The death of Carrie Fisher brought back memories and acknowledgments of the passing of a film icon from visitors to the Denver Art Museum, which that features more than 70 costumes used in the Star Wars series.
Exhibit goers in Denver on Tuesday seemed to pause a little longer to take in the costumes . There was the white turtle-necked royal gown she wore in “The Empire Strikes Back,” a costume Fisher said was meant to emphasize her purity. There also was the slave bikini she wore in “Return of the Jedi.”
A few of those who stopped in remembrance at those costumes Tuesday snapped cellphone photos.
after reportedly suffering a heart attack aboard a flight to Los Angeles from London.
Outside the exhibit, the museum’s staff had set up a table, draped with a black cloth and two books for people to sign a note or share a memory in honor of Fisher.
As Jessica Christy bent down to sign one of the books, her 6-year-old daughter, Mary, was full of questions.
“How’d she die, Mom?” she asked.
There was one thing Mary knew though.
“When I grow up, I want to be Princess Leia,” she declared as she touched one of the photos of Fisher set up beside the table while her mother wrote a note of gratitude.
“You will be missed as the Hollywood world’s finest badass princess! XO XO,” Jessica wrote in the book.
Others remembered that Fisher had used her fame to draw attention to issues of bipolar disorder, depression and addiction.
“We Love you Carrie!” wrote Yenna B. “Not just for Leia, but for your bipolar awareness activism and for not being afraid to talk about it! You will forever be missed. XO. Like a second mother to me.”
Little girls seemed especially mindful about paying tribute. A steady stream of them made sure to stop to write thoughts.
Anna, 8, visiting Denver with family from Montana, took her time to make sure she had just the right expression, if not quite the right spelling.
“We think that you are osom,” Anna wrote.
Those who want to continue offering condolences can attend a vigil from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum at 7711 East Academy Blvd., in Denver. The museum has a Lucasfilm X-Wing, a three-fourths scale version of the starfighter Luke Skywalker flew in “Star Wars.” Harrison Ford also has been a benefactor and fundraiser for the museum.
