HOUSTON.- He bikini gold that Carrie Fisher wore as Princess Leia during the filming of the movie Return of the Jedi from the franchise of Star Wars It was sold for $175,000, according to the house of auctions who carried out the sale.
The bikini became famous when Fisher wore it at the beginning of the 1983 film when Leia was captured by Jabba the Hutt in his palace on Tatooine and forced into slavery.
The costumes, one of the most memorable of the films Star Warswas sold on July 26 by Dallas-based auction house Heritage Auctions.
Joe Maddalena, Heritage’s executive vice president, said the bikini sold was one that was screen-tested and worn by Fisher on the film set, but did not appear in the final version of the film because it was replaced with a more comfortable one.
Bikini bidding war
The auction house said the costume sparked a bidding war among collectors.
Maddalena said she wasn’t surprised by the attention bidders paid to the suit, as well as a mock-up of the Y-wing fighter that took on the Death Star in the original Death Star movie. Star Wars, which was sold for $1.55 million. He commented that Star Wars y Star Trek They have very passionate followers.
The power of Star Wars It is proven once again. These films simply have a huge impact, said Maddalena.
In a November 2016 interview with the program Fresh Air Speaking to NPR, Fisher said wearing the bikini was not her decision.
“When (director George Lucas) showed me the costume, I thought it was a joke and I got really nervous. I had to sit up straight because I couldn’t have lines on the sides, like little pleats. Pleats weren’t allowed, so I had to sit really, really straight,” said Fisher, who died about a month after the interview.
Richard Miller, the costume designer, commented in an interview that appears in a compilation of Star Wars who used soft material to make the bikini so that Fisher could move more freely.
But she still didn’t like it. I don’t blame her, said Miller, who was chief sculptor for Industrial Light & Magic, the visual effects company founded by the creator of Star WarsGeorge Lucas. I put leather on his back to make him feel more comfortable.”
The costume had its detractors, who thought it sexualized Fisher for the franchise’s male fans.
FUENTE: AP