Even rebel Princesses get cat-called. The now viral iHollaback! PSA of a woman walking through the streets of New York with a GoPro has shed the light on the sexual innuendo a woman faces every day. Now, a parody video starring Princess Leia Organa of the Star Wars universe pokes a little fun at the original, featuring the most recognizable characters from the franchise.

The parody, uploaded to the YouTube channel, Are We There Yet?, was edited to resemble the original video. Entitled, Ten Hours of Princess Leia Walking in NYC, the video begins, similarly to its more serious original with the introductory white text on a black background:

"Ten hours of Princesses Leia silently walking through all areas of Manhattan wearing a simple white dress with her hair in space buns."


It then follows Princess Leia, played by actress, Michele McNally, as she walks wordlessly around the Big Apple and getting catcalls from various men - blurred, but obviously iconic characters from the films, like a gang of Jawas, Yoda, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker in a Stormtrooper disguise, the Emperor, Lando Calrissian and his enabling assistant, Obi Wan Kenobi, a silent Bounty Hunter who follows her around for 12 parsecs, and even the princess' own father, Darth Vader! (Gross! Well, she did kiss her twin brother when you think about it, didn't she?)

Star Wars geeks will well note that the video uses actual dialogue from the script of the original trilogy and George Lucas' fans will get a kick out of a cameo by another famous Harrison Ford character, Indiana Jones, trying to approach the princess until someone off-camera yells, "Wrong movie!"

Although the Star Wars themed video was inspired by the original iHollaback, which was meant to be a wake up call to more serious issues, fans of the parody are able to take it lightheartedly.

As one commenter, Lauren Weinstein, posted, "The topic of the original video that this one satirizes is so important that this one really shouldn't be funny. But it is. Forgive me."

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