Slave Girl Leia Sighting at San Diego Comic Convention, 2005 - Janitorial Staff Report Shortage of Toilet Paper

Besides Daphne Blake from Scooby-Doo, Pin-up queen Bettie Page and 1981 Playmate of the Year - Terri Welles (oh yeah, and the wife:), the most enduring/potent female image I have branded into my peapod of a psyche is that of Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia Organa. When “Return of the Jedi” played at our local multiplex, my friends and I would attend matinee screenings most every weekend, our parents coughed up the three bucks each to perchance get rid of us for a few hours of summer silence and off we went – foreign bulges in tow. What we were continually exposed to upon arrival was sci-fi bondage at the hands of Jabba the Hut or George Lucas, whomever you prefer to salute. Not only was the taco-turd like gangster a wealthy crime kingpin, but he liked to chain bikini clad slave babes to his monstrous throne and occasionally made them dance about for his amusement (no word on if Lucas does this as of publishing date). Well, in truth, that didn’t look too bad to any of us (expcept for one guy who aligned with C3PO – Who knew?). Thankfully Kenner didn’t release a Slave Girl Leia action figure (though some did surface just a few years back – for “adult” collectors - imagine the fun we would've had with them), but what we do have is a new generation of female Star Wars fans that not only grew up with that same potent image of Slave Leia, but some actually seem to enjoy emulating her in public…

Praise Jabba! In the name of the Greedo, Han and the Wookie, Amen.

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