Carrie Fisher portrayed, the iconic princess-turned-general, Leia Organa across five Star Wars films. She sadly passed away in December of 2016 at the age of 60. In response to this; a subset of Star Wars fans are petitioning for three-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep to be cast as the new Leia in Star Wars: Episode IX.

The petition, launched ahead of Star Wars: The Last Jedi's theatrical debut in December, has since garnered support from over 7,800 signees - putting the online petition within reach of its 8,000 signature goal. The petition is addressed to Disney, Lucasfilm, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, and Episode IX co-writer and director J.J. Abrams.

Streep once famously played a version of Carrie Fisher in Postcards from The Edge, and already has some insight into Carrie Fisher's mind space when it comes to inhabiting this particular sci-fi icon. But Lucasfilm has already disturbed the fan base adequately enough with the very divisive Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Streep is the most obvious and least offensive answer at this point. But which ever way the dilemma is dealt with, it isn't going to sit right with everybody.

What do you think would be the best way to solve this conudrum? Would you be okay with Streep taking over in the role?