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Frank Cho's Unseen Princess Leia Cover, Posted In Tribute

Published Tue, 27 Dec 2016 21:00:58 -0600

Last updated Tue, 27 Dec 2016 21:03:56 -0600

After the news of the passing of Carrie Fisher, comic book artist Frank Cho shared an unused cover for a Star Wars #1 comic book variant cover, commissioned but rejected for publication by Marvel Comics.

Frank tells me he was told that Lucasfilm/Disney were no longer allowing artists to draw Princess Leia in the slave outfit. The "Slave Leia" or "Hutt Killer" portrayal of the character of Princess Leia in Return Of The Jedi has certainly been a controversial one over the years, albeit a look popular among cosplayers.

Fisher herself said it gave her some satisfaction in the scene where she kills Jabba The Hutt, but only because "I sawed his neck off with that chain that I killed him with. I really relished that because I hated wearing that outfit and sitting there rigid straight, and I couldn't wait to kill him."

Fisher told Daisy Ridley of The Force Awakens, "You should fight for your outfit. Don't be a slave like I was" and more pointedly "You keep fighting against that slave outfit."

However to concerned parents asking how they should explain the costume to their children, she said "Tell them that a giant slug captured me and forced me to wear that stupid outfit, and then I killed him because I didn't like it. And then I took it off. Backstage."

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