Billie Lourd marked Star Wars Day on Sunday, May 4, by sharing a photo of her two young kids watching their grandmother Carrie Fisher play Princess Leia
The photo shows Lourd’s son Kingston, 4, and daughter Jackson, 2, looking at a TV playing 1983’s Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
Fisher died in December 2016 at the age of 60
Billie Lourd’s children spent some time with their grandma on Star Wars Day this year.
On May 4, the official holiday commemorating the beloved sci-fi franchise, the actress and daughter of the late Carrie Fisher shared a photo of her two young children watching their grandmother’s iconic turn as Princess Leia.
In the photo, which Lourd shared on Instagram, her son Kingston Fisher, 4, and daughter Jackson Joanne, 2, look up at a TV playing 1983’s Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi, the third film in the original Star Wars trilogy.
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Both Kingston and Jackson — whom the actress, 32, shares with husband Austen Rydell — appear enthralled as they watch Fisher, who is sporting her hair up in one of Leia’s iconic braided styles, on the screen.
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Lourd shared a simple caption alongside the sweet snapshot, spelling out “May the 4th” — a nod to the franchise’s most iconic phrase, “may the Force be with you” — using emojis: “Ⓜ️🅰️🌱 ✝️♓️📧 4️⃣✝️♓️.”
Naturally, fans of Star Wars and Fisher had an emotional reaction to the image, calling it “powerful” and tear-inducing.
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Billie Lourd with her kids
“They have the coolest grandma in the entire universe, they just don’t fully realize it yet!!! 💜🪐🥹,” one user commented.
“Your mom inspired generations,” another wrote, adding that the late actress’ grandchildren getting “to see her shine” is such “a powerful moment.”
Others, meanwhile, shared the emotional impact that the photo had on them. “I’m not crying, you’re crying 🥲,” one person wrote, while another said, “Oh, this makes me cry.”
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Lourd also marked the holiday by reposting a silly mother-daughter photo from her own turn in the Star Wars franchise on Instagram Stories, along with a throwback cast photo shared by Rian Johnson. For the latter post, she added Neil Young’s song “Motion Pictures (For Carrie)” in the background.
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Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia in ‘Star Wars Episode VI – Return of the Jedi’ in 1983
Fisher died on Dec. 27, 2016, four days after going into cardiac arrest on a flight from London to Los Angeles. The Star Wars vet was 60 years old. Fisher’s mother and Lourd’s grandmother, Debbie Reynolds, died at age 84 from a stroke just one day after Fisher’s death.
On the eighth anniversary of Fisher’s death last year, Lourd shared an emotional tribute to the late actress.
“It has been 8 years since my mom died,” The Last Showgirl star wrote in part. “As my son would say ‘that’s a lot!’ I always dread this day. I spend so much time leading up to it thinking about how awful I’m going to feel. And my dread is usually right.”
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Billie Lourd and mom Carrie Fisher behind the scenes of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’
“I woke up this morning with a dark cloud over me. But when my kids woke up the dark cloud dissipated and made way for bright glowing sunshine,” she continued. “Her death anniversary is like an emotional tropical storm. It pours rain a lot of the day but between the storms the light is more beautiful than on any day without storm clouds. There are no rainbows without rain.”
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The Scream Queens alum went on to say that her grief over Fisher’s death “has given me a deeper appreciation for all the little moments of life.”
“So today I am griefful (griefy but grateful),” she wrote. “I watch the magic that is my son and daughter and I know she is a piece of that magic. And I feel all the things. The grief. The joy. The longing. The magic. The emptiness. The fullness. And it all coexists in a profound way. Sending my love to everyone out there who needs it.”
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