9 vintage photos of Carrie Fisher promoting Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in 1983

"That chain only 'enslaved' me until I could use the frabjous thing to KILL THAT DROOLING SWOLLEN SUPERTONGUED SLUG & whirl him off into infinity."

(Rolling Stone)

Asked recently what she thought of rumours that Disney would be retiring ‘slave Leia’ merchandise depicting her in a gold bikini, Carrie Fisher replied: “I think it’s stupid.

“The father who flipped out about it, “What am I going to tell my kid about why she’s in that outfit?” Tell them that a giant slug captured me and forced me to wear that stupid outfit, and then I killed him because I didn’t like it. And then I took it off. Backstage.” she retorted.

The scene is something Fisher has addressed time and time again and the whole ‘slave’ focus is something she clearly feels annoyed and patronised by:

A set of photos of the actress goofing around on the beach in the outfit for Rolling Stone (above) were among a host of old school cool photos that resurfaced from the original Star Wars trilogy’s promotional run this week, my favourite being this one which Fisher herself retweeted:

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which passes the Bechdel Test with flying colours, is obliterating box office records in cinemas now.

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