Wookieepedia:Featured article nominations/Slave Leia costume

The following discussion is preserved as an archive of a featured article nomination that was successful. Please do not modify it.

Slave Leia costume

• Nominated by: Colinmcev 08:36, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
• Nomination comments: :D

(5 Inqs/1 Users/5 Total)

Support

1. —Xwing328^(Talk) 22:53, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
2. An interesting read -- good job, Colin. Greyman^(Talk) 19:10, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
3. Atarumaster88 ^{(Talk page)} 04:50, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
4. Cull Tremayne 05:39, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
5. -- AdmirableAckbar ^(Talk) 14:37, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
6. Great article --Jinzler 14:59, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Object

• The costume is included as on of the top 10 Star Wars "Jaw droppers" in Star Wars Insider 103. You should mention this --Jinzler 08:50, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
  • Thanks Jinzler. I added it to the fourth paragraph in Fan Following. Feel free to add any other details to the reference. -- Colinmcev 07:11, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
• There is no mention of the costume's appearance in the Family Guy episode "He's Too Sexy for His Fat" --Jinzler 15:04, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
  • Added it. Any other appearances that I've missed are definitely welcome. -- Colinmcev 07:11, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
• From the cockpit of Xwing328:
  • Many of the sources of your quotes merely link to the magazines on Wikipedia. They should link to the specific issue or article if at all possible.
    • They do where possible (Wired, IGN, etc.) but the ones that don't are from print editions. -- Colinmcev 04:46, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
      • You're linking to the Wikipedia article about the magazine. If possible, you should link to the magazine article on the magazine's official website, like some of the references do. You may find {{Quoteurl}} useful for this. I fixed one of them to show you what I mean. —Xwing328^(Talk) 18:33, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
        • Oh, I get it now. lol Sorry about that. I think I got them all, except the ones that are in print and have no link. -- Colinmcev 02:23, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
  • We decided before not to include merchandise unless it added to canon. I'm not sure if we have a policy for OOU articles such as this. If we do keep the section, there's a new slave leia costume here on StarWarsShop.com you may want to include.
    • I understand this for non-OOU articles, but in a case like this one, I think it's appropriate and adds to the article. I'll go with whatever the majority opinion is, but I'd like to see it stay. -- Colinmcev 04:46, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
  • File:Slaveshadows.jpg needs to be sourced.
    • This image was here before I started working on the article. However, I recognize it from Star Wars Insider issue 68 (which I have a copy of). I think the promotional image licensing (which was there before) applies, so if I just add the source (which I did), will that be sufficient? -- Colinmcev 04:46, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
      • Yeah, that's good. I just categorized it more specifically, since you knew the source. —Xwing328^(Talk) 18:33, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
  • "She's in robes all the time, and then it's just like, 'That's what's under those robes? Holy smokes.'" You have this quote attributed to Carrie Fisher under "Description" and Jon Abrahams in a "Fan following" paragraph.
    • It's Jon Abrahams. Thanks for pointing that out. -- Colinmcev 04:46, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
  • "Celebrity stylist joked that the costume..." It feels like your missing a person's name in this sentence.
    • Yeah, added it. -- Colinmcev 04:46, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
  • One more: sometimes you have "slave Leia" and other times "Slave Leia." —Xwing328^(Talk) 18:38, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
    • I think it should be lower case except in the first bolded reference. Lower-cased the rest. -- Colinmcev 02:23, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
  • That is all. —Xwing328^(Talk) 18:38, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
• Jinzler
  • The costume makes a brief appearance in Robot Chicken: Star Wars; in the scene where George Lucas is mobbed by fans, it is worn by a rather fat woman. You should mention this --Jinzler 21:26, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
    • Got it. -- Colinmcev 17:08, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
  • There is apparantly a reference to it in the American Dad episode "Tears of a Clooney" --Jinzler 22:01, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
    • Added it. -- Colinmcev 17:08, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
  • It appears in The Return of Tag & Bink: Special Edition --Jinzler 22:12, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
    • I don't have a copy of this. Can anyone else add this one for me? -- Colinmcev 17:08, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
      • Its not much of an appearance, Leia can be seen wearing it in one frame as Jabba prepares to watch Skywalker and Solo be fed to the Sarlacc. This is just like in ROTJ, so you may or may not want to mention it --Jinzler 21:39, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
      • I still need help with this one, if anyone can be of assistance. -- Colinmcev 14:02, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
        • I have now added this --Jinzler 14:59, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
  • In a quest in World of Warcraft, you have to rescue the captured Princess Moira Bronzebeard, who wears an outfit that bears a striking resemblance to the Slave Leia Costume, as well as having Leia's hairstyle. There is more on her here --Jinzler 22:31, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
    • Added this one. Will get the others later. -- Colinmcev 03:08, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
  • The costume appears at the start of Bring Back... Star Wars and also Carrie Fisher says some stuff about it --Jinzler 17:39, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
    • I checked out this episode, but I don't think there's anything worth adding. Since it's an interview with Carrie Fisher about the costume, any original or new comments would belong in the main body of the article (it doesn't belong in appearances, since it's not a situation like a fictional character in another show/movie wearing it). That being said, she doesn't say anything in this interview that hasn't already been said in other interviews and already included in this article. For example,. she mentions the double-sided tape thing, and the fact the quote that Boba Fett could "see all the way down to Florida," and those are all already in there. If you know of anything specific from here that should be added, I'll do it, but I think we've covered it all already. -- Colinmcev 17:08, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
      • Ok, forget the Carrie Fisher stuff, but perhaps you could just briefly mention that it was worn by a woman right at the start of the episode, who was attached by a chain to Justin Lee Collins, who was pretending to mimic Jabba the Hutt --Jinzler 08:03, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
        • Did that. I also mentioned the interview and some quotes from it. -- Colinmcev 14:02, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

