Word: leia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Empire Strikes Back (1980), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Return of the Jedi 0983), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Gremlins (1984), Close Encounters: The Final Edition (1985), Indiana Jones Phones Home (1987), 1942 (1988) and The Gremlins Eat Princess Leia...
ALONE IN THE DARK 1) An Officer and Princess Leia. Richard Gere and Carrie Fisher. Slum kid fights to join the Jedi...
...wedding with, well, star appeal. After a five-year romance, Carrie Fisher, 26, who rocketed to fame as Princess Leia in the Star Wars trilogy, and Paul Simon, 41, still crazy about her after all these years, were married in a Jewish ceremony at his West Side Manhattan apartment. The cast of guests appropriate to such a show-biz union included the bride's long-divorced parents, Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, Star Wars Creator George Lucas, Comedian Robin Williams, Simon's once and present singing partner, Art Garfunkel, and Billy Joel, who presented the couple with...
...relationships between characters in Return of the Jedi are sappy and unbelievable at times--but that's par for the course; the superficial portrayals keep events from slowing down. Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia and Harrison Ford as Han Solo don't make very convincing lovers, but Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker successfully reveals something resembling inner struggle between the Force and the evil his father represents. Since Star Wars. Hamill has changed Skywalker from the typical fairy-tale incarnation of goodness into a character torn by his affections for his father and his desires to save his friends...
Like Hamill, the special effects in Jedi have progressed spectacularly. A series of chase scenes through a forest is filmed from each character's perspective separately as they fly through trees. The community of Ewoks, the furry little creatures that aid Han Solo and Leia in their battle against the Empire, are cute--indeed, adorable--but not so much as to be ridiculous. The Ewoks will make perfect gifts next Christmas for youngsters who adored Return of the Jedi. Indeed, the whole two and a half hours of running time are filled with gimmicks for eager entrepreneurs...