Posted on 05/03/2023 9:31:18 AM PDT by NohSpinZone
Princess Leia arrived to the beach with Darth Vader, a scruffy Ewok and one of Jabba the Hutt’s hefty henchman.
Although it sounds like the setup for a joke you’d tell Greedo over drinks at the Mos Eisley Cantina, it happened 40 years ago, when Carrie Fisher showed up to Stinson Beach in Marin for a Rolling Stone photo shoot in the summer of 1983.
The magazine had reached out to Los Angeles-based photographer Aaron Rapoport to tackle the assignment. Despite windy conditions, a crowded beach and three costumed subjects lumbering through the sand, the shoot resulted in a classic cover photo and showcased Fisher at the height of her “Star Wars” popularity.
“Most of what drove it was Carrie herself,” Rapoport told SFGATE by phone, “because she was such an incredible person, full of positivity and energy. I have done a lot of cover shoots but this one was really different. It was very joyous.”
Amazingly, Rolling Stone only published two photos from the shoot, and the rest of the imagery went unseen for decades. Rapoport later excavated the shots from his basement to sell to Corbis around 2014, and the photos slowly found their way — through tweets, blog posts and subreddits — to “Star Wars” fans around the world.
Fisher died in 2016, but this week, she will get a (long overdue) star dedicated to her legacy on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on “Star Wars” Day — May the 4th. The story of her Stinson Beach photo shoot (as well as the photos themselves) speaks to the exuberance and personality that she brought to the screen through her films, as well as the challenges she faced along the way.
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” Princess Leia was brave. “
Cocaine tends to have that effect.
Was there shrinkage?
"Princess.. Lay..ah!"
Works different for the ladies...
High beams.
Harrison Ford tapped that... More than once apparently, and she was very tappable back in those days.
She was a piece of mentally-ill, drug addled wreckage. I wouldn’t even concede she was attractive back in the day, but what a wasted soul in her adulthood. Judy Garlandesque even.
Shampoo (language warning)
WTF, Beach Blanket Wookie?
Stinson Beach 60s-70s Many fun times. Picnics . Good times
Frigid water. The rocks at the end of the beach were interesting.
No ewoks are naturally only 3-5 feet tall.
Yuk yuk.
I still have to go with Mary Ann.
Years ago, I ran the Dipsea Trail race (I did the double - out and back to Mills Valley; some nuts did the quad!). It was the most tiring race for me ever and I’ve run many marathons. I was so excited to finish I jumped into the water and nearly had a heart attack. Never again.
Carrie Fisher... never did someone go so far on so little talent. She lucked into the biggest cinematic cultural event of the late 20th century and then mined her own addictions and idiosyncrasies and her maternal relationship to continue her career.
LOL!
Harrison Ford was married with two kids at the time he had an affair with Carrie Fisher.
Exactly.
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