Mark Hamill, from right, and Billie Lourd, daughter of the late actress Carrie Fisher, pose with Fisher’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame alongside “Star Wars” characters C-3PO and R2-D2 during a posthumous ceremony in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 4, 2023. The day is also known as May the Fourth in tribute to the “Star Wars” films in which Fisher played Princess Leia. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
LOS ANGELES — Carrie Fisher received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, a May the Fourth tribute to a beloved “Star Wars” actor that had a touch of stardust.
The late star’s daughter, Billie Lourd, wearing her mother’s portrait printed on her metallic dress, accepted the star on behalf of Fisher. She threw glitter, her mother’s favorite, on the newly unveiled star.
“My mom used to say you weren’t actually famous until you became a Pez dispenser. Well, people eat candy out of her neck every day. I say you aren’t actually famous until you get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,” she said. “My mom is a double-whammy — a Pez dispenser and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame now. Mama, you’ve made it.”
Mark Hamill, who played Fisher’s space brother, Luke Skywalker, was also on hand, and recalled meeting the young actor when she was just 19.
“She played such a crucial role in my personal and professional life and both would have been far emptier without her. Was she a handful? Was she high-maintenance? No doubt! But everything would have been drabber and less interesting if she hadn’t been the friend that she was,” Hamill said.
Several in the crowd were dressed as characters from the space franchise, and C-3P0 and R2-D2 were present for the unveiling. “Never forget the droids!” Lourd said on a wet day that gave way to sun.
Billie Lourd, daughter of the late actress Carrie Fisher, pictured at right, poses with Fisher’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame alongside “Star Wars” characters C-3PO and R2-D2, during a posthumous ceremony in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 4, 2023. The day is also known as May the Fourth in tribute to the “Star Wars” films in which Fisher played Princess Leia. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Billie Lourd, daughter of the late actress Carrie Fisher, pictured at right and on Lourd’s dress, poses alongside “Star Wars” characters C-3PO and R2-D2 at a posthumous ceremony honoring Fisher with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 4, 2023. The day is also known as May the Fourth in tribute to the “Star Wars” films in which Fisher played Princess Leia. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Mark Hamill, from right, and Billie Lourd, daughter of the late actress Carrie Fisher, pose with Fisher’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame alongside “Star Wars” characters C-3PO and R2-D2 during a posthumous ceremony in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 4, 2023. The day is also known as May the Fourth in tribute to the “Star Wars” films in which Fisher played Princess Leia. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Billie Lourd, daughter of the late actress Carrie Fisher, poses atop Fisher’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during a posthumous ceremony in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 4, 2023. The day is also known as May the Fourth in tribute to the “Star Wars” films in which Fisher played Princess Leia. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Billie Lourd, daughter of the late actress Carrie Fisher, poses atop Fisher’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during a posthumous ceremony in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 4, 2023. The day is also known as May the Fourth in tribute to the “Star Wars” films in which Fisher played Princess Leia. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Billie Lourd, daughter of the late actress Carrie Fisher, pictured at right, poses atop Fisher’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during a posthumous ceremony in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 4, 2023. The day is also known as May the Fourth in tribute to the “Star Wars” films in which Fisher played Princess Leia. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Billie Lourd, daughter of the late actress Carrie Fisher, pictured at right, poses atop Fisher’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during a posthumous ceremony in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 4, 2023. The day is also known as May the Fourth in tribute to the “Star Wars” films in which Fisher played Princess Leia. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Billie Lourd wears a dress with an image of her late mother Carrie Fisher as she holds a replica of Fisher’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during a posthumous ceremony in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 4, 2023. The day is also known as May the Fourth in tribute to the “Star Wars” films in which Fisher played the role of Princess Leia. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Billie Lourd holds a plaque on behalf of her late mother actress Carrie Fisher at a ceremony honoring Fisher with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 4, 2023. The day is also known as May the Fourth in tribute to the “Star Wars” films in which Fisher played the role of Princess Leia. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Billie Lourd speaks at a ceremony honoring her mother, the late actress Carrie Fisher, pictured at right, with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 4, 2023, as characters from “Star Wars” including R2-D2, C-3PO and a Stormtrooper look on. The day is also known as May the Fourth in tribute to the “Star Wars” films in which Fisher played Princess Leia. