A closer look
Carrie Fisher absolutely hated the iconic metal bikini she was forced to wear in Return of the Jedi because it was incredibly uncomfortable and rigid, meaning it would not bend with her body when she moved. She often had to sit completely straight between takes to prevent the metal from gaping and accidentally exposing her to the entire camera crew. George Lucas essentially subjected a brilliant, classically trained actress to weeks of physical misery just so he could successfully sell slightly inappropriate sci-fi posters to sweaty pubescent boys in the nineteen eighties
