Ahead of May the 4th, we unearthed the real story behind the 1983 Rolling Stone “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi” photo shoot of Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), Darth Vader and more, which took place on a Marin County beach. StarWarsDay
arrived to the beach with Darth Vader, a scruffy Ewok and one of Jabba the Hutt’s hefty henchman.
“Most of what drove it was Carrie herself,” Rapoport told SFGATE by phone, “because she was such an incredible person, full of positivity and energy. I have done a lot of cover shoots but this one was really different. It was very joyous.” on “Star Wars” Day — May the 4th. The story of her Stinson Beach photo shoot speaks to the exuberance and personality that she brought to the screen through her films, as well as the challenges she faced along the way.As “Return of the Jedi” was quickly shaping up to be the biggest movie of the 1983 summer, Rolling Stone magazine hoped to feature a “Star Wars”-themed cover on their summer double issue slated for late July.
Carrie Fisher on Stinson Beach in Northern California with members from the cast of “Star Wars,” summer of 1983.Although the interview with Fisher — in which she grapples with the perception of Princess Leia as “some kind of space bitch” — was conducted in New York, the magazine scheduled the photo shoot around a time when many of the cast members would be at Skywalker Ranch, near Nicasio in west Marin County. With a beach theme in mind, Stinson became a logical choice for location.
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