I'd just as soon kiss Carrie Fisher

Say what you like about Jabba the Hutt. He had a slight weight problem. He made a living in the black market. He slurred his words.

But the guy had an eye for beautiful women. And in 1983, he gave every teenage human boy in the 80s a gift: an enslaved Princess Leia in a gold metal bikini. The scene of a nearly nude Carrie Fisher in "Return of the Jedi" is probably responsible for more males entering puberty since the food fight scene in "Little Darlings."

Fischer, who turns 51 years old today, told Vanity Fair in a 1996 interview that she ended up getting the part in Star Wars because "I slept with some nerd."

"I hope it was George [Lucas]," she added, explaining to the interviewer that she was on too many drugs at the time to remember.

The popular story among Star Wars fans is that during filming of "Jedi," Fisher found that the metal bikini didn't really fit all that well. When she would recline back against Jabba, the top and bottom of the outfit would push out from her body, giving any nearby crew member a good view of her bare necessities. (I'm glad I didn't know this factoid back in '83 -- I think my testosterone levels would have surged beyond lethal levels.)

But our attraction to her goes way behind the slutty slave swimsuit. It's the titillating lines of dialog -- seemingly brushed with a tinge of innuendo. ("I'd just as soon kiss a wookie." "You're a jittery little thing, aren't you?" "Into the garbage shute, flyboy!")

These days, Fisher is staying busy with her writing novels ("Postcards from the Edge," "The Best Awful There Is") and has resumed her acting career. She is currently filming "The Women," a comedy flick with Bette Midler, Eva Mendes and Meg Ryan.

Comments

[GlennS.]

It was the post-Star Wars Carrie Fisher that I really fell for, when we all found out there was a lot of wit and intelligence behind the good looks. Around the time of Hanna and Her Sisters I actually had a dream that she was one of my roommates, a situation which would have no doubt led to all kinds of frustrations had it been a reality. I will even confess buying her second novel in part because I thought her author's photo was so smartly cute.

Haven't seen too much of her recently. I know she co-hosts a weekly movie on TCM but I can never remember what night it's own. I've also read that she does a lot of script doctoring, so I imagine we've all enjoyed more of her work than we realize.

[Jeff in Cuba]

After we saw "Jedi", a few of my college friends and I started to speak "Hutt". We'd drop into a basso profundo voice and then rattle off a bunch of gibberish, with the occaisonal suggestive word of english, and then end it all with a long, drawn out name.
It would go something like this: "Abur daken prison shower flonkot beelig dropped soap jinka, Speeeeeears."
It's a miracle any of us were able to reproduce.

[Russ]

Well, even at age 51, Carrie still is sexy and I definately wouldn't turn her down if she showed up at my door.

I'm still waiting to see if she decides to do another movie. It's been awhile.

Get on with it Carrie!!!

[Al]

Yes, simply because I hated the Lost Boys. It was too tacky, even as '80's movies go.

The Coreys have a tiny bit of acting talent between them.

Yet they do wear "Sunglasses at Night"......ba dum tis. Keep the cheap jokes coming!

[Spears]

You'd go with Jabba's death over the "death by stereo" scene in Lost Boys?

[specialk]

Wonder Woman and Princess Leia were my heroes! Happy Birthday Carrie! The one hairstyle that my dad could do well on my wild child hair was the Princess Leia rolls she had in the first movie. I thought I was pretty cool running around with my Princess Leiah hair!
In the first movie George Lucas didn't let her wear underwear, he told her there was no underwear in space. I'm sure every boy loved that!!

[Al]

"Ho ho ho, Sooloooo"

Can I nominate Jabba's death as most disgusting death of the '80's?

The Hutt drool really got to me. While the Princess was a good looking woman back then.....now she's the punch-line for the William Shatner roast. How times have changed.

[Marissa]

Oh, Steve! It's funny how you can find perversion even in the most nerdy places. That's quite a photo!