Only someone as wickedly sharp as Carrie Fisher could have wedged a feminist critique of Star Wars into a loving tribute to George Lucas onstage. But that’s exactly what she did during an AFI tribute to the Star Wars director in 2005 for a Lifetime Achievement Award. The show featured speeches from William Shatner, Mark Hamill, and Harrison Ford, but Fisher, of course, stole the show. “You,†Fisher said addressing Lucas. “Are an extraordinary talent — and let’s face it, an artist — the likes of which is seen perhaps once in a generation, who helps define that generation.†While she was talking about George Lucas, she may has well have been talking about herself. May the force be with you, Carrie Fisher.
