Old Carrie Fisher Interview - Star Wars - 1977

This clip, filmed on June 4, 1977, features Austin television personality Carolyn Jackson interviewing Carrie Fisher at the press junket for the film Star Wars. Their discussion covers such topics as the most frightening moment during filming, her desire to be cast in a musical, her Jawa-Munchkin impersonation, tales of the Star Wars cast going out to lunch in costume, and Carrie's many relatives in Texas.

[@chansherly212]

wow, are all interviews from the 70s this polite and proper? that was a different time...

[@baron7755]

Also, the interviewer knew nothing of the movie and was soooooooo boring

[@IKnowYouDidnt]

+Baron Thomas .... Interviewers get paid to "know nothing". Well, at least they pretend to know nothing about whatever, to ask the questions some might not know.

[@patmcgroin1418]

+Baron Thomas it was a brand new film and probably hadnt even been released yet probably all she knew is that the person she is talking to plays some space princess travelling in a ship with a bandit and his walking dog

[@WondersChannel]

@Club Soda Exactly it - except for Howard. He's pretty much an irrelevance outside America. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Karmakatt6]

The good Ole days indeed..

[@zackeriah87]

So Beautiful... RIP Carrie.

[@teril9692]

She was sooo pretty here

[@lizetrocha]

ikr

[@palimpalim5291]

Beautiful and charming. Too bad she was dragged into the hollywood hell of drugs and ruined her life.

[@saymynameice-zen-berg511]

I will always remember that gorgeous smile. R.I.P Carrie Fisher

[@amit790]

She died way too soon. She should still be here with us. RIP Carrie. May the Force be with you. Always

[@pingpong2456]

I say she died at the perfect time, before you get to old and fat

[@amit790]

Ping Pong That is a cruel and disrespectful thing to say! How can you say something like that!?

[@pingpong2456]

***** BECAUSE IM A DUMB TROLL

[@amit790]

Ping Pong Can't you try not to be a troll and show a little bit of respect? Isn't there a part of you that has a warm heart ❤️?

[@workeyweg5131]

Ping Pong show some respect, godammit. she was wonderful and amazing.

[@inlovewithoceans5304]

Talk about nostalgia, this interview is awesome! Star Wars was still new in theatres, it hadn't become the biggest film of all time yet. Which it did only six months after release. It was only the 2nd film after Gone With The Wind to do so. Carrie fisher is so beautiful.

[@stari9894]

RIP sweet sweet Carrie. You will be missed be millions around the world. I always looked up to Princess Leia as the most iconic character. She was always a reflection of how great you were. Beautiful, beautiful Carrie Fisher. Forever in our hearts. May the force be with you Carrie. Always.

[@smanticus]

So calm, self-assured and elegant for her age... so gorgeous in every way

[@KingAusarII]

+Shannon Mante Then, everything changed when the drugs attacked

[@julian2grande]

+King Ausar II Yea😔

[@teriyakichicken1848]

The narcotics strike back!

[@RDX1981]

so true

[@tamara6212]

@@KingAusarII Like everyone else.

[@justinvalverde3635]

She is so humble and modest through out this interview and gives such a descriptive account to each question which she has been asked The interviewer makes light of every question asked of which both feel at ease with one another respectively

[@LarryLeeMoniz]

Carolyn Jackson did an exceptional job interviewing Carrie Fisher. I think Carrie felt at ease with her because Ms. Jackson she really seemed into it. She had a lot of great questions, and a wonderful demeanor. Carrie was of course gorgeous as always.

[@Contakum]

+Larry Lee Moniz Damn it dude I CAN'T DO THIS ! No, I totally disagree with your comment. It looked like Jackson was clueless and Carrie was politely tolerating her. I just had to contradict you and give you thumbs down for my own self respect even though I know you meant well.

[@aztec999999]

No wonder I fell in love with her as a kid. She's so beautiful. Rest well princess

[@steph3463]

it's crazy how she was like 19 here and already had such a mature sounding voice

[@Onn.7]

W czerwcu 77 zbliżała się do 21 urodzin ..

[@1994moviebuff]

People back then automatically sound like your parents 😅

[@edwardcheves9106]

She was born in August of 1956, so she was actually about to turn 21 here.

