Having had her breasts taped-down in Star Wars (1977), because, according to George Lucas, 'there wouldn't be a jiggle in outer space', it was with mixed feelings that she virtually stripped off in Return of the Jedi (1983), captures and stills of which largely account for her (non-literary)web-presence at this time. The 'metal bikini' of Jabba the Hut's harem was as memorable, and less irritating than the 'twin croissants' sitting on her head throughout Star Wars. Princess Leia was indeed a strong role, but rather in the Star Wars spirit of hearkening back to the 1930s, where such a character was 'gutsy' or (the Jabba of all backhanded compliments)'feisty', but not really liberated. Sigourney Weaver took over the mantle of cyberfeminist icon in Alien(1979). She revealed on The Graham Norton Show that she is a dedicated web-fanatic, hosting a pseudonymous WWW 'problem-page' site

SEX APPEAL...?

She was a late entry into the 'spacebabe' race; the sheer incongruity of the semi-nudity in Return of the Jedi, combined with a new slimmed-down physique was an eye-opener for the space-opera's third outing, if something of a cheap shot from Lucas. Fisher herself is an enormously fascinating, eccentric and attractive character, with an ironic sense of humour and self-mockery forged through many years of intense personal conflict and problems with drug and alcohol abuse. For the manic depressive she admits to being, she's consequently more industrious and driven than average, being one of Hollywood's most sought-after 'script-doctors' (What happened with The Phantom Menace, Carrie?) as well as an accomplished and acclaimed novelist and a fixture on any chat-show's 'A' list. Fisher took the wisest of all roads in Hollywood and eschewed the inevitable slew of sexy roles that might easily have followed Jedi in favour of developing her content and character, for which omissions even Beverly Hills has yet found no surgical solution.