Princess Leia strikes back at ‘Star Wars’ and George Lucas

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts.

It was 26 years ago today that ‘Return of the Jedi’ hit theaters. Sure, there were a few regrettable moments in it, not least among them the ludicrous notion that Ewoks carrying sticks and stones could somehow defeat a deployment of armed Imperial stormtroopers. I was a 13-year-old kid in a theater in South Florida and I remember thinking, Why have the Rebels been so worried about these guys if they can’t even handle a tribe of midget teddy bears?

But there were also a lot of great things about the movie. Not least among them Leia’s slave-girl outfit. Actress Carrie Fisher remembers wearing it as well; to celebrate the anniversary, here’s a snippet of her hysterical roasting of George Lucas from an AFI tribute a few years ago.

--Geoff Boucher

MORE STAR WARS SILLINESS

A tauntaun sleeping bag? Only in your ice-planet dreams

The Rancor explains his grudge against George Lucas

VIDEO: The tale of ‘Star Wars,’ as explained by a three-year-old

A geek’s gotta have it: The sweet R2-D2 aquarium

VIDEO: Billy Dee Williams stars in Lando Calrissian spoof

Return of the ‘Chicken’: Seth Green strikes back