{"id":47669,"date":"2024-03-12T17:50:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T16:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2007871"},"modified":"2024-03-12T19:02:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T18:02:58","slug":"star-wars-carrie-fisher-features-on-this-weeks-radio-times-cover","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/star-wars-carrie-fisher-features-on-this-weeks-radio-times-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars\u2019 Carrie Fisher features on this week\u2019s Radio Times cover"},"content":{"rendered":"

She found fame aged 19 as Princess Leia, but that’s just the start of her fascinating life story, as told in the BBC’s Carrie Fisher: A Life in Ten Pictures. <\/p>

By Tom Loxley\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 12 March 2024 at 16:50 PM<\/p>

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Star Wars landed on planet Earth in 1977. But looking back nearly half a century, those times feel like they came from a galaxy far far away. It was, in many ways, the first of its kind. A film that broke new ground and helped create the model for the blockbuster sci-fi and fantasy films that dominate Hollywood today.<\/p>\n

Without Star Wars<\/a> breaking the mould back then and creating the first sci-fi film franchise would we have the Marvel universe? Not on film we wouldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Because here was a winning formula that could bear being repeated. A film aimed at youngsters that captured the imagination of millions of fans of all ages. A movie whose unexpected box office success spawned two follow-up films almost immediately. Not to mention a set of characters so memorable that they could be easily monetised as merchandise\u2026<\/p>\n

But the real star of the film was a teenage girl whose parents were famous but who was virtually unheard of as an actress in her own right. Carrie Fisher may have known what to expect from fame, but that didn\u2019t mean she was prepared for it.<\/p>

The temptations of stardom combined with her bipolar disorder led to a lifelong battle with addiction. In the end, Fisher all but turned her back on the film business, forging a successful career as a writer instead.<\/p>\n

This week, Fisher\u2019s story is told in A Life in Ten Pictures on BBC Two. You can see the pick of those photographs, some more famous than others, in our feature in this issue.<\/p>\n

Fisher sadly died in 2016. But aside from her writing, Star Wars was her legacy. It was a film that not only made her, but also broke her. However, without it, the entertainment world would be a very different \u2013 and much poorer \u2013 place.<\/p>\n

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Also in this week\u2019s Radio Times:<\/strong><\/h2>\n