The gold bikini-style costume that Carrie Fisher wore as Princess Leia while making 含羞草研究社淩eturn of the Jedi含羞草研究社� in the 含羞草研究社淪tar Wars含羞草研究社� franchise has sold for $175,000, according to the auction house that handled the sale.

The costume was made famous when Fisher wore it at the start of the 1983 film when Leia was captured by Jabba the Hutt at his palace on Tatooine and forced to be a slave.

The costume, one of the most memorable in the 含羞草研究社� Star Wars 含羞草研究社� movies, was sold on Friday by Dallas-based Heritage Auctions.

Joe Maddalena, Heritage含羞草研究社檚 executive vice president, said the costume that was sold was one that was screen tested and worn by Fisher on the movie含羞草研究社檚 set but ultimately did not make it onto the final version of the film as it was switched out for one that was more comfortable.

The auction house said the costume sparked a bidding war among collectors.

Maddalena said he wasn含羞草研究社檛 surprised by the attention bidders gave to the costume as well as to a model of a Y-wing fighter that took on the Death Star in the original 含羞草研究社淪tar Wars含羞草研究社� film that sold for $1.55 million. He said 含羞草研究社淪tar Wars含羞草研究社� and 含羞草研究社淪tar Trek含羞草研究社� have very avid fan bases.

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In a November 2016 interview with NPR含羞草研究社檚 含羞草研究社淔resh Air,含羞草研究社� Fisher said wearing the costume was not her choice.

含羞草研究社淲hen (director George Lucas) showed me the outfit, I thought he was kidding and it made me very nervous. I had to sit very straight because I couldn含羞草研究社檛 have lines on my sides, like little creases. No creases were allowed, so I had to sit very, very rigid straight,含羞草研究社� said Fisher, who died about a month after the interview.

Richard Miller, who created the costume, said in an interview that含羞草研究社檚 included in a 含羞草研究社淪tar Wars含羞草研究社� box set that he used soft material to build the costume so that Fisher could move around more freely.

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The costume had its share of critics, who thought it sexualized Fisher for the franchise含羞草研究社檚 male fan base.

In 含羞草研究社淚nterview含羞草研究社� magazine in 2015, Fisher told actor Daisy Ridley, who starred in 含羞草研究社淪tar Wars: The Force Awakens,含羞草研究社� 含羞草研究社淵ou含羞草研究社檙e going to have people have fantasies about you. That will make you uncomfortable, I含羞草研究社檓 guessing.含羞草研究社� She pushed back against the idea of being a sex symbol and told Ridley to 含羞草研究社渇ight for your outfit.含羞草研究社�

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