noisyrobot
Super Freak
The metal bikini, like most of the Original Trilogy is Lucas at his pop-culture referencing best.
There's a long science-fiction history of it before 1983:
I think the original science fiction source (please correct me if I'm wrong) may be Dejah Thoris from the Martian novels- particularly Frank Frazetta's illustrations. Edgar Rice Burroughs had quite an influence on George Lucas
There's a long science-fiction history of it before 1983:
I think the original science fiction source (please correct me if I'm wrong) may be Dejah Thoris from the Martian novels- particularly Frank Frazetta's illustrations. Edgar Rice Burroughs had quite an influence on George Lucas