In Darth Vader and Son, cartoonist Jeffrey Brown asked the question, "What if Darth Vader raised Luke Skywalker?" Now he's giving Leia the same treatment with Vader's Little Princess. Want to get your hands the book for free? Write a caption for this Vader/Leia moment for a chance to win a copy.
Princess Leia finally gets her X-Wing license thanks to Dark Horse's…
It's an injustice as grave as Chewbacca not receiving a medal at the end of Star Wars: A New Hope — Princess Leia, leader of the Rebellion, ace-shot with a blaster, and all-around kick-ass heroine never got to fly starships with the boys. Well, thanks to writer Brian Wood, Leia finally gets her chance in the pilot's…
And now, Princess Leia's "coke nail" from Return of the Jedi
Sadly, Carrie Fisher battled drug addiction while filming the Star Wars movies, and (for the most part) evidence of her real-life struggles remained offscreen. But in Return of the Jedi, we fleetingly see Leia sporting a suspiciously long fingernail. One's left wondering if this fashion statement will be clipped the…
6 Times Famous Supervillains Lost Their Damn Minds
Audiences tend to laud iconic scoundrels for one or two particularly nefarious capers. For example, everybody relishes Darth Vader's misbehavior in The Empire Strikes Back, but nobody remembers when he tried to out-scheme Princess Leia out of obtaining a bank loan. Here's a half-dozen memorable times your favorite bad…
And now, two Chewbaccas lounging with six bikini Leias by the pool
We're only ten days away from Dragon*Con 2012, so here's a particular amusing snapshot from Dragon*Con 2011 to get you jazzed. Photographer Ethan Trewhitt captured this curious scene of two Wookiees flanked by a bevy of Princess Organas. We'd be remiss if we didn't mention that there were actually nine Leias on deck…
Star Wars Kinect includes Slave Bikini Leia dance-off competition
There is a universe where the last Star Wars action figures came out in 1985, the Battle of Endor took place on Kashyyyk, and the prequels were actually a three-night-long PBS mockumentary — directed by Errol Morris — on the vagaries of moisture farming. Suffice to say, we don't live in that universe.
What if Princess Leia scrapped the cinnamon bun haircut and went Sith?
As a counterpoint to Leia's omnipresent chain mail bikini, comic artist Phil Noto drew up this dapper depiction of the princess in her dad's work uniform (she jettisoned the respirator).
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.
30 Characters Who Survived Their Planet's Destruction
It's the ultimate loss - the destruction of your entire planet, and science fiction is full of characters who have had to live through this unimaginable tragedy. Warning! At least one truly massive spoiler ahead...
