She’s brave and she’s vulnerable and she’s so nuanced… She doesn’t have to be one thing to embody a woman in a film. She will have some impact in a girl power-y way. Speaking of her role, Daisy Ridley told the Daily Beast, “I hope Rey will be something of a girl power figure. Abrams may have addressed the political correctness of female representations in science fiction cinema. Some criticisms of The Force Awakens have been due to its recreating plot elements from A New Hope, but director J.J. We follow Rey and her discovery of the wider scope of the galaxy where her destiny becomes entwined between the Resistance and the First Order. We have a new female lead in Episode VII, Rey, who appears central to the entire sequel trilogy (or at least we can predict so far) with a journey similar to that of hero Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). By conducting character analyses of our three primary new additions-Rey (Daisy Ridley), Maz Kanata (Lupita Nyong’o), Captain Phasma (Gwendoline Christie), and General Leia (played for a fourth time by Carrie Fisher)-we can examine the representation in the film, as well as ask whether these women are merely cross-gender recreations of previous heroes and villains or more original personalities.Īlthough the last two Star Wars trilogies have centered primarily on male protagonists fulfilling their missions or moving toward their destiny, there have been strong females alongside them that supported and were essential to those quests-notably, Leia in the first trilogy and Padmé (Natalie Portman) in the prequels. While there are inevitably potential criticisms of some female characterizations, we might argue that Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the most appealing Star Wars film so far due to its gender representation.
THE FORCE AWAKENS CHARACTERS SERIES
The women in The Force Awakens are not merely politically correct additions to the series but appear to have a far more dominant role to play, which may grow even more significant in Episodes VIII (2017) and IX (2019). However, in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), the newly released seventh installment, we have been introduced to a new variety of female characters. The majority of its star characters have been male - from Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader and Yoda in the originals to Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn, Anakin Skywalker and Chancellor Palpatine in the prequels. The Star Wars franchise has produced a timeless legacy filled with heroes, villains, creatures and droids of each gender.
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