Princess Leia’s Latina Hair Inspiration

Yes, Princess Leia’s iconic hairstyle was inspired by las soldaderas of the 🇲🇽 Mexican Revolution. ✊🏽 Mujeres Patriotas. ✊🏽 Mujeres Poderosas. In 2002, Star Wars creator George Lucas was asked this question by Time: Why do the women in your movies have such crazy hairdos? His response: “In the 1977 film, I was working very hard to create something different that wasn’t fashion, so I went with a kind of Southwestern Pancho Villa woman revolutionary look, which is what that is,” he said. “The buns are basically from the turn-of-the-century Mexico. Then it took such hits and became such a thing.” – word. Also let’s not forget to mention, Clara de la Rocha on the left was a colonel in the Mexican Revolution, a badass mujer known for the battle in Sinaloa, where she crossed a river on horseback and took out a power station in order to allow rebel forces to attack at night without being seen, heard or caught. Lastly the famous hairstyle has also been tied to the Hopi culture. Todas mujeres poderosas.