'Star Wars' isn't just a boys' toy - not as long as Princess Leia Organa is around, that is.

Not for her the simpering squeaks of a damsel in distress - Leia is opinionated, gutsy and as defiant in the face of authority, her father.

Commendably, she never became mere eye candy in the series; even in the bikini, she kicks ass, and by the end of 'Jedi', she's the one who's wearing the trousers in her relationship with Han Solo.