--- ---  # Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford Had a Stellar Affair by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Nov 15, 2016 9:59 PM UTC  Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher on Fifth Ave outside The Plaza hotel. They were in town for the movie "Star Wars." Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher on Fifth Ave outside The Plaza hotel. They were in town for the movie "Star Wars."Richard Corkery—New York Daily News Archive/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Nov 15, 2016 9:59 PM UTC [Princess Leia](http://time.com/4403117/star-wars-princess-leia-the-force/) and [Han Solo](http://time.com/4541587/donald-glover-lando-calrissian-han-solo/)‘s _Star Wars_ love didn’t only exist in a galaxy far, far away. [Carrie Fisher](http://time.com/4124142/princess-leia-age/), who played Princess Leia in the blockbuster trilogy, [told](http://people.com/movies/carrie-fisher-reveals-affair-with-harrison-ford-star-wars/) _People_ exclusively that the force was definitely strong between her and [Harrison Ford](http://time.com/4292489/harrison-ford-han-solo-jacket-auction-sold/): “It was so intense.” When she was filming _Star Wars_ in 1976, Fisher was merely 19, but Harrison was 33 with two kids. According to _People_, Fisher kept a journal during the movie’s production, and many of these memories and stories came back to life in her upcoming book, [_The Princess Diarist_](https://www.amazon.com/Princess-Diarist-Carrie-Fisher/dp/0399173595)_._ Fisher recalls that Harrison was “kind” and that there was nothing resembling the Dark Side about him. In fact, she shared that she “trusted something about him.” Fisher described their intergalactic romance: “It was Han and Leia during the week, and Carrie and Harrison during the weekend.” When they weren’t filming and Han Solo could ditch Chewbacca as his co-pilot, Fisher reminisces on her moments with Ford: “I looked over at Harrison. A hero’s face — a few strands of hair fell over his noble, slightly furrowed brow. How could you ask such a shining specimen of a man to be satisfied with the likes of me?” Ford has not returned People’s request for comment, but he was given a draft of the book ahead of its release on Nov. 22. Carrie Fisher Reveals She Had an Affair With Harrison Ford ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4572282/carrie-fisher-and-harrison-ford-star-wars-affair/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4572282/carrie-fisher-and-harrison-ford-star-wars-affair/"},"headline":"Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford Had a Stellar Affair","datePublished":"2016-11-15T21:59:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:03:52.721Z","description":"'It was Han and Leia during the week, and Carrie and Harrison during the weekend'","url":"https://time.com/4572282/carrie-fisher-and-harrison-ford-star-wars-affair/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d05e33ee2d7554b/6988ae9c8e0601346e46845b/harrison-ford-carrie-fisher.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d05e33ee2d7554b/6988ae9c8e0601346e46845b/harrison-ford-carrie-fisher.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher on Fifth Ave outside The Pla","caption":"Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher on Fifth Ave outside The Pla","creditText":"Richard Corkery—New York Daily News Archive/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4572282/carrie-fisher-and-harrison-ford-star-wars-affair/","name":"Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford Had a Stellar Affair"}}]}] ```