<![CDATA[io9: carrie fisher]]> http://tags.lifehacker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: carrie fisher]]> http://io9.com/tag/carriefisher http://io9.com/tag/carriefisher <![CDATA[Cavil and Princess Leia vs. Time-Traveling Cyborgs]]> The Time Guardian is one of those late 1980s flicks that has pretty much everything. Cyborgs with horns, time-traveling cities, Carrie Fisher in futuristic armor, Dean "Cavil" Stockwell in a weird necklace, and a whole bunch of Australians.

Actually I'm not sure why there are so many Australians, or why this flick is set in Australia. But I can tell you that the premise is actually kind of cool. A city travels through time to escape a bunch of scary cyborgs who have devastated Earth. Things have been pretty mellow for hundreds of years when suddenly the scary cyborgs come back, and the city has to flee through time.

In this thrilling montage of clips, you can see what happens when the cyborgs first arrive in the future and Cavil gets all pissy. Then our boring hero yells a lot and Carrie Fisher looks upset. What you won't see is the boring, cyborg-less middle of the movie when Carrie and hero boy travel back to the 1980s and hook up with a hot Australian archaeologist. Why do they travel back in time? I'm not sure exactly, but I think it's to scout for new city locations.

Unfortunately the cyborgs follow them back, and team up with a bunch of corrupt Australian cops, and jailhouse cyborg fu ensues. Finally, the city arrives back in the 1980s and Carrie has to fight a cyborg without her futuristic armor. Bummer. But at least the hero got his hot archaeologist, and the city is still surrounded by crude Tron-esque CGI that says "time travel."

Anyway the important thing is that now you know what happens when Princess Leia fights a horned cyborg. And you know what Cavil looks like in a blue jumper with a gold dot on his chest. Plus, that necklace! Fashion of the future really suits Cavil, don't you think?

The Time Guardian via IMDB

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<![CDATA[Sheep Help Achieve Nerd Hair Nirvana]]> We've all been there before: You're all ready to go in your flouncy white dress to the latest Star Wars cosplay party, but your Princess Leia outfit isn't complete without that distinctive headphones hairstyle. But you shaved your head the day before! What is a bald Leia-wannabe to do? Thankfully, craft site Etsy is here to help... as long as you have "2 skeins of Misti Alpaca Chunky, 100% baby Alpaca fiber yarn" handy.

For only $7.95, you too can knit yourself into a Carrie Fisher frame of mind, thanks to Etsy member Ansley Bleu. That's the price of a special knitting pattern for a "Leia wig hat," able to transform even the least coke-addled starlet amongst us into Debbie Reynolds' wild child princess from Alderaan.

Ansley, based in LA, has managed to get the best celebrity endorsement for her work - Not only has Carrie Fisher herself seen the hat, she's worn it onstage as part of a one-woman show about her life. It really doesn't get any better than that.

Pattern, Knit Leia Wig [Etsy]

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