[@steph3463]

@@edwardcheves9106 oh my mistake still crazy though I’m 22 and still sound like a kid

[@bunkerwise9816]

Rip Carrie you will always be in our hearts

[@NaturaBreeze]

She always seemed older and wiser beyond her years (she's only 20-21 here!)...with that deep sexy voice too! :)

[@gusterguy01826]

She was so pretty in such a real way. She didn't look fake like the "flawless" women you often see in Hollywood.

[@rinalubit]

lml "they're not doing musicals anymore" CAN YOU BELIEVE WE MISSED THE CHANCE TO HAVE CARRIE FISHER IN A MUSICAL

[@jackanthony976]

Her mother did several film musicals...Singing in the Rain, Give a Girl a Break, I Love Melvin, Athena, Hit the Deck, Unsinkable Molly Brown to name a few.

[@jbtex784]

What a pleasant interviewer, and Carrie Fisher was so mature!

[@Contakum]

I think the interviewer was patronizing.

[@RedCard94]

#RIPCarrieFisher

[@zduogaminghd4656]

Forget Daisy Ridley's smile. Carries was amazing.

[@joshuamclaughlin9257]

zDuo GamingHD she has one of the prettiest faces I've ever seen, hard to not keep looking

[@ihatecorpsehusband7147]

Well, don’t forget it. They’re both very beautiful, and great actresses!

[@sucky-kun4369]

@@ihatecorpsehusband7147 A shame Daisy was wasted for a bad character

[@Pensive_Scarlet]

"hair don't as opposed to hairdo" Sheer genius.

[@paulconnett3654]

People keep saying she Was.. No she still is a heart breaker!! Beautiful funny intelligence is a understandment..

[@Contakum]

Carrie Fisher had her entire life ahead of her before this interview and then she just lived.... she had failed marriages, drug and professional problems - just like a lot of us. Nothing wrong with that, still my favorite celebrity crush.

[@Dereum.]

Who is watching this in 2016 when she passed.Sad

[@jaywunder13242]

These old interviews keep popping up in my recomendations. Hard not to click on them.

[@johnspooner1403]

Some context for all you kids: At this point in time, if you wanted to watch a movie you went to a theatre. If you wanted to see something on TV you had to be watching WHEN IT WAS BROADCAST. Otherwise you waited until it was re-broadcast. Yes, home video recording existed, but in reality nobody had it. If there was nothing on TV and you didn't want to see a movie, you read something or did stuff, often with other people.

[@adibbehroozitv6447]

I'm really sad to see her go RIP Beautiful

[@jdj830]

That was actually a good interview, even if it felt like she was talking to someone's mom instead of a professional broadcaster. The part about doing musicals was heartbreaking - it made me remember that at one point she was supposed to do a revival of Guys and Dolls with John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, and Gilda Radner. That would have been incredible. Sigh.

[@soupful]

Carrie was intially offered Sandy in "Grease" that was to co-star Henry Winkler but she declined and John Travolta replaced, pursued convinced Olivia Newton John.

[@soupful]

Carrie had been involved for Broadway "Pirates of Penzance" but pulled out health .... various.

[@ObiWanBillKenobi]

The "darling little Jawas." LOL! And Carrie imitated them! Funny that Carrie says no one reacted to them when they went out to lunch in full costume. I think that happens today, though, regardless of whether it's specifically a Staur Waurs costume or not. :) And may the Fource be with you.

[@CaptainJess1994]

I love hearing the actors talk about Star Wars, especially Mark and Carrie. They know so much about the story and their characters and seem to love being a part of it. Nowadays, actors no nothing about the storyline of the movies their in or their characters.

[@paris777kidney]

RIP Princess...you gave us soo much❤️

[@markmeason1244]

Try watching this back to back with her latest interview

[@professorseventy-five1148]

my brain just shattered

[@RibanLegna]

Saw her on Ellen. She still drinks Coca-Cola

[@Paul_G73]

Incredible woman.

[@majocervantesacevedo79]

I love Carrie fisher she si the best person, always gonna be in my heart, I miss you a lot

[@ZoeAlexa11]

2:51 we did eventually get back to that. Now everyone’s obsessed with musicals. Hamilton is everywhere

[@annieeebabannieeeee]

Young Carrie and old Carrie are completely 2 different people

[@jamesroberts7021]

oh gosh the way the interviewer says "wars" is so annoying

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

+James Roberts Like jars

[@5roundsrapid263]

Mr Peaches Latour It's an old Southern dialect. I know a few people from that era that are still around, and they still speak that way.