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Mark Hamill, from right, walks past characters from “Star Wars” including R2-D2, C-3PO, and a Stormtrooper, at a ceremony honoring the late actress Carrie Fisher with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 4, 2023. The day is also known as May the Fourth in tribute to the “Star Wars” films. Fisher is best known for her role as Princess Leia and Hamill for his role as Luke Skywalker in “Star Wars.” (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Billie Lourd, from right, daughter of the late actress Carrie Fisher, walks past characters from “Star Wars” including R2-D2, C-3PO, and a Stormtrooper, at a ceremony honoring her mother with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 4, 2023. The day is also known as May the Fourth in tribute to the “Star Wars” films. Fisher is best known for her role as Princess Leia in “Star Wars.” (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Billie Lourd, daughter of the late actress Carrie Fisher, speaks at a ceremony honoring her mother, pictured at right, with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 4, 2023, also known as May the Fourth in tribute to the “Star Wars” films. Fisher is best known for her role as Princess Leia and Mark Hamill for his role as Luke Skywalker in “Star Wars.” (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Mark Hamill speaks at a ceremony honoring the late actress Carrie Fisher, pictured at right, with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 4, 2023, also known as May the Fourth in tribute to the “Star Wars” films. Fisher is best known for her role as Princess Leia and Mark Hamill for his role as Luke Skywalker in “Star Wars.” (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
“Star Wars” director J.J. Abrams, left, and Billie Lourd, daughter of the late actress Carrie Fisher, attend a ceremony honoring Fisher with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 4, 2023, also known as May the Fourth in tribute to the “Star Wars” films. Fisher is best known for her role as Princess Leia in “Star Wars.” (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Billie Lourd wears a dress with an image of her late mother actress Carrie Fisher at a ceremony honoring Fisher with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 4, 2023, also known as May the Fourth in tribute to the “Star Wars” films. Fisher is best known for her role as Princess Leia in “Star Wars.” (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Billie Lourd wears a dress with an image of her late mother actress Carrie Fisher at a ceremony honoring Fisher with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 4, 2023, also known as May the Fourth in tribute to the “Star Wars” films. Fisher is best known for her role as Princess Leia in “Star Wars.” (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Billie Lourd wears a dress with an image of her late mother actress Carrie Fisher at a ceremony honoring Fisher with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 4, 2023, also known as May the Fourth in tribute to the “Star Wars” films. Fisher is best known for her role as Princess Leia in “Star Wars.” (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Otis Farrell, left, and Bertha Channell, of Anaheim, Calif, dressed in “Star Wars” costumes, wait on the sidewalk before a ceremony honoring the late actress Carrie Fisher with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, May 4, 2023, also known as May the Fourth, in Los Angeles. Fisher is best known for her role as Princess Leia in the “Star Wars” films. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Carrie Fisher, left,and Billie Lourd attend the world premiere of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,: at the Dolby, El Capitan, and TCL Theatres on Dec. 14, 2015, in Hollywood. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)
The marquee at the El Capitan theater shows an image of the late actress Carrie Fisher in honor of her posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, May 4, 2023, in Los Angeles. Fisher is best known for her role as Princess Leia in the “Star Wars” films. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Fisher — who died in 2016 — joins “Star Wars” co-stars Harrison Ford and Hamill on the Hollywood tourist attraction that recognizes luminaries from film, television, music and other entertainment industries. The trio’s stars are all located on the 6,800 block of Hollywood Boulevard, near where the original film debuted in 1977.
Fisher played Leia Organa, who over six films morphed from a princess to a general leading the forces of good in its fight against oppressive regimes aiming to control a galaxy far, far away.
“No one will ever be as hot or as cool as Princess Leia,” said Lourd. “Leia is more than just a character. She’s a feeling. She is strength. She is grace. She is wit. She is femininity at its finest. She knows what she wants and gets it. She doesn’t need anyone to rescue her because she rescures herself and even rescues the rescurers. And no one could have played her like my mother.”
Fans had long campaigned for her to receive a Walk of Fame star. The honor comes on May the Fourth, essentially an official holiday for Star Wars fans that’s a play on a line that Fisher said often in the films, “May the Force be with you.”
Devotees worldwide celebrate with a variety of tributes, while retailers hold special sales on Star Wars merchandise.
Fisher was given the 2,754th star on the Walk of Fame. Ford received his star in 2003 and Hamill was similarly honored in 2018.
Walk of Fame stars are given to performers who are nominated, and a $75,000 fee is now required to create the star and maintain it.
The Associated Press is an independent, not-for-profit news cooperative, serving member newspapers and broadcasters in the U.S., and other customers around the world. The Southern California News Group is one of them. AP journalists in more than 100 countries tell the world’s stories, from breaking news to investigative reporting to visual storytelling. Since 1846, AP has been covering the world’s biggest news events, committed to the highest standards of objective, accurate journalism. Learn more about policies and standards in AP’s Statement of News Values and Principles. https://www.ap.org/about/news-values-and-principles/
