd Fisher, the brother of 'Star Wars' actress Carrie Fisher, has shared a letter she wrote about death that he only recently found. The legendary actress had penned a witty letter before she passed away in December 2016 from a heart attack following a transatlantic flight.
"I am dead. How are you? I'll see you soon... I would call and tell you what this is like, but there is no reception up here. Cut. New scene, new setup, new heavenly location," she wrote.
"I have finally got the part that I have been rehearsing for all my life... God gave me the part. This is the end of the road I have been touring on all my life,"
Speaking to the New York Post, Todd explained how he was rummaging through some desk drawers for memorabilia when he stumbled upon the letter.
"Everything Debbie (Reynolds, his and Carrie's mother who died just days after her daughter) cared the most about, in terms of personal letters, was in there. I've been through that drawer several times," he said.
However, he said that he had never seen Carrie's letter before he found it written in her distinctive handwriting on both sides of a piece of paper.
"Either it was something Carrie wrote long ago because she was doing a story on death, or it just materialized from beyond," Todd wondered. "She was writing as if she was dead and what it was like... It just blew my mind."
"I thought, 'Wow, why am I finding this right now?' I know Carrie’s writing inside and out. It's unmistakable," he added.
According to the embattled brother, he was able to come to terms with Carrie's demise after watching the latest 'Star Wars' installments, two of which were released after his sister's and mother's untimely deaths.
Todd said he "cried" after watching Carrie's performance in 'Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker'. "Carrie is the heart and soul of the storyline," he noted.
"A lot of people asked me when they died, 'How do you deal with it?'," he explained. "Part of it is the faith that we all shared, my mother, my sister and I — the idea that we shall meet again, and they’re not far from you. They're just in a different space or a different dimension."
"There are a lot of words you can attach to [that]," Todd added. "The word 'force', for example, is ['Star Wars' creator] George Lucas' choice word, but you could interchange [that with] the word 'faith'. I find a lot of that comforting, frankly."
'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' is currently in theaters.
