AN 'EMPIRE' AT 40: CLOWNING CARRIE!

Ever the life and soul of the party on set, Carrie Fisher continues to enjoy the relationship she has with Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca, as seen in these images taken on the Cloud City stage during April, 1979.

On a sunny day outside the soundstages, Carrie's hair is tended to my technician Barbara Ritchie.

Clowning about before the discovery of Darth Vader, with Irvin Kershner.