Last week, LEGO officially unveiled the Jabba's Sail Barge, a new Star Wars set that is making its debut in the Ultimate Collector series. Intended for adults, this set will be available in stores in a few days. It contains minifigures of characters such as Jabba the Hutt, Bib Fortuna and Princess Leia. And it's this last figure that has everyone talking.
A Lego Star Wars set that will delight Jabba the Hutt fans
Indeed, LEGO unveiled last week a new Star Wars set called Jabba's Sail Barge, a huge collector's item measuring 77 cm long, 25 cm wide and high and made up of nearly 4000 pieces. This box to build in famous small Danish bricks the famous ship of Jabba the Hutt also offers 11 figurines among them: Jabba the Hutt, Bib Fortuna, C-3PO, Max Rebo, Kithaba, Vizam, Woof, a Gamorrean Guard, Salacious Crumb, R2-D2 and Princess Leia in her famous slave outfit. Except that this figurine is getting a lot of attention due to the aesthetic choices made by the brand for this 2024 version.
It was in 1983 that fans discovered Princess Leia for the first time in her famous slave outfitwhich is particularly popular in the community. Star Wars aficionados.
However, in 2012, after the acquisition of Lucasfilm by Disney, the character represented as a slave is becoming increasingly rare in the media and products of the franchise. Since the acquisition, LEGO has only released one Star Wars set featuring Princess Leia in this outfit. Now, a new version is about to be released, but it shows much less skin.
A much more modest Lego slave Princess Leia
Indeed, on September 21, the X Brikset account shared two visuals of Princess Leia, one for the 2013 version and the other for this year's. And it is clear that, even if the new Leia remains the same, she is now dressed in a much wider skirt, covering the entire top of her legs. In addition, the new figurine no longer shows the side of Princess Leia's thighs or buttocks. In short, this 2024 version of Slave Leia is much more modest!
Comparison of Slave Leia figurines (left, 2013 version, right, 2024 version)
Some commentators mock people who say they are scandalized by this version more modest of the figurine. Others cry wokeism. There are also those who seem to think that Disney is trying to erase history or that the studio is censoring. The “scandal” may be going a bit far for a simple LEGO figurine.
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