This is my friend TJ, wearing a costume she made for Halloween, 1977. She was 16 at the time.
Now, keep in mind: there was no internet to search for images. She could not have rented and paused the movie, because it wasn’t released on video until 1982. No, TJ just went to the movie a bunch of times, took notes with a flashlight, drew a bunch of sketches, and put this together.
In 19-fucking-77. So let’s bury this bullshit about how women didn’t grow up on Star Wars.
it cracks me up how fandom still sometimes mistakes han solo for like…. a cool bad boy, but literally everyone in the actual star wars universe knows the truth. even fucking snoke…. snoke…..who didn’t have the perception to realize when he was Totally about to Get Murdered….. even he can look at han solo’s only son and be like “you’re fucked, kid. your dad was the nicest man in space. a slightly prickly teddy bear with a marshmallow center. a pushover. his vest pockets? full of ice cream money. if you’ve got a mean bone in your body, you got it from your terrifying mother”
like i’m rewatching tlj and snoke’s line about kylo ren having “too much of his father’s heart” …. how the fuck does snoke know about han solo’s big beautiful heart, i am really asking??? did he once give snoke’s ship a fucking jump when it was stalled out? did han solo appear in the star wars equivalent of those sarah mclachlan commercials, holding a fucking adoptable porg in each hand? did kylo ren tell snoke stories about his dad picking him up from school and taking him out for burgers like what the fuck, how the fuck does the entire universe, including a fucking sith lord, know what a sweet crusty old fucking dope han solo was??? were there fucking pamphlets???!!?!
kylo ren: “and my dad never understood me… he feared my power”
snoke, electrocuting him: “you shut the fuck up about han solo, that man is a saint”
you: why is return of the jedi your favorite star wars??
me:
you: holy shit
It’s not my favorite SW film, but I love it a lot bc this is 100% the most extra Luke Skywalker has ever been, next to the time he astral-projected himself across the universe with a fresh dye job and Gucci loafers just to piss off his nephew. It took more than 35 years for Luke to top this moment and #respect