Fisher interviewed Ridley herself for Interview magazine and told Ridley to do things like “fight for her outfit” and make sure they don’t put her in something akin to the “slave Leia” outfit from Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi.
As Entertainment Weekly points out, Carrie Fisher took on a pretty strong mentor role when it came to Daisy Ridley in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
While Carrie Fisher was the only woman of note in the original trilogy, almost no other women even have speaking lines in the films, Ridley was the hero of the new film, but as a woman, still had a lot of pressure and expectation thrust upon her.