In a galaxy far, far away . . .

[daegaer]

Long, long ago when the Evil Genius and I were kids, Star Wars came to the cinema. We went. Oh, we insisted, and we insisted that both our parents subjected themselves to this cultural event. And directly after the film we refused to leave the cinema and we watched it through again (after which our mother insisted that a third time was not on the

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[lauand]

I loved Star Wars when I saw it, but Carrie Fisher wasn't an important figure for me during my childhood. It was only when they released this new series and she got to be Leia again that I listened to her in interviews and I started to admire her for her totally good-natured feminist speech. I liked her and I'm sorry she's gone.

[daegaer]

This really has been a bad year for celebrity deaths. She was always really pleasant, clever and funny when I saw her interviewed or on panel shows. It's a shame she went so relatively young.

[toscas_kiss]

So sad. 😢

[daegaer]

Yeah D:

[gokuma]

She was The Princess. When I was a kid, every time someone said "princess" I wasn't thinking about any of the iconic Disney princesses but about her

[daegaer]

Yeah - she was the best of all possible princesses.