1. From the desk of Atarumaster88
   • The last paragraph of creation and conception more properly belongs in a reaction section, IMHO. If you've got a good explanation for leaving it in there, I'd be okay with it.
     • I just dropped it down to the next section; I think it works nicely there. -- Colinmcev 14:02, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
   • I'd say Leia's costume EU mentions post-ROTJ deserve a mention. There's one for sure in one of the Black Fleet Trilogy, as well as one I think in Planet of Twilight. The first is sort of trivial, but the second has some significance to the plot.
     • I added the two references. I haven't read either of those novels, so if you could look them over and make sure my interpretation is correct, I'd much appreciate it. -- Colinmcev 14:02, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
   • "he two performed a more polished version of the dance during the finals." What dance? Could you clarify this some?
     • I must have copy and pasted a sentence in the wrong spot there, and the whole thing got messed up. I cleaned it up; does this clarify it enough? -- Colinmcev 14:02, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
   • Link where applicable to book names in references. For example, The Making of Star Wars.
     • I added links for The Star Wars Poster Book and Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide; I think that covered them. I also fixed a redlink for World of Warcraft. -- Colinmcev 14:02, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
   • And one last thing: If memory serves me correctly, it appears peripherally in George Lucas in Love—that might deserve a mention. Atarumaster88 ^{(Talk page)} 21:21, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
     • Just watched this for the first time. Interesting! Added the reference. -- Colinmcev 04:42, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
   • Have a Super Terrific Friendly Un-frustrating day. Atarumaster88 ^{(Talk page)} 19:21, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Comments

Approved as a Featured article by Inquisitorius 14:37, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

• Have you considered finding a place for File:Leiakini_Unleashed.jpg in the article? It would fit nicely in, IMO. Mauser 17:27, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
  • I love this picture, but I think the article already has too many, and I think the ones that are in there go with the subsections well enough that none of them warrant being replaced. I'm open to suggestions, but I think the article should stay as is. -- Colinmcev 17:11, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
• Very unusual referencing, but I'm not going to object to referencing that goes A & B the C of D. However, make sure that when you reference from a book and have page numbers, you include the edition, due to differences in foreign, hardback/paper editions, etc. ;-) Atarumaster88 ^{(Talk page)} 19:21, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
• Wish there was a way to determine "notable" appearances of the outfit in pop culture. A lot of the mentions now seem somewhat trivial. Cull Tremayne 05:39, 5 November 2008 (UTC)
  • Yes, I agree. -- AdmirableAckbar ^(Talk) 14:37, 5 November 2008 (UTC)