Carrie Fisher's Death Could Mean $50M for Disney

For those already cynical about how Disney will probably "shamelessly [CGI] Carrie Fisher's face into episode IX," as one Twitter user noted last week, another possible reason to be cynical: Disney could actually be reaping quite a windfall from Fisher's death, the New York Post reports. The company took out an insurance policy just in case Fisher couldn't complete her contract for Star Wars episodes VII, VIII, and IX, and if it does indeed pay out its $50 million value, it will be the largest single personal accident insurance claim of all time, per Insurance Insider. Fisher had already finished filming for Episode VIII at the time of her death, and her character was to be a major part of Episode IX. (More Carrie Fisher stories.)