Editing Princess Leia (section)

==="Cinnamon buns" hairstyle===
Leia's unique hairdo in ''Star Wars''—arranged in two large buns, one on each side of her head—has come to be known as the "doughnut" or "[[cinnamon bun]]s" hairstyle,<ref name="Merlock"/> and is iconic of the character and series.<ref name="EW Film+TV"/> When asked in a 2002 interview about the origins of Leia's hairstyle, Lucas said he was aiming for "a kind of Southwestern [[Pancho Villa]] woman revolutionary look" from "turn-of-the-century Mexico."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Cagle |first=Jess |date=2002 |title=So, What's the Deal with Leia's Hair? |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=https://time.com/time/covers/1101020429/qa.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228043808/http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020429/qa.html |archive-date=February 28, 2010 |access-date=May 15, 2024}}</ref> An exhibit at the [[Denver Art Museum]] credited a particular revolutionary—later identified as [[Clara de la Rocha]]—as an inspiration for the coiffure.<ref name="snopes">{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Arturo |date=December 30, 2016 |title=The Origins of Princess Leia's Hairstyle |website=[[Snopes]] |url=https://www.snopes.com//fact-check/origins-princess-leias-hairstyle/ |access-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-date=December 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208065631/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/origins-princess-leias-hairstyle/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The museum stated that Leia's hair arrangement was also influenced by a hairstyle worn by indigenous [[Hopi]] women of North America.<ref name="snopes"/> ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' suggested that Leia's hairdo was based on that of [[Queen Fria]], a character from the 1930s [[Flash Gordon (serial)|''Flash Gordon'' comic serial]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Adam |date=December 27, 2015 |title=Gordon's alive! The untold story of ''Flash Gordon'' |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/gordon-alive-untold-story-flash-gordon/ |access-date=May 15, 2024 |website=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |archive-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515162318/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/gordon-alive-untold-story-flash-gordon/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Lucas had originally wanted to film an adaptation of ''Flash Gordon'', but unable to obtain the rights, he began developing an original project which would become ''Star Wars''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Cinema Behind ''Star Wars'': ''John Carter''|website=[[StarWars.com]]|last=Young|first=Bryan|url=https://www.starwars.com/news/the-cinema-behind-star-wars-john-carter|date=December 21, 2015|access-date=September 17, 2018|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108142622/https://www.starwars.com/news/the-cinema-behind-star-wars-john-carter|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A February 1978 cover story for the British teen magazine ''[[Jackie (magazine)|Jackie]]'' included step-by-step instructions on how to replicate Leia's hair buns.<ref name="SW Covers Jackie">{{cite web |url=https://www.starwars.com/collecting/news/misc/f20071126/indexp7.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071129202445/http://www.starwars.com/collecting/news/misc/f20071126/indexp7.html |title=Checklist: 10 Strange ''Star Wars'' Magazine Covers (''Jackie'') |website=[[StarWars.com]] |date=November 26, 2007 |archive-date=November 29, 2007 |access-date=December 16, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Jackie 1978">{{cite web |url=http://starwarsmagazines.online.fr/jackie/jackie735.jpg |title=February 4, 1978 cover |work=[[Jackie (magazine)|Jackie]] |access-date=December 16, 2015 |archive-date=January 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126112939/http://starwarsmagazines.online.fr/jackie/jackie735.jpg |url-status=live }}</ref> In the 1978 short film parody ''[[Hardware Wars]]'', Princess Anne-Droid has actual cinnamon buns on the side of her head.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salon.com/2002/05/21/hardware_wars/ |title=''Hardware Wars'': The Movie, the Legend, the Household Appliances |work=[[Salon (magazine)|Salon]] |first=Bob |last=Calhoun |date=May 21, 2002 |access-date=January 4, 2016 |archive-date=August 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817025049/https://www.salon.com/2002/05/21/hardware_wars/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Miss Piggy]] of ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' copied the hairdo in a [[Star Wars (The Muppet Show)|''Star Wars''-themed episode]] of the series in February 1980.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sidereel.com/The_Muppet_Show/season-4/episode-17 |title=''The Muppet Show'' Season 4 – Episode 17: Mark Hamill |website=[[SideReel]] |access-date=December 16, 2015 |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222110001/http://www.sidereel.com/The_Muppet_Show/season-4/episode-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the 1987 [[Mel Brooks]] comedy film ''[[Spaceballs]]'', Princess Vespa ([[Daphne Zuniga]]) appears to have the hairstyle, which is soon revealed to in fact be a large pair of headphones.<ref name="EW Film+TV"/> In the parody film ''[[Thumb Wars]]'', the role of Leia was filled by a character named Princess Bunhead, who has two cinnamon rolls for hair. In 2015, Fisher's daughter [[Billie Lourd]]'s character in the horror-comedy TV series ''[[Scream Queens (2015 TV series)|Scream Queens]]'', a rich and disaffected sorority girl known as Chanel No. 3, wears earmuffs in every scene as an homage to Fisher's iconic Leia hairstyle.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2015/09/25/carrie-fishers-daughter-dons-leia-like-earmuffs-scream-queens/72824768/ |title=The royal reason for ''Scream Queens'' earmuffs |work=[[USA Today]] |first=Hoai-Tran |last=Bui |date=September 25, 2015 |access-date=October 25, 2015 |archive-date=October 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021082151/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2015/09/25/carrie-fishers-daughter-dons-leia-like-earmuffs-scream-queens/72824768/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/jarettwieselman/reason-behind-those-earmuffs-on-scream-queens |title=Princess Leia's Daughter Is Reprising that Iconic ''Star Wars'' Look |website=[[BuzzFeed]] |first=Jarett |last=Wieselman |date=September 25, 2015 |access-date=October 25, 2015 |archive-date=October 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023030443/http://www.buzzfeed.com/jarettwieselman/reason-behind-those-earmuffs-on-scream-queens |url-status=live }}</ref> Lourd also has a cameo in ''The Force Awakens'' (2015) in which she wears Leia's distinctive hair buns.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/gallery/even-more-cameos-and-secrets-star-wars-force-awakens/2418123_all-crops-gallery-star-wars-vii-force-awakens-2015-billie-lourde|title=''Star Wars: The Force Awakens'': A Collection of Cameos and Easter Eggs: Friend of the General|last=Breznican|first=Anthony|author-link=Anthony Breznican|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=December 18, 2015|access-date=December 18, 2015|archive-date=December 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221183433/http://www.ew.com/gallery/even-more-cameos-and-secrets-star-wars-force-awakens/2418123_all-crops-gallery-star-wars-vii-force-awakens-2015-billie-lourde|url-status=dead}}</ref>