--- title: Carrie Fisher Dead: Watch Her Star Wars Audition Tape description: In the wake of her death, Carrie Fisher's "Star Wars" audition tape for the iconic Princess Leia has resurfaced. canonical: https://time.com/4618495/carrie-fisher-star-wars-audition-tape/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-27T19:18:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:02.189Z og:title: Watch Carrie Fisher’s 'Star Wars' Audition Tape og:description: It's clear she was thrilled to play Princess Leia og:url: https://time.com/4618495/carrie-fisher-star-wars-audition-tape/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt63995f7233d89fc8/6988b40b524fc072dddfa976/carrie-fisher2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Carrie Fisher og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Carrie Fisher’s 'Star Wars' Audition Tape twitter:description: It's clear she was thrilled to play Princess Leia twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt63995f7233d89fc8/6988b40b524fc072dddfa976/carrie-fisher2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Carrie Fisher’s _Star Wars_ Audition Tape > Sponsored content. 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Carrie Fisher, the actress best known as Princess Leia Organa in Star Wars, has died after suffering a heart attack. She was 60._ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Dec 27, 2016 7:18 PM UTC  Carrie Fisher, 16-years-old is pictured in New York, May 2, 1973. Carrie Fisher, 16-years-old is pictured in New York, May 2, 1973. Jerry Mosey—AP by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Dec 27, 2016 7:18 PM UTC For many people, [Carrie Fisher](http://time.com/4618441/carrie-fisher-dead/?xid=homepage) will always be Princess Leia Organa, her beloved character in the _Star Wars_ franchise. Whether clad in white robes with cinnamon-bun hair in _A New_ _Hope_, doing away with Jabba the Hutt in _The Return of the Jedi,_ or hugging Han Solo in _The Force Awakens,_ Fisher fully embodied the fiery princess. As fans around the world [mourn Fisher’s death](http://time.com/4618454/carrie-fisher-dead-reactions/) from a heart attack at the age of 60, her original _Star Wars_ audition tape has resurfaced. In the audition tape, [Fisher](http://time.com/4618457/carrie-fisher-dead-hollywood/?xid=homepage) reads her lines with Han Solo, played by Harrison Ford, and it’s clear that Fisher is excited to play her part, even though _Star Wars_ was yet to become the international, intergalactic phenomenon it is today. Watching the tape now is the perfect blend of nostalgia and fandom in the wake of this [heartbreaking loss](http://time.com/4618460/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars/?xid=homepage). \[[Business Insider](http://www.businessinsider.com/carrie-fisher-star-wars-audition-tape-princess-leia-2016-12)\] ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] [ INAUDIBLE ] At the back. [ MUSIC ] In [ UNKNOWN ] bringing, with friends and relatives in a text. [ MUSIC ] Very much so, I mean I did it I didn't think of it as a book I thought of it more as a [ UNKNOWN ] So that I didn't have to take it seriously when I wrote it. 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