Players of the biggest Star Wars game of the past few years, Battlefront, are looking for a different way to honor Fisher. In Battlefront, which is primarily a player-vs-player game, players can fight as one of several original trilogy heroes or villains, including Fisher’s Princess Leia. And some fans are suggesting that the game’s development studio DICE release a new version of Princess Leia—or finish an older one—to commemorate Fisher’s death.

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On most of Battlefront’s maps, Leia appears in the cold-weather outfit she wore on the ice planet of Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back. Last summer, however, DICE had indicated that they were creating an alternate skin, or look, based on Leia’s white outfit from the original 1977 Star Wars film. Development on it and some other skins was halted, but now many fans are saying DICE should make the Leia one. The request is awkwardly tied up with frustration the online fanbase has been expressing all year on the game’s subreddit and official message boards, regularly criticizing DICE for delivering too little content for the game.

The requests range from the reasonable—“this would be a nice way for DICE to show their love for Carrie and support our community as we mourn our loss“–to the cringeworthy (in a request not just for the skin but for more bug fixes)–“She deservers a game without bugs and absolutely enjoyable and playable.” People process grief differently, of course, and the outpouring from the fanbase on the subreddit and official forums is full of sorrow about Fisher’s passing and appreciation for her influence.