20 Things You Somehow Missed In Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

15. Leia's Golden Bikini Returns

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It wouldn't be a Star Wars Prequel adventure without a few glorious cameo appearances along the way.

But before your writer gets to those soon-to-be famous faces, it's time to shine a light on the sneaky return of a rather iconic get-up that first reared its head during Return of the Jedi.

As first sported by Princess Leia Organa herself during her time as Jabba the Hutt's prisoner in Episode VI, that gold bikini was on show once again during Jabba's Phantom Menace appearance, as his then-current slave unfortunately found herself donning the same revealing outfit during the Tatooine pod race.

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