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.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Or the mind altering drugs
*sigh*
It’s too bad no one every pitched an ‘80’s movie comedy starring Carrie Fisher and Jamie Lee Curtis together. That could have been fun.
Good point.
And he cant fly worth a dam
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Yeah, I was thinking to myself she was undoubtedly high as a kite.
ping for later
Yes. Beatty's facial expressions when she asks the question is also fantastic.
That line of hers reminded me of my gorgeous blonde college freshman girlfriend who was quite a pistol. One day in the fall of 1969 she was walking by a parade of ROTC students at full attention and yelled out “Hey ROTC!! Anybody wanna F%@k?” She said lots of knees quivered, but not one left full attention.
Ha, great story. I’m guessing there were also a lot of things then at attention that hadn’t been previously.
Yep...one look at Debbie and you came to attention! That was a great year!
#34 Seeing the scene shows how drugs and alcohol ruined her looks.
In my younger days, I had a year or two like that as well. These days, I have a year like that every year with my sexy wife of twenty years. I am blessed.
Awe...what a nice thing to say about your dear wife!
This is our 40th! Us, too.
Congrats!
You, too, FRiend! And to your bride.
Star Wars actress Fisher - who had previously spoken openly about her battles with addiction and bipolar disorder - died in 2016 at the age of 60 after going into cardiac arrest on a plane with cocaine, morphine and ecstasy in her system.
Carrie Fisher’s daughter Billie Lourd CONFIRMS she didn’t invite late actress’s siblings to Hollywood Walk Of Fame ceremony - as she accuses them of ‘capitalizing on her mother’s death’ in barbed statement
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12043857/Billie-Lourd-CONFIRMS-didnt-invite-Carrie-Fishers-siblings-Hollywood-Walk-Fame.html
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