24. TDUGH PRINCESSES

摘要

As far as grandiloquent statements capable of kick-starting universe-saving epic sagas go, "Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope" is pretty workmanlike. But then that's just how Princess Leia, who gets the original Star Wars trilogy moving with her scratched holographic cry for help, rolls. Like all heroes worthy of the title, Leia's an aristocrat in spirit as much as in fact, which is why no one ever laughs when she wears cinnamon buns of hair over her ears and why, even chained to a quivering mound of slugflesh, her golden bikini has become the ultimate geek pin-up. (Grace under sartorial duress seems to be a trait Leia inherited from her mother Padme, whom George Lucas decked out in all sorts of unfortunate, faux-futuristic red-carpet gear.)