Princess Leia’s bikini costume, worn by the late Carrie Fisher in 1983’s Return of the Jedi, has sold for $175,000 at Heritage’s July Entertainment Auction, with a filming miniature of Gold Leader’s Y-Wing from A New Hope selling for a whopping $1.55 million.
The [bikini] ensemble includes seven pieces from Industrial Light & Magic chief sculptor Richard Miller’s collection–a bikini brassiere, bikini plates, hip rings, an armlet and bracelet.
The Y-Wing that sold on Friday is one of just two “hero” (meaning that it was used in close ups) Y-Wing filming miniatures built by the ILM visual effects team. According to the Heritage Auction description, the basic design came from Colin Cantwell. It was based on a rough description from George Lucas. “Lucas felt the need to create distinct shapes so that the audience could immediately tell whether a ship was a ‘good guy’ or ‘a bad guy,’” it reads.
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