Carrie Fisher showed off her dramatic 50 pound weight loss thanks to a Jenny Craig program, joking on the Today show that she wants to once again don the infamous "Star Wars" metal bikini.

I want to get into the metal bikini and just walk around the house like an idiot, she said during her appearance on the Today show on Aug. 24. Answer the doorbell: 'What is it? This old thing?' ... I'll come out with a line of metal bikinis for women over 40. If you want dignity, you wear metal bikinis over (age) 40.

The metal bikini, which a svelte Fisher wore back in 1983 for "Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi," is considered iconic in pop culture.

Since, Fisher was scrutinized by the public for a weight gain, rumored to weigh in at 180 pounds in 2009, after battling publicly with alcohol issues stemming from being the child of two stars (her parents are Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds) and her role as Princess Leia in "Star Wars."

I weighed three million pounds. I couldn't look in the mirror. I saw pictures of myself where I didn't look like myself. I thought that was getting old. It turns out it was mostly getting fat," she said on the Today show. "I couldn't leave the house [to go shopping], because they didn't have sizes [large enough]. I exhausted the alphabet on bra sizes."

As the spokesperson for Jenny Craig, Fisher has lost 50 pounds in nine months.

Start the slideshow to view Carrie Fisher and her weight loss transformation over the years and view the video below of her Aug. 24 appearance on the Today show.

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Actress Carrie Fisher arrives for the premiere of her new film quotSorority Rowquot in Hollywood, California September 3, 2009.
Actress Carrie Fisher arrives for the premiere of her new film "Sorority Row" in Hollywood, California September 3, 2009. REUTERS
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Carrie Fisher donning the infamous metal bikini in "Star Wars." Flickr/Jimivr
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A young Steven Spielberg 1978, seated next to Carrie Fisher - Photo taken at the private party after the premiere of the movie FIST, 1978 - Permission granted to copy, publish or post but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if you can. Flickr/Alan Light
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Actress Carrie Fisher (L), one of the stars of the film "Star Wars" arrives with actress Sharon Stone during the premiere of "Star Wars Special Editon" January 18, 1997 in Los Angeles. REUTERS
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Actress Debbie Reynolds (L) and daughter, screenwriter Carrie Fisher (R), pose with actress Candice Bergen on September 17, 1998 at a luncheon hosted by the American Film Institute. REUTERS
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Actress Elizabeth Taylor poses with screenwriter Carrie Fisher during a photo opportunity at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLADD) Awards Dinner April 15, 2000 in Los Angeles after Fisher presented Taylor with the organizations Vanguard Award. [The award was presented for Taylor's significant efforts in promoting equal rights for lesbian and gay people and for her tireless fight against HIV/AIDS. Fisher is the daughter of actress Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, Taylor's ex-husband. ] REUTERS
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Carrie Fisher at a press conference in 2009. Flickr/superde1uxe
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Actress Debbie Reynolds talks to her daughter Carrie Fisher and son Todd Fisher at a preview of her Hollywood costume and prop collection in Beverly Hills June 6, 2011. REUTERS
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