Enslaved or Empowered Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi (1983) is part of an iconic franchise and includes the infamous slave Leia. When Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) is captured by Jabba the Hutt she is forced to wear a metal bikini while chained to Jabba himself. Earlier this year Disney was rumored to be taking the slave Leia merchandise off store shelves. This could be due to the sexually revealing nature of the outfit which contradicts Disney’s more family friendly orientation. However, many fans cried out in outrage and especially female fans claim that they look up to this image of a strong woman that could still be seen as attractive. George Lucas originally created the outfit due to complaints by Carrie Fisher about not having very many
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Celebrities including Jennifer Aniston and Kristen Bell and even plenty of men put on the outfit for conventions. As a bikini, the outfit sounds perfect for the beach but to wear in a convention with hundreds of people is a different story. Princess Sandy comments “Slave Leia is not for the faint of heart, meaning, be ready to walk around mostly naked” which is asking women and some men to be open with their bodies. Different people cosplay for different reasons some like MdmeLibrarian “I love the attention,” and some people like Kierat say “I had fantasies about being able to dress up as my favourite characters” and even people like Nynes do it “Because I like the technical challenge of bringing beautiful artwork off the page/screen to the real world.” Slave Leia cosplayers do it for their own reasons but still make it to the same goal of being proud of themselves. Cosplayers are routinely wearing the bikini to all kinds of conventions and even blending it with other themes. It is similar to a film reaching the baroque stage of evolution as it is parodied and
Celebrities including Jennifer Aniston and Kristen Bell and even plenty of men put on the outfit for conventions. As a bikini, the outfit sounds perfect for the beach but to wear in a convention with hundreds of people is a different story. Princess Sandy comments “Slave Leia is not for the faint of heart, meaning, be ready to walk around mostly naked” which is asking women and some men to be open with their bodies. Different people cosplay for different reasons some like MdmeLibrarian “I love the attention,” and some people like Kierat say “I had fantasies about being able to dress up as my favourite characters” and even people like Nynes do it “Because I like the technical challenge of bringing beautiful artwork off the page/screen to the real world.” Slave Leia cosplayers do it for their own reasons but still make it to the same goal of being proud of themselves. Cosplayers are routinely wearing the bikini to all kinds of conventions and even blending it with other themes. It is similar to a film reaching the baroque stage of evolution as it is parodied and