20 Things You Somehow Missed In Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope
1. Carrie Fisher's Accent Suddenly Changes For One Scene
When you think of the late Carrie Fisher's iconic turn as Princess Leia Organa during the events of not just A New Hope, but the rest of her time in the galaxy far, far away, your mind will quite rightly remember that her character boasts an American accent throughout.
On one rather bizarre occasion early into Episode IV, though, Leia's intense conversation with Grand Moff Tarkin actually sees the then-rising star suddenly flip into a full-blown British RP accent when stood opposite the formidable Peter Cushing.
According to Fisher herself, the switch from American to RP in this moment was the result of a number of different factors.
This scene was shot on her first day on set and she had been studying acting at London's Central School of Speech and Drama beforehand. Also, the understandable nerves that come with acting opposite a powerhouse like Cushing and many of Lucas' lines being notoriously difficult to deliver all led to Fisher snapping into her British accent for just this one Alderaan-exploding moment.
The moment was eventually made part of Canon, however, with the Star Wars: Bloodline novel stating that Leia was simply mocking Tarkin's voice in the moment.
Sounds about right.