Carrie Fisher of 'Star Wars' receives a Hollywood Walk of Fame star on May 4th.

Carrie Fisher brought sparkle wherever she went, according to her daughter Billie Lourd, even throwing glitter at Star Wars fans she met at conventions. So Lourd brought some to Fisher's Hollywood Walk of Fame star unveiling, sprinkling some across it after the ceremony.

Fisher, best known as Princess Leia in the Star Wars film series, received the honor on May 4, which is known as Star Wars Day due to the date's resemblance to one of the series' catchphrases, "may the Force be with you."

Leia's star isn't far from her twin brother's — Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker, has a star just a few feet away. At Thursday's ceremony, Hamill spoke about meeting Fisher before filming Star Wars, when he was 24 and she was 19.

"Every expectation I had was completely destroyed," he said. "I couldn't believe how charming, funny, adorable, and wise she was for her age. And brutally honest!"

Fisher also had memorable film roles in When Harry Met Sally and The Blues Brothers, as well as Emmy nominations for guest appearances on 30 Rock and Catastrophe, as well as her own one-woman show, Wishful Drinking. The latter was based on her book of the same name, which was one of several novels and memoirs she wrote.

But it was Leia's role — first as princess, then as general — for which she would be remembered most fondly. That was not her daughter's first reaction.

According to Billie Lourd, when Fisher first tried to introduce her to the space saga as a child, her reactions were "it's too loud, mama" and "is that lady in the TV you?" She only became interested in the films when her middle school classmates began asking about her mother.

"That day, staring at the screen, I realized that no one will be as hot or cool as Princess Leia," Lourd explained.

She went on to say that she came to fully embrace fandom, buying Leia merchandise, decorating her home with Star Wars decorations, and even landing a role in later films. She also remembered going to fan conventions with Fisher and admitting that her mother was, in fact, cool.

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"People waited in line for hours just to meet her, they had tattoos of her, they named their children after her," Lourd said.

While Fisher was a "incredible actress who infused her strength and wit into every role she played," Lourd remembered her mother as one of the wittiest writers she'd met. Fisher wrote seven books, but also eminently quotable tweets — and some very persuasive notes excused her from school, according to her daughter.

Fisher died on the same day as her mother, actress Debbie Reynolds, in 2016. While Lourd expressed regret that her own children never met their grandmother, she was overjoyed that she could still pass on a piece of Fisher to them through Leia.