[@superpettyspaghetti4297]

Whares

[@bunsonbaker4156]

It’s gonna be okay

[@Gaur8n]

Such a natural beauty in and out.

[@baron7755]

can you imagine such an innocent time, when interviews were done by the most boring people ever?

[@AugustHawk]

+Baron Neutron Omigosh, I laughed so hard. Thanks!

[@baron7755]

+AugustHawk thank you thank you

[@TheCoffeeNut711]

+Baron Thomas make it stop! Please, make it stop!

[@vanmoody]

+Baron Thomas Interviewers back then knew that the stars are supposed to shine. Today, they almost want to upstage their guests. Shameful.

[@baron7755]

well you may have a point, but shouldnt an interviewer know what they are talking about....draw the subject out

[@lgmax4672]

I love her! I'm missing her😥😥😥

[@gabek4361]

RIP sweet Carrie

[@briandavis6898]

The guy in the wookie suit. The guy in the robot suit. Love the innocence of not knowing what was to come.

[@upperroomcapital9317]

Lol "movie of the year" try movie of the century She'll be missed!

[@owellafehr5191]

"Incidentally, the producer says there will probably be a sequel to Star Wars" you have no idea...

[@XlmxVeronel97]

Thanks for everything :( RIP Carrie Fisher/Princess Leia #CarrieFisherForever :( :(

[@dougconley]

I had a mad crush on princess Leia. :)

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

+dougconley who didn't!

[@aladdinsane2334]

OMG! Gigigidy

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

+AnimatanoXx Dash That's my line! well acutely it's Glenn Quagmire's.

[@Henu_K]

"Princess of Alderaan, better known as actress Carrie Fisher" As if it's not the other way around.

[@moscanaveia]

+AapoJoki Different times xD Star Wars wasn't a legend back then.

[@belgianpeacekeeper7443]

she was beatiful! i'l miss her, no more leia in star wars movie's :(

[@alexh4319]

She apparently was supposed to appear in episode nine before she passed; please Colin Trevorrow and Lucasfilm don't recast the role or do CGI!(just write her character out, honor the actress).

[@chestosneakoinc]

Maybe she'll still be in the movie, but if they're not going to use CGI or recast her then they might as well show her in the coffin dropped dead in the movie instead. I mean what choice do they fucking have?! O.o

[@alexh4319]

That'd be horribly in poor taste. This isn't a perfect comparison but just handle it like Nolan did with the Joker in Rises. Nolan didn't recast or do any CGI- he just left the character alone. They could kill her offscreen and just say she had a writte Though I do think unlike Nolan they will mention Princess Leia since she's too integral to the overall narrative of the new trilogy. *****

[@jaywunder13242]

CGI might be OK if they do it right. Her sister Joely Fisher could do the voice. They were voice twins.

[@ihatecorpsehusband7147]

They’re going to be using her unused footage for episode 9, from trailer footage, I think it looks great.

[@izusblur]

She's so pretty :D

[@jorgezarco9269]

RIP. Carrie Fisher played Tom Hanks' "friend" in The Man With One Red Shoe(1985). She was cast as Hanks' wife in The 'Burbs.

[@wendyjones6077]

I love the interviewer's Texas accent. Debbie Reynolds was from Texas, Carrie's grandparents would have had this same lonely accent.

[@davewestner]

Man, she was always so incredibly nice. I don't know how she did it....she must have gotten the same questions from interviewers day in and out, not to mention how after the movie got really really big, all of the fans must have pestered her all the time with the same silly stuff. I've never heard or seen or her being a jerk to anyone.

[@Sandler23]

She was quite funny and clever. RIP

[@BlackopsJakeandJake]

R.I.P Carrie Fisher

[@ChilesRussellTaylor]

R.I.P Carrie Fisher (1956-2016)!

[@jtnet3]

Her calm, underwhelmed demeanor is such a turn-on...

[@ihatecorpsehusband7147]

Dude.

[@thecrybabysofia]

Carrie Fisher will forever be the love of my life 😍

[@Julian20071]

R.I.P.

