Speculation we need more women main characters.

This I agree with. The female characters of the ST shouldn't be restricted to the background "green-skinned space babe" or prominent "royal love interest" roles. In my view, the lead character of the ST (ie. its equivalent of Anakin and Luke) should be a human woman.

 

Nah, it's just... we're going to be having these conversations for the next few years. Might as well start laying the groundwork.

 

I think the main action hero in Episodes VII-VIII-IX should be a woman.



Princess Leia was pretty kick-ass and proactive hero in ANH, but she mellowed out a bit in TESB and a bit more in ROTJ, starting to fade to the background. And the trilogy never belonged to her, it belonged to Luke. The OT didn't really have any other strong female characters. I think Mon Mothma and Aunt Beru might be the only other women seen in the entire OT, period.

Queen Padme Amidala also started off as a very strong, kick-ass, pro-active, intelligent and courageous hero in TPM. Arguably, she was more of a main character in Episode I than Obi-wan was, maybe even more than Anakin, second only to Qui-gon. She was subdued in AOTC, but still was strong-willed, taking a strong political stand, heading to Geonosis to save Obi-wan, fighting alongside the Jedi. But then she was extremely docile in ROTS, and ended up dying of a broken heart after giving birth, a very pathetic end for her character. And the PT wasn't much better than the OT in having strong female characters, I can't think of any others.



It's kind of a sad pattern in the Star Wars movies. There's a token strong female character in each trilogy (and no more than one). Then her growing up, becoming a woman, and falling in love make that character into a weak-willed shadow of their younger self that defers to the men in the story. It almost makes it seem a natural part of growing up for women is naturaly becoming less assertive, less active, less of a leader, and generally weaker overall.



I think it's time for a strong female protagonist in the Star Wars movies be THE star of the sequels and break this pattern... one that shows that growing up and falling in love doesn't make her weaker but makes her even stronger. And it would be nice to show a woman can be a great Jedi (or Sith) too.

 

Sure, why not?

 

I'd be into it.

As long as she's written well.

I hate when they write female protag's as being overly touchy b*****s with a chip on their shoulder the size of an asteroid. It's terribly transparent.

Make them cool, make them tough, make them confident, and a girl hero is awesome.

 

Honestly, she didn't have a chance to be characterized too deeply, but my favorite female lead in recent memory was Black Widow in Avengers. Again, she didn't have many opportunities to show it, but she had a great mesh of cold, aloof exterior, some hidden emotion and heart, and a tongue-in-cheek sense of humor about her overall character.

 

I voted irrelevant as I think it matters more to finally have a female VILLAIN in the franchise. Women have been portrayed only in heroic roles thus far. We need some evil chicks for a change!

 

Evil Elf your on to something.

But a Female being the main lead in Starwars?? Or a female being the main Villian??

I say... is it too much to ask for both? The more the better..plus the screen will be pretty..

 

I don't know. I kind of think the assumptions often made today that if a woman wants to be in a traditional mother-wife roll that it is somehow weak, is in itself rather sad and insulting. Also the suggestion that any character is present as the "token" representative of their gender or race is pretty lame. It suggests that artists should place characters in stories to fulfill socially relevant roles, as opposed to doing what their heart tells them to do. “Weak” female character don’t make the artist sexist, but it just might point that out about those who make such a claim.

 

I'm not saying that being a stay-at-home mom is weak or anything... but we've only had 2 main female characters over 6 movies... and both started off strong and ended much more passive than where they started. Shouldn't the ST break that pattern?

 

Is there such a thing as a female wookie?

 

As long as they can act, and they are intelligent but also gorgeous so I am guaranteed to fall in love with them

 

And that goes for hero and villain!

 

No, Wookies reproduce asexually...

 

I can respect that but let me ask you this. Han, Anakin, Leia & Padme were in aa relationship imagine how many of these male characters could have easily been female & that story could still work.
Palpatine
Luke
Tarkin
Dooku
Both Fetts
Jabba
Mace Windu
Yoda
Pieet
Veer
Nute Gunray
Watto
Lando
Every last one of those people could have been females. Why over pack the universe with so many male characters?

 

What if Jango requessted a female version clone of himself? And raised his daughter to be a greaat Bunty hunter? This why the universe needs more females. Make things more interesting.

 

So there goes my poll...

And there's a difference between more female main characters in general, and having a woman be the STAR of the ST

 

Make her the VILLAIN! A new perspective for a female character in the SW Universe!

 

What if Anakin was the young king of Naboo & Padme was the slave girl? Qui Gon frees her, Anakin becomes a Senator & needs to be protect by Jedi Padme? Would that not work? If so then why?

 

A female being the central protagonist would be a welcome change. It would set itself a part from the first two trilogies nicely.

 

I would be in favor of a female lead, be it a hero or villain, though I don't really see it happening.

 

Don't forget about the blue milk!

I remember watching ANH in a group that included a few females. We were laughing that even in the GFFA women still do all the cooking.