Princess Leia's metal bikini from "Return of the Jedi" could soar to a price of $300,000 at auction. Corbis via Getty Images Princess Leia’s itsy bitsy metal bikini from “Return of the Jedi,” is up ...

July 29 (UPI) --The infamous gold bikini sported by Princess Leia in 1983's Return of the Jedi sold for $175,000 at an auction that also featured a screen-used Y-wing model selling for $1.55 million.

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The gold bikini-style costume that Carrie Fisher wore as Princess Leia while making “Return of the Jedi" in the “Star Wars” franchise has sold for $175,000, according to the auction house that handled ...

The costume that sold at auction was not the one that made it into the final version of the film, but rather an earlier iteration that Fisher wore on set for screen testing. Sunset Boulevard / Corbis ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HOUSTON (AP) — The gold bikini-style costume ...