Here's an on-set shot of Carrie Fisher in her iconic "bikini Leia" mode, along with her stunt double, catching some rays during the filming of Return of the Jedi.

Bikini Leia and her stunt double nap in the Tatooine sunshine (via JWZ)

  • Anonymous

    It was as if millions of fan boys fapped…

  • Anonymous

    I’ll be in my bunk.

  • Bonnie

    By the way, there’s nothing NEW about that photo and it wasn’t leaked.

    It’s been sitting patiently on the still gallery of the 2004 Star Wars Trilogy DVD boxed set.

    Full story here:
    http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2009/11/08/about-that-princess-leia-sunbathing-photo/

  • swell51

    this is the biggest bunch of crap ever!!!!!!!!!! I no sooner sign in ( which I’ve never had to do) and now it tells me that my password is invalid…..

  • Anonymous

    awwwww, that makes me all nostalgic for the old pre-sunscreen days when “working on my tan” was a legitimate way to spend an afternoon. good times.

  • johnnyaction

    If only I had a machine that could move me through time…

    Ah well, even if I did I’d still be me.

    I wonder what would happen if you went back in history and detoxed Marylin Monroe..

  • cinemajay

    Well this was a welcome surprise this morning!

  • milovoo

    Heh, this is the real thing. Cool!

    At first glance I figured it was Leia cosplayers catching some rays at Burning Man.

  • Eric Ragle

    After all these years…*shudder* Leia in that outfit still does it for me.

    And now we have this.

  • agoodsandwich

    Great, now nobody will get anything done for the rest of the day.

    • IronEdithKidd

      Great, now no *fanboys* will get anything done for the rest of the day.

      There. I fixed it for ‘ya.

  • Dr. Dave

    Wow. With two suns and all, I hope they are wearing AT LEAST an SPF of 120.

  • Cog

    Funny. I wonder if the stunt double HAD to catch some rays, to make sure they stayed a matching set?

    “Come on, stunt double. I’m going out to sunbathe… Then I’m going to eat six boxes of Twinkies. Hope you’re hungry.”

  • Saskplanner

    Wonderful. This is like a Frazetta painting.

  • Antinous / Moderator

    Based on the lobster color, it looks like the double started it.

  • Glenn Fleishman

    I would totally put a poster of that on my wall today. My children might wonder, but I’d say, dudes, it’s awesome. One day, you, too, will know the power of the Force. The Force of bikini Leia.

  • jfrancis

    Iconic Marilyn Theda Bara bikini http://home.att.net/~sallyann3/avedon.html

  • cstatman

    ROWR

  • Xenu

    Couldn’t they have just caught rays from blasters?

  • igpajo

    A million Star Wars geeks just made that their wallpaper.

  • sievetronix

    @jfrancis

    Re: Marilyn pic

    GODDAMN!!!!!!!!!!!

    that is all.

  • Mookerchief

    Presumably they have to sunbathe in unison so their tan-lines match.

  • Anonymous

    NERD-GASM!

  • thequickbrownfox

    Those tubes are pumping Vodka directly into the bloodstream of Ms Fisher, I imagine.

  • I less than three mermaids

    I think I just developed yet another juvenile fantasy.

  • adonai

    I’ll be in my bunk- oh wait, wrong ‘verse.

  • FreakCitySF

    Pff fanboys been knowing these for awhile :)

    http://www.facebook.com/photo_search.php?oid=28119871842&view=all

    mostly stolen from (good music on flashpage btw)

    http://www.starwarsarchives.com/

  • Anonymous

    This only adds new possibilities to 10,000,000 teenage boys’ fantasies…. a threesome!

    Also makes me think of the classic line: “No, there is another.” and a stunt double!

  • Anonymous

    Those tubes are pumping Vodka directly into the bloodstream of Ms Fisher, I imagine.
    Where you see a vodka delivery system, others will see tenticles…..

  • Boba Fett Diop

    Um…I’ll just be over here, field stripping my blaster.