Carrie Fisher’s death could be a windfall for Disney. 
 
 The entertainment company, the distributor of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and the next two films in the franchise, could receive $50 million thanks to an insurance policy the company took out in the event Fisher was unable to fulfill her three-film contract. 
 
 It’s set to be the largest single personal accident insurance claim payout ever, according to Insurance Insider. 
 
 Fisher reprised her career-making role of Princess Leia from the original 1977 “Star Wars” flick for the new trilogy. “The Force Awakens,” released in December 2015, made $2.068 billion at the box office worldwide. 
 
 Filming on “Episode VIII” was already complete at the time of Fisher’s death on Dec. 27 at the age of 60, after she suffered a heart attack aboard a flight from London to Los Angeles. 
 
 Fisher was due to appear in “Episode IX,” forcing the film’s creators to either rewrite the plot or possibly use visual effects to insert her in the film. The latter was implemented for “Rogue One,” in which the late Peter Cushing reprised his role as Grand Moff Tarkin. 
 
 It’s unclear if a similar insurance policy was taken out on Fisher’s co-star, Mark Hamill. 
 
 An autopsy Friday determined Fisher’s cause of death was “not obvious” and that further testing will be required, TMZ reported. 
 
 Fisher’s mother, Debbie Reynolds, passed away the day after her daughter’s death. She was 84 years old. 
 
 Hamill gave his first extended interview after the mother-daughter pair’s passing, calling the two “mothering types, both opinionated and determined.” 
 
 “I can’t think of [Fisher] in the past tense. I think of her in the present tense, in the future tense,” Hamill told Entertainment Weekly. “I’m angry and so sad.” ||||| Recent news: 
 
 Lloyd’s braced for $50mn Carrie Fisher Star Wars claim 
 
 Adam McNestrie, Dan Ascher and Matthew Neill 30 December 2016 
 
 Insurers at Lloyd's of London look set to pay out a significant contingency claim following the tragic death of Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher, The Insurance Insider can reveal. 
 
 Sources said that Disney had taken out $50mn of so-called contract protection cover as insurance for the event that Fisher was unable to fulfil her obligations to act in the new Star Wars films, with the policy now likely to trigger. 
 
 The policy was underwritten by specialist New Jersey-based managing general agent Exceptional Risk Advisors, but if the policy triggers the loss will be entirely borne by capacity providers in Lloyd's, with Enstar subsidiary Atrium the lead on the facility. 
 
 Sources said that the claim would be widely spread within the Lloyd's contingency market, with more than 20 carriers on the binder. 
 
 However, the loss would cause substantial damage to the 2016 underwriting result for the segment, with some Lloyd's insurers writing contingency books with $10mn or less of annual premiums. 
 
 Fisher died on Tuesday (27 December), four days after she suffered a heart attack on a flight between London and Los Angeles. 
 
 The actress rose to prominence in the late 1970s, playing Princess Leia in the first Star Wars trilogy. 
 
 She reprised the role last year in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a runaway success which took $2.07bn at the box office. 
 
 Filming for Star Wars Episode VIII, which will be released next year, was completed ahead of Fisher's death. 
 
 Princess Leia was again slated to have a major role in Episode IX and it is not clear how Disney, which owns the Star Wars franchise, will choose to respond. 
 
 According to its website, Exceptional Risk Advisors is a specialist in high-limit specialty life, accident, and disability products, with underwriting authorities from Lloyd's insurers that exceed $50mn per individual risk. 
 
 Fisher's spokesperson could not be reached. Atrium declined to comment. Exceptional Risk Advisors and Disney did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
– 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.