New York Daily News Archive/Contributor(LOS ANGELES) — Carrie Fisher once wrote that she wanted her obituary to read that she “drowned in moonlight, strangled by my own bra” — a reference to George Lucas’ reason why Princess Leia couldn’t wear a bra in the gravity-free vacuum of space.
But it turns out Fisher, who died last month at the age of 60, also had some very specific thoughts about how she wanted to be remembered at the Academy Awards — she wanted Harrison Ford to play a big part, for example.
“I asked him if he would be in my death reel, and if he would sing,” Fisher said in a recently-unearthed April 2010 interview with the hosts of the a popular podcast called Rebel Force Radio.
During the interview with hosts Jimmy “Mac” McInerney and Jason Swank, the actress said she had a specific request of Ford, with whom she had a brief yet intense affair during the filming of Star Wars.
“[D]epending on when it happens, there’s a lot of people they can bring out,” Fisher said, adding, “He’s going to sing ‘Melancholy Wookiee'” — which one could imagine would be set to “Melancholy Baby.”
McInerney asked Fisher if she’s ever heard Ford sing. “No, and I don’t think we’re missing much,” was her retort.
Mac, a lifelong fan, told ABC News of the unearthed request in the hopes the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences would help fulfill her wish.
“That’s what she’s asking for. You can say she’s being flippant and silly, but that’s what she said she wants,” McInerney said. “We’re looking to create a movement here.”
A spokesperson for the Academy tells ABC News that “as far as we know” Fisher will “most likely” be included in the In Memoriam segment, but at this time there are no plans for a separate tribute.
The 89th Academy Awards air on ABC on Feb. 26, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
ABC News and Lucasfilm, the production company behind Star Wars, are both part of parent company Disney.
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