Princess Leia's slave-girl metal bikini from Star Wars has notched its place in geek history.
It has become a staple of science fiction and comic book conventions.
Wired featured an article on the phenomenon.
"As movie costumes go, it was both small and fleeting, occupying only two minutes of screen time in Return of the Jedi, which many call the weakest of the original Star Wars films," writes Philip Chien in the article.
Two minutes of Carrie Fisher in a bikini, in a movie that gave plenty of cute time to the furry Ewoks.
You can even buy the metal bikini like the one in the movie.
It's no wonder why it has taken off. It is, after all, a skimpy bikini. And...well, that's all you really need, right?
It doesn't end there. In 1996 the hit NBC sitcom "Friends" kicked off its third season with an episode weaved around the Princess Leia fantasy, titled accurately enough as "The One with the Princess Leia Fantasy."
In one scene, Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) asks if her boyfriend, Ross (David Schwimmer), has any fantasies. Ross eventually admits it, and Rachel ends the episode in the bikini.
LeiasMetalBikini.com has an entire
section of fans in costume. It's really a page-turner if you're into the whole thing.
2/02/2008
The cult of the Princess Leia bikini
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Great Minds Think Alike. I wrote an article on pretty much the same topic recently, and covered pretty much the same folks in my Celebrities in Slave Leia outfits. It probably helps that there have only been half a dozen celebs to wear the costume.
BTW, that Fanboys movie is dead in the water last I heard. Some network honcho didn't like it.
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