Carrie Fisher’s Great Response to the Slave Leia Merchandise Controversy
Not long ago a rumor surfaced that Disney and Lucasfilm would no longer make Slave Leia merchandise. It seems to have become a heavy topic of conversation among fans. Those conversations have now reached the ears of Carrie Fisher and in a couple of separate interviews, she has been asked about what she thinks of the Slave Leia merchandise controversy. She gives great outspoken responses, and she doesn’t seem to hold back on how she really feels.
Here’s a fantastic response that she gave to the Wall Street Journal:
There’s been some debate recently about whether there should be no more merchandise with you in the “Return of the Jedi” bikini.
“I think that’s stupid.”
To stop making the merchandise?
“The father who flipped out about it, ‘What am I going to tell my kid about why she’s in that outfit?’ Tell them that a giant slug captured me and forced me to wear that stupid outfit, and then I killed him because I didn’t like it. And then I took it off. Backstage.”
It’s a great response, but I just want to point out that I seriously doubt any father flipped out over the Slave Leia outfit the way she thinks they flipped out. I’ve never met a dad who complained about that outfit, but I’ve sure met plenty of moms that have!
Fisher also gave a response to the Los Angeles Times, and this one was a little testier:
“How about telling his daughter that the character is wearing that outfit not because she’s chosen to wear it. She’s been forced to wear it. She’s a prisoner of a giant testicle who has a lot of saliva going on and she does not want to wear that thing and it’s ultimately that chain, which you’re now indicating is some sort of accessory to S&M, that is used to kill the giant saliva testicle…. That’s asinine.”
Now I will never be able to think of Jabba the Hutt again and not think of him as being a “Giant Saliva Testicle.” One thing is for sure, and that is that Fisher doesn’t tolerate this kind of nonsense. Hell, maybe Disney and Lucasfilm should just focus on making a shit-ton of other Princess Leia merchandise like all of the other characters in the franchise.