Movies Carrie Fisher's dog reportedly recognized her while watching The Last Jedi We've got a sad feeling about this... By Maureen Lee Lenker Maureen Lee Lenker Maureen Lee Lenker is a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly with over seven years of experience in the entertainment industry. An award-winning journalist, she's written for Turner Classic Movies, Ms. Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, and more. She's worked at EW for six years covering film, TV, theater, music, and books. The author of EW's quarterly romance review column, "Hot Stuff," Maureen holds Master's degrees from both the University of Southern California and the University of Oxford. Her debut novel, It Happened One Fight, is now available. Follow her for all things related to classic Hollywood, musicals, the romance genre, and Bruce Springsteen. EW's editorial guidelines Published on December 15, 2017 09:29PM EST Carrie Fisher loved her dog Gary. And he knew. In fact, he still feels her presence. Gary was taken to see a screening of The Last Jedi and recognized Carrie Fisher as General Leia, according to a tweet from an ABC reporter. As reported by Veronica Miracle, Gary watched the movie on Fisher’s former assistant’s lap and his ears perked up each time Leia appeared onscreen. No, we’re not crying, we just have some Tatooine sand in our eyes. The screening was likely a highly anticipated one for the pooch, as he previously shared an Instagram photo of him watching the trailer for the film with the caption, ““Just watched the new trailer of The Last Jedi and my mom looks more beautiful than ever. #garymisseshismom#garyloveshismom #garyloveshisfans.” Gary will have had the chance to see himself onscreen as well. As previously reported, an alien creature inspired by Gary appears in the film as well in honor of Carrie and her beloved pet. Fisher died nearly a year ago on Dec. 27 and Gary is now in the care of Fisher’s daughter Billie Lourd. May the Force be with you, Gary.