Everyone from devoted fans to fellow Hollywood stars have been paying tribute to Carrie Fisher, who passed away this week at 60 years old. Harrison Ford, who played opposite the actress as Han Solo to her Princess Leia in several Star Wars films, joins the long list of celebrities sharing their reactions to the late star's death.
He said in a statement released today:
"Carrie was one-of-a-kind … brilliant, original. Funny and emotionally fearless. 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 actor also responded to the news of Fisher suffering a heart attack while aboard a plane on Friday. "I'm shocked and saddened to hear the news about my dear friend," he told E! on Christmas Eve.
He and Fisher first met in May 1976 in London for the filming of Star Wars, when she was 19 and he was 33. Forty years later, Fisher revealed that she and Ford were also involved in an affair when they weren't playing love interests. Ford didn't respond to the claims, but the two did share an undeniable chemistry onscreen, even in her audition tape captured two years before the film's release. The duo revived their famed roles as Leia and Han Solo in 2015 in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Ford isn't the only co-star from the franchise to pay tribute to Fisher today. Mark Hamill, best known for playing her onscreen brother Luke Skywalker, shared an emotional tweet after the news of her death. "No words #Devastated," he wrote.
Anthony Daniels, who stars as C-3PO, and Billy Dee Williams, who played Lando Calrissian, also responded to the news. "The force is dark today!" Williams wrote.
