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Mark Hamill has shared a lengthy tribute to his late “Star Wars” co-star Carrie Fisher, an actress he called a “beloved space-twin.”
“It’s never easy to lose such a vital, irreplaceable member of the family, but this is downright heartbreaking,” the actor wrote on his Facebook page. “Carrie was one-of-a-kind who belonged to us all — whether she liked it or not. She was OUR Princess, damn it, & the actress who played her blurred into one gorgeous, fiercely independent & ferociously funny, take-charge woman who took our collective breath away.”
Hamill and Fisher co-starred in the legendary sci-fi film series as long-lost twins Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia. Both reprised their roles in last year’s sequel, “The Force Awakens.”
“She played such a crucial role in my professional & personal life, & both would have been far emptier without her,” Hamill wrote. “I am grateful for the laughter, the wisdom, the kindness & even the bratty, self-indulgent crap my beloved space-twin gave me through the years. Thanks Carrie. I love you.”
The post came hours after Hamill first reacted to the news on Twitter, where he shared a photo of the two of them together in character. “No words,” he wrote. “Devastated.”
Fisher died on Tuesday morning after suffering a severe heart attack last week while on a Los Angeles-bound plane from London.
Since the announcement of her passing, members of Fisher’s “Star Wars” family have taken to social media to mourn.
“Carrie was one-of-a-kind…brilliant, original. Funny and emotionally fearless,” said Harrison Ford in a statement. “She lived her life, bravely…My thoughts are with her daughter Billie, her Mother Debbie, her brother Todd, and her many friends. We will all miss her.”
“The Force Awakens” director J.J. Abrams also shared a tribute to Fisher, calling her “brilliant and beautiful, tough and wonderful, incisive and funny as you could imagine.”
Read Hamill’s full post below:
11 of Carrie Fisher's Most Outrageous, Profound and Hilarious Quotes (Photos)
Carrie Fisher, the outspoken actress who shot to prominence as a teenager when she played Princess Leia in "Star Wars," and chronicled her colorful life in a series of books, suffered a heart attack Friday at age 60. Here are some of her most memorable real-life lines:
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"Sometimes I think all I want to find is a mean guy and make him be nice to me. Or maybe a nice guy who's a little bit mean to me. But they're usually too nice too soon or too mean too long" -- "Wishful Drinking"
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"Youth and beauty are not accomplishments, they’re the temporary happy by-products of time and/or DNA. Don’t hold your breath for either." -- Twitter
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"I shot through my twenties like a luminous thread through a dark needle, blazing toward my destination: Nowhere." -- "Postcards from the Edge"
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"Debbie [her mother, Debbie Reynolds] remains the girl-next-door, whereas I live somewhere down the street." -- TV Times interview
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"It was Han and Leia during the week, and Carrie and Harrison during the weekend." -- "The Princess Diarist," talking about her affair with "Star Wars" co-star Harrison Ford
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"Having waited my entire life to get an award for something, anything ... I now get awards all the time for being mentally ill. It’s better than being bad at being insane, right? How tragic would it be to be runner-up for Bipolar Woman of the Year?" -- "Wishful Drinking"
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"I'm an expert & ABSOLUTELY" -- Twitter, accusing Donald Trump of cocaine sniffles during a presidential debate
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"Life is a cruel, horrible joke and I am the punch line." -- "Postcards from the Edge"
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"'Look,' he said, 'I don't think we should continue this discussion. I don't like this side of you.' 'I'm not a box,' she said 'I don't have sides. This is it. One side fits all. This is it.'" -- "Postcards from the Edge"
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"Happy is one of the many things I'm likely to be over the course of a day and certainly over the course of a lifetime. But I think if you have the expectation that you're going to be happy throughout your life -- more to the point, if you have a need to be comfortable all the time -- well, among other things, you have the makings of a classic drug addict or alcoholic." -- "Wishful Drinking"
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"In my opinion, a problem derails your life and an inconvenience is not being able to get a nice seat on the un-derailed train." -- "Wishful Drinking"
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The actress, who played the iconic Princess Leia in the ”Star Wars“ universe, died Tuesday at age 60
Carrie Fisher, the outspoken actress who shot to prominence as a teenager when she played Princess Leia in "Star Wars," and chronicled her colorful life in a series of books, suffered a heart attack Friday at age 60. Here are some of her most memorable real-life lines: