Disney May Ban Leia's Gold Bikini From All Star Wars Merch

[irishda]

I see no other reason for that than Disney enforcing it's family friendly image.

If it was a case of "moving on" then they'd have similar plans for Luke and Han, rather than cramping the variety of a merch of the most recognizable female character in the franchise, so far.

I assumed her most recognizable look among fans is the white clothes with the honeybun hair-do

 

[likalaruku]

Not super familiar with Leia's slave bra. My eyes usually only travel in that direction if a woman is a DD or larger. Even if Disney gets rid of it, raging hormonal fanboys who think it was the most important thing about her character will always be able to find their way to DeviantArt.

Does this have anything to do with that story from several months ago about a dad complaining about how a Leia doll his daughter found at ToysRUs was dressed? Is Ariel's shell bra going to be replaced by a seaweed T-shirt in future DVD releases?

::Looks on internet:: Well, it seems it got a resounding "meh." Maybe one percent of earth feels something important was lost.

 

[MrCalavera_v1legacy]

I see no other reason for that than Disney enforcing it's family friendly image.

If it was a case of "moving on" then they'd have similar plans for Luke and Han, rather than cramping the variety of a merch of the most recognizable female character in the franchise, so far.

I assumed her most recognizable look among fans is the white clothes with the honeybun hair-do

I think it's on par with Slave Leia when it comes to popularity.(I prefer her Hoth rebel outfit, but whatever.) Just like with Luke; depends on whom you'd ask, it's either the Tatooine farmboy rags or the black jedi robes that are the most recognizable look, with maybe a little indication on the former.
In Han's case, the coolest vest in the galaxy outlook is the only one that matters.

 

[springheeljack]

Eh who really cares I ever since internet porn became widely available most nerds have put that masturbatory object aside along with their old VHS's and spunk mags. Only the diehard fans probably still jack to that anyway.

 

[Davroth]

There's something profusely wrong with people who equate a naked body with something sexual or shameful. On that note, I'm so glad I didn't grow up in the US.

 

[Mazinger-Z]

There's something profusely wrong with people who equate a naked body with something sexual or shameful. On that note, I'm so glad I didn't grow up in the US.

Some people just have a maddening hatred of other people enjoying something they've found some reason to be offended about. How dare they enjoy something without critically thinking about who may be offended it by it? The nerve.

 

[Lightknight]

Not super familiar with Leia's slave bra. My eyes usually only travel in that direction if a woman is a DD or larger. Even if Disney gets rid of it, raging hormonal fanboys who think it was the most important thing about her character will always be able to find their way to DeviantArt.

Well, to be fair to them the scene actually was the most important aspect of her character. The badass hops up and strangles her captor (who happens to be an interglobal mob boss) before grabbing some weapons and going gangster on the rest of Jabba's crew and saving the other character's lives despite the fact that they were there to save her. In every other scene she's wearing a bland white rob or a generic rebel uniform and doing very little to progress anything. To say that there is another scene that is more iconic of her isn't really true, no matter where you stand on this whole topic.

 

[SeanSeanston]

Good call. You wouldn't want people seeing the gold bikini, their minds jumping to how she got in the gold bikini in the first place (trying to rescue Han Solo and almost succeeding) or how she eventually got away from the gold bikini (killing one of the biggest crime lords in the galaxy with little more than her bare hands), and think that Leia was an interesting or capable character.

 

[Silverspetz]

Fucking lies. Her "going gangsta" was only a slightly redeeming factor to a scene where had been forced to be quiet and act as a sex slave. The white robes with the hair-buns are what she wore in her first appearance, when she defied Vader, when she saw Alderan destroyed (one of her defining experiences), when she escaped the Death Star and took charge of her own rescue by physically taking a gun and blasting up a path. If you are seriously calling the slave scene "the most important aspect of her character" then I call BS.

 

[Lightspeaker]

Reluctant as I am to drag this thread up again, I feel its somewhat important to add this:

Carrie Fisher herself did an interview with the Wall Street Journal just this week in which she called having no more merchandise with her in the bikini "stupid". Despite fairly clearly not exactly loving the outfit herself.

To quote:

There?s been some debate recently about whether there should be no more merchandise with you in the ?Return of the Jedi? bikini.

I think that?s stupid.

To stop making the merchandise?

The father who flipped out about it, ?What am I going to tell my kid about why she?s in that outfit?? 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.

Source:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/carrie-fisher-on-her-return-to-star-wars-1449088590