Wookiees and Slave Leias in great number

Spotted at last year's DragonCon: a large collection of Slave Leias and a couple Chewies, chilling poolside:

Matt and I stumbled across this group purely by chance. If anyone knows who the group was, or who organized the shoot, please let me know. I would like to give them credit for the setup.

Slave Leias by the pool

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rattypilgrim

Am I wrong to assume those are men hidden in those hairy suits and per: our social standards the women are in bikinis? Just guessing. And given the Paul Ryan/Akins thing going on, it’s really starting to depress me.
- Jake0748
  
  I assume there must have been female Wookies. So, yeah, you are wrong to assume.
- Jake0748
  
  And I’m still a little annoyed by your comment. Have you ever watched any of teh Star Wars movies? (I’m not a big fan myself, but I have the drift). Are you seriously lacking in the the sense of humor dept.? Can you let us off the hook here? It’s supposed to be funny.
  - rattypilgrim
    
    You’re right. I’m politicizing everything these days. I think I have mid-presidential campaign PTSS.
- Labbit
  
  Seriously? In response to a bunch of people cosplaying Star Wars characters? For real?
- zarray
  
  I know of a transperson cosplayer who’s done a Princess Leia.
recoiled

Where can I get stilt wookiefeet? I would like to do some ceiling work, and I would like to do it on telescoping wookiefeet.
cdh1971

The image attached to this post…the buxom wives of Chewbacca lounging with their man…

…viewing this image, my nipples explode with delight…almost to the same degree of ecstasy I approach when I contemplate the Witch of Wookey Hole.

She’s dynamite!

http://www.wookey.co.uk/wookey-witch-2/

The other Wookie, who’s head is visible, is Chewbacca’s Academy bro and wingman, Arriwwrcahwowhwahaaag.
ldobe

IIRC, Carrie Fisher’s metal bikini in ROTJ kept peeling itself off her breasts, a problem it seems that not even today’s modern lingerie/swimwear/con-fetishwear (I’m not sure which term is appropriate for this exact situation) still is unable to remedy. To the benefit of the leches among the lurkers…… And the loudmouth louts.
- ocker3
  
  Do you mean that it wouldn’t stay in place due to lack of support/design or it fell apart?
  - ldobe
    
    From what I remember, they metalwork was very poorly contoured, and all one piece welded or soldered together. When Carrie Fisher would lean back onto anything rigid, the metal part in front would end up getting pushed forward or pop upward exposing her from most angles, except for the one the camera was taking
mobobo

wookie here you leia abouts
- ImmutableMichael
  
  Laugh/cry…..
anrs

You misunderstand: the problem is not a failure to understand that the picture is supposed to be funny. The problem is that although the picture is clearly SUPPOSED to be funny, it isn’t ACTUALLY funny. Maybe because the supposed humour depends entirely on treating women in general, and Princess Leia in particular (who was actually pretty kick-ass in the movies) as sex objects.
- mobobo
  
  i think the picture is funny & pretty cool, they have all made a great effort for the convention and appear to be enjoying themselves – which is always nice to see.
- http://www.facebook.com/people/Wolfgang-Beer/100002349933716 Wolfgang Beer
  
  well the picture definitely is funny
planettom

I’m just sayin’. Two of those Leias need to consider a Bajoran waxing!
digi_owl

For a moment i thought it was ZZ Top.
anrs

I agree it’s cool to see people enjoying themselves. It would be even cooler if people could get the same level of praise/attention/acceptance if they were fat or older or otherwise not conventionally attractive, or dressed like this:

http://cdn2.gunaxin.com/wp-content/uploads/gallery/princess-leia-organa/princess-leia-Star-Wars-wallpaper.jpg
- Halloween_Jack
  
  Yes, because people who cosplay with non-skin-revealing costumes never get attention.
roxell

Ah! The perfect place and time to post a link to my friend’s Klingon band performing with a Wookie belly dancer !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sb_3FpyimU
- MarcVader
  
  Oh my. That was a lot weirder than I thought it would be. The Wookiee female is clearly talented. But why did she have to don the human belly dancing garb!? That looked really kind of disturbing. Also not sure about the deconstructive approach to classical Klingon music.
  - ocker3
    
    The outfit is part of the dance, it’s designed to move in a specific way that a wookie’s hair wouldn’t.
- orangedesperado
  
  I gotta say — that was pretty amazing. The band was hard to listen to but the Wookie belly dancer really has it going on !
http://www.facebook.com/paige.nunnally Paige Bagwell Nunnally

The Leia Shoot occurs pretty much yearly at Dragon Con, and it’s organized by the Leias ourselves. I don’t think it’s going to happen this year though because Star Wars Celebration VI is this weekend, the weekend before dragon con, and there’s a big shoot happening down there. I know because I participate, I’m Tiny Leia, (facebook.com/tinyleia if you want to see pics from some of the earlier shoots)
zarray

I feel for the two wearing the wookie costumes, the band Lordi talked about how this photoshoot almost killed them from heatstroke.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/glendaglitagrrl/163778701/
http://twitter.com/HubrisSonic HubrisSonic

oh Nigel!
http://twitter.com/digitalArtform Joseph Francis

Chilling, indeed.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=663739192 Kelly Foll

Haha, why do the wookies remind me of ZZtop all of a sudden…
Bender

After Jabba, all other men were a sad disappointment to Leia where lovemaking was concerned.
certron

“…why that’s a nice gold bikini; you make that?Shows off what you got, no mistake: that’sone fine view of Chewbacca you’re giving me.”
MC Frontalot – Yellow Lasers
Brainspore

I wish this kind of thing was more common so I wouldn’t have to feel as self-concious about my own back hair whenever I go poolside.