[@rolandchang5338]

That interviewer was really into those Jawas. Not only did Carrie Fisher not have a single scene with a Jawa, she was also not part of the Tunisia shoot so she wouldn’t have even seen a single actor dressed as one at any point

[@Infinitis]

Staur Waurs

[@75stevetat]

Faith Daily Dreams Staaa Waaas

[@KingAusarII]

+Faith Daily Dreams Robuts

[@Comanche_moon]

Before cocaine

[@GrandmasterDinnerRoll]

Codeine, but yeah.

[@lunabrahs]

Cocaine actually.

[@fi-dollashake6149]

+Commodore Schmidlapp before Gary Fisher

[@faterock9876543]

+lunabrahs Can't it be both?

[@strm8154]

She dies because of that

[@NotOrdinaryInGames]

Much more down-to-earth she was.

[@andyburk4825]

She seems nice. I hope her little movie does well.

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

She has such a terrific wit. 😆❤

[@Ma_Ba]

2:07 The interviewer's information could have been confused from the fact that her mother, Debbie Reynolds, did impressions. Debbie Reynolds did an impression of Jimmy Stewart, Kathrine Hepburn, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Bette Davis, and perhaps a few more. (Walter Brennan?) See her do some on Larry King interview.

[@spacerobo6986]

Carrie fisher I still can't believe she is Gone.

[@cattowers5636]

I love Carrie Fisher is the best person of world

[@cristianperez205]

she was so pretty, RIP

[@Go_Play_Outside]

She had a Great Aunt in Arlington?! Wish I would've known then. RIP Carrie Fisher. Hope you knew how much you were adored.

[@jameswillett7186]

She's only 21 years old in this interview. She was so mature for a 21 year old.

[@Zwei4815]

It's been almost 40 years now and movie musicals never really came back.

[@solidsnake2004]

She Is Beautiful 😍😍😍😍

[@bradleygearhart2555]

StarWors

[@L1LT4T3R]

Bradley Gearhart She was getting on my nerves the way she pronounced stuff

[@HsienKoMeiLingFormerYANG]

Halo Wars

[@officalstevecoydoa2529]

She is one with the force, the force is with her

[@joshuamclaughlin9257]

I've always liked her thick brunette hair😺

[@kaylacolgan]

Her death brought me here. RIP follow by her mother.

[@Contakum]

This sucks beyond belief. It's awful and tragically beautiful at the same time.

[@sethfrazer7404]

I would've loved to know her at that age

[@troyw1843]

RIP carrie

[@TheLeatheryman]

The 70s were often awkward.

[@automatedimagination]

Boomerism

[@pauljamieson333]

Carrie❤

[@NikkiG1116]

"Movie of the Year" MOVIE OF THE CENTURY

[@nyg6863]

She is 21 in this interview?!?

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

+N Y G 20

[@jeffbyrd3465]

R.I.P

[@cintsscha5899]

I think I have a crush in young Carrie!!! She was so beutiful

[@professorseventy-five1148]

I can totally see why Harrison Ford hit that

[@briancahill2136]

God bless youtube May Carrie and Debbie R I P forever

[@daniescobarm]

also, homegirl could sangggg

[@sanjaybakshi3901]

Natural beauty

[@birsay123]

I never realized that “war” should rhyme with “star”

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

Vowels shift in pronunciation over time and across geography. In Shakespeare's time, it is conjectured to have been pronounced so.

[@hans_____]

3:44 haha "hair-don't"

[@manitobuckles]

RIP Carrie

[@volkstraum]

She was an absolute mad hottie.

[@josesanchezgala2558]

+Jason Ross dispensation not understand please explain friend because she was a absolute mad hottie

[@baron7755]

Jose, I believe Jason's comment stands on its own

[@danielbelardino7662]

Stevie Nicks long lost sister of the moon! 🌛🌟🌜💖🌙🎵🎶🎶🎵💖💖🤩🤩😍

[@charbeltn.6053]

STARWAURS.

[@sallybrown5089]

A real Doll.

[@addeskid8388]

Welcome back to Earth

[@albanmahoudeau1779]

EPOCH, IN MATRIX :FIRST FILM. THE FIRM.

[@daniescobarm]

Imagine young Carrie in the talk shows of today like being interviewed by ellen or jimmy fallon o colbert or james corden like she wouldve been able to let her beautiful, crazy self show!

[@adamvhette4849]

TOTAL difference between now and the full blown rock star drug days just around the corner.

[@sallylovett1997]

I am thinking the interviewer never actually watched the movie ....

[@carlostejada1479]

this should be called Young Carrie Fischer