In the opening scene of the 1977 Star Wars film, Princess Leia Organa is a member of the Rebel Alliance and is ferrying stolen plans for an uncompleted Death Star to her compatriots. When her starship comes under attack from an Imperial cruiser, Leia hides the plans inside a droid designated R2-D2. She then launches Artoo with a robot named C-3PO onto Tatooine, a desert planet where the plans eventually reach the Rebel Alliance through an unlikely confluence of events.To celebrate Leia and her considerable weight in the Star Wars mythos, Gentle Giant has announced a life-size fiberglass Leia statue which measures 155cm or 5' 1" in height. The Princess looks resplendent in white and the hair-donuts on the side of her head add the right amount of royal reckoning to her majestic appearance. Leia carries a laser blaster in her left hand and shows a good amount of leg in her step-gingerly pose. A Japanese version of the Leia Statue will retail for JPY238,096 (about US$2000) but we're going to supply the USA version which is a more reasonable US$789. Preorders are welcome to ship in mid-late May 2008 and shipping charges are expected to be roughly US$115 by UPS Ground.
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