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[Gxg (G²)]

Carrie Fisher, 'Star Wars' icon, dead at 60
“Star Wars” actress Carrie Fisher died Tuesday, four days after she suffered a “cardiac episode” on a flight from London to Los Angeles, according to family spokesman Simon Halls.
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[Tallguy88]

Sad to hear. Lord have mercy

 

[Kiterius]

OK Star Wars aficionados - I want to go see the new Star Wars movie....

However I have never watched a single Star Wars episode (I know the horror of it all!). I don't have then money or time to watch all 6 episodes. Which episodes are essential to watch before seeing the new movie?

None of them are "essential." Seeing episode 4 first would help.

 

[ArmyMatt]

“Star Wars” actress Carrie Fisher died Tuesday, four days after she suffered a “cardiac episode” on a flight from London to Los Angeles, according to family spokesman Simon Halls.
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Lord have mercy on her

 

[ZaidaBoBaida]

Lord have mercy

 

[seashale76]

After hearing about the cardiac episode, I'm not surprised. It had been going on for fifteen minutes when they landed (and could have started even earlier than that). After twenty minutes cardiac cells in the affected areas are dead and won't come back. CPR also fractures your sternum and ribs (which an awful lot of people don't seem to realize).

Lord, have mercy on her.

 

[ZaidaBoBaida]

I'd also read that she'd not been breathing for 10 minutes at one point, so it was a pretty safe bet that she wasn't going to come back from it. But, I still hoped that I was wrong about that

 

[seashale76]

Debbie Reynolds just passed away (Carrie Fisher's mother). So sad.

Lord, have mercy on her and Carrie.

 

[All4Christ]

Lord have mercy!

 

[Gxg (G²)]

Debbie Reynolds just passed away (Carrie Fisher's mother). So sad.

Lord, have mercy on her and Carrie.

That one sounded like it was passing due to a broken heart. Too close together - Lord Have Mercy

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

She was probably so stressed from Carrie's passing.... too overwhelming

 

[gzt]

It's so sad. May God have mercy on their souls.

Also, a propos a previous comment: start with the original trilogy (Star Wars, Empire..., Return of the Jedi), then look into the others. As with books, production order almost always makes the most sense. It's like with the Narnia series - some people thought they had to rearrange to "chronological order", but, no, it always made the most sense in the order they were printed in. They were written that way, read them that way. C'mon.

 

[ZaidaBoBaida]

I just read that Debbie Reynolds' last words were, "I want to be with Carrie..." *sob* That poor poor family. I can't imagine what Billie Lourd and Todd Fisher are going through.

 

[ArmyMatt]

indeed, Lord have mercy on Debbie Reynolds as well.

 

[ZaidaBoBaida]

indeed, Lord have mercy on Debbie Reynolds as well.

Maybe He did have mercy on her. If, God forbid, I were to outlive my son, I would pray that it wouldn't be by more than a day or two.

 

[mcarmichael]

The first rule of Star Wars is do not talk about Star Wars.

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

???

The first rule of Star Wars is do not talk about Star Wars.

 

[mcarmichael]

???

I'm not reading any of this until I see the new Star Wars.

 

[ArmyMatt]

Maybe He did have mercy on her. If, God forbid, I were to outlive my son, I would pray that it wouldn't be by more than a day or two.

I can't even imagine, especially for a mom to outlive a child

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

Are you referring to spoilers? Nobody has given any that I'm aware of

I'm not reading any of this until I see the new Star Wars.