Princess Leia’s Return of the Jedi Bikini Is Going up for Auction

The bikini costume worn by Carrie Fisher in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi goes up for public sale later this month. Heritage Auctions in Dallas is providing the enduring costume, and extra Star Wars memorabilia, as a part of its Hollywood Entertainment Signature Auction July 25-26. Bidding begins at $30,000, however might go as excessive as six figures.

In the basic 1983 movie, Fisher’s Princess Leia Organa is compelled to put on the skimpy outfit by the gangster Jabba the Hutt, after a botched rescue try of Han Solo (Harrison Ford). Leia bought her revenge on the slug-like villain, nevertheless, utilizing the chain connected to her neck to choke Jabba to loss of life. The costume has grow to be simply as remembered as the “bun hair-do” she sported within the unique 1977 movie, A New Hope.

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi

Release Date

May 25, 1983

Director

Richard Marquand

Runtime

135

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The Heritage Auctions itemizing, titled “Carrie Fisher ‘Princess Leia’ Production Made Bikini Costume” contains seven costume items made by Richard Miller, the chief sculptor for Industrial Light and Magic (ILM). The items are fabricated from resin and urethane, and are available from Miller’s private assortment. A letter of authenticity from Lorne Petersen of ILM and a certificates of authenticity from Heritage Auctions is included. The public sale description says (partly):

Carrie Fisher’s “Slave Leia” costume is among the many most memorable within the Star Wars franchise. Based on designs by Nilo Rodis-Jamero…the bikini brassiere is the early model crafted of inflexible resin and is manufacturing used, as evidenced by eye hook on-set restore and glue residue on the inside floor from makes an attempt so as to add materials to make it extra snug for Fisher. The textile components, together with brown fake suede lining and skirt veils, are recreated for show, in addition to the leather-based cording and wig. Ensemble reveals age and manufacturing put on with hardening of urethane on armlet and bracelet.

Another production-used “golden bikini” worn by Fisher bought at public sale in 2015 for $96,000. That costume was a extra full model, and included a collar with chain hyperlinks, in addition to footwear.

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Carrie Fisher’s Bikini Memories

Star Wars made Carrie Fisher a Hollywood icon, however she constructed a powerful profession resume exterior of Princess Leia earlier than her passing in 2016. She by no means fairly escaped the position, or the “golden bikini” itself. She spoke a lot of occasions about her experiences carrying the costume. With her sardonic humorousness, she informed People Magazine in 1983 that it was a chore simply to keep away from a wardrobe malfunction throughout filming. “I began checking for any bounce or slip after takes,” she stated. She even joked that, as quickly as director Richard Marquand yelled “lower,” she would joke with crew members:

In an NPR interview in 2016, Fisher stated she was shocked when she found the costume they’d designed for her.

It wasn’t my selection. When (George Lucas) confirmed me the outfit, I believed he was kidding and it made me very nervous
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I needed to sit very straight as a result of I couldn’t have strains on my sides, like little creases. No creases had been allowed, so I needed to sit very, very inflexible straight.”

While the costume was a nightmare for Fisher, it has obtained an iconic standing in popular culture. It continues to be a top-selling costume on Amazon for cosplayers, and even Jennifer Aniston famously wore it in a basic episode of Friends.