Whoa, I was hot Jabba mama
PRINCESS Leia may have had the abs to pull off the skimpy metal bikini in “Return of the Jedi,” but below the surface, she didn’t have the stomach for it.
Actress Carrie Fisher told the Daily News that it took her 10 years after the film’s 1983 release to appreciate what the revealing look of her on-screen alter ego meant to generations of lovelorn geeks.
“What’s funny is I wish I had known I was a sex symbol or something. That’s so odd,” Fisher told The News while promoting the latest installment in the sci-fi franchise, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”
“Because I don’t think that way. I don’t look at myself even remotely that way. So that would have been hilarious, if I had the chops for hilarious at the time.”
The problem is that she didn’t have the most powerful self-confidence in the galaxy while she was battling Jabba the Hutt on screen, she said.
“There are other pictures of women with tits and (looking) sexy (in swimwear), like Bridget Bardot and Sophia Loren, and then there’s me in that (gold) bikini,” says Fisher. “I’m an extremely self-conscious and tense person . . . I did not know that I was pretty. I just thought I looked OK and I could go out.”
Others surely noticed: Princess Leia’s slave costume has become a staple of pop culture, a reference point on TV shows as varied as “Friends,” “Chuck,” and “Dancing With the Stars.” Comedienne Amy Schumer even sported a replica on a GQ cover — not authorized by Lucasfilm — in August.
The genuine article worn by Fisher netted $96,000 at a prop auction in October.
Fisher remains bemused by her legacy.