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Lego Star Wars Slave Princess Leia Minifigure (2003 version)

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Although many LEGO sets typically have a bad unfurnished side, but for this particular build, there’s no getting away with it as the underside of the base of the Slave 1 is part of its signature look. It’s good to see that a decent design effort was made to dress it up. Anniversary Edition Features and playability According to the narrative, Leia dresses as a man to fool Jabba and rescue Han, and then dresses in the bikini because she’s forced to by Jabba. But you could also see the story as a sublimated reaction to Leia’s emotional and sexual awakening. Having suddenly discovered her own desires, she has to fit them into her own conception of her own gender. Let’s take a deeper look at the features highlighted for this build of the Slave 1 and some of the play functions. One of the built-in functions made with Technic liftarms is a grip. It can be neatly folded away. The mysterious bounty hunter, Boussh appears at Jabba’s Palace to bargain for Captain Sols’s life, little did Jabba and his cronies know that Boussh was actually Princess Leia in disguise. This version of Leia has only ever appeared in a single set, 2012’s updated version of Jabba’s Palace, which ditched the Slave version of Leia in favour of her more menacing alter-ego Boussh. We have evaluated the different Lego Star Wars Slave I sets based on detailed structure, design, size, minifigure patterns and playability.

As well as being an actor, Carrie was a keen author and also helped to polish a number of high profile Hollywood scripts including Hook, Last Action Hero, Sister Act, Lethal Weapon 3 and of course many of the Star Wars movies. She also spoke of her struggles with mental health and was a strong advocate of removing the sigma connected to suffering with bipolar and other mental health issues. Released on October 1st, 2018, this 2,812-piece LEGO Star Wars set includes a Slave I that measures over 4 inches high, 7 inches long and 7 inches wide. There are 18 minifigures contained in this set, including Han Solo, Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker in Bespin outfits, C-3PO, Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian, Lobot, 2 Cloud City Guards, 2 Cloud Car Pilots, 2 Stormtroopers, Leia and Han in Hoth outfits, Darth Vader, Boba Fett, and an Ugnaught, plus R2-D2 and an IG-88 droid. This set is suitable for ages 14 and above. This set was the first ever to be classed as a Master Builder Series set rather than a UCS set which in my opinion is correct. UCS should be saved for large sets that are meant for display rather than play-set style sets such as the Ewok Village. On the top right of the box is an updated, monochrome version of the classic LEGO Star Wars logo, now in pseudo-metallic silver. Leia rejects the slave identity emphatically; as critic Vom Marlowe puts it, she “strangles Jabba the Hutt with the literal chains of the patriarchy”. Those patriarchal chains aren’t just patriarchal chains, though; they’re also a BDSM fever dream. The specter of adult relationships and adult sexuality causes Lucas, and his film, to freak out, erupting in a cacophony of fetishes: bondage, submission, Orientalism, tentacle sex and rape fantasy. Leia is objectified – but as the woman seeking to free her man, and as the fascinating protagonist running through different outfits and different identities, she’s also the driving subject of the narrative, in a way she almost never is for the rest of the Han-and-Luke focused series.Slave-1 is a 1,996-piece set released in January 2015. It is a Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series (UCS) that includes redesigned Boba Fett and Han Solo minifigures, a new Bespin Guard minifigure, and a Stormtrooper. It is appropriate for ages 14 and above. Similar to many previous iterations of the Slave I, the model includes a redesigned compartment for the Han Solo in Carbonite piece, positionable laser cannons, a redesigned control area, concealed missile launchers, and laser cannons, and redesigned wings. An exceptional model, one which will be talked about for years to come. The third fold showcases the 4 other sets that are part of the 20th Anniversary series, while the fourth fold shows a few key film scenes, including a large image of the ship on the Cloud City landing platform as carbonite-frozen Han is loaded into the cargo bay. One of the most elusive versions of Princess Leia, is her Cloud City variant included in set 10123: Cloud City. This Leia featured another different hair piece and the classic yellow skin tone. Despite many LEGO sets being re-released over the years, this version of Leia has never reappeared. Two silver lines extend out from the main Star Wars Logo to wrap around the edges of the box, which is a very similar retro look to the old Star Wars 3.75 inch Kenner-issued action figures.

Obviously, a good part of the motivation for the slave Leia costume had to have been fan-service. The outfit caters both to hormonal pubescents, for whom Princess Leia was already a sex symbol, and to Lucas’s love affair with all those old adventure serials, with Leia playing Dale Arden, and Jabba as Ming the Merciless. Technic Liftarms are also strategically placed for stability and strength, which will basically hold the structure of the entire build. Laying out the plates reminds me of the silhouette of a midi-sized Millennium Falcon. The build process does not have any particularly complex techniques, and building each section slowly revealed the experience bit by bit, but visually, the end result is quite pleasing. The only slight peeve I have with a ship like this is that there is no mechanism for the Slave 1 to be displayed in flight mode (as opposed to just leaving it flat down in a parked mode). The UCS version included a stand to display it upright, but there’s no such feature here. However, this should not be too difficult to fix with LEGO parts of your own, but the beauty of the Slave 1, to me at least, is when it’s displayed upright.If you don’t already own the Ultimate Collector Series ship, it’s almost a no brainer to get this and experience the build and play features, as this definitely outshines the previous non-UCS sets. If you’re a minifigure collector, you know you’ve got to have the exclusives with the unique 20th Anniversary Edition print. All said and done, this is a safe bet to re-live the Classic Star Wars theme that started two decades ago. In the final film of the original trilogy Han, Luke, Leia and the Rebel Alliance touch down on the forest moon of Endor where they team up with the Ewoks to topple the Empire. Endor Leia first appeared in set 8083: Battle of Endor and again in last years Imperial Shuttle Tydirium set.

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