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Feminist Reviews: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

We're sticking with these Star Wars reviews for a little bit... and again I have not sat down and watched this movie since December... so it might be a little bit off.

So The Empire Strikes Back is the first introduction between the love story between Leia and Han... and it is the BEST! I feel like this is the feminist way to do a love story and that is why I've always admired it.

Han and Leia were equals... the love story added to that more than it took away from that. There was a little bit of jealousy between the two of them and with other characters as well. There was sort of a love triangle even... but Spoilers... Luke is Leia's brother and she didn't love him...  so there was that.

Han and Leia pretty much only argued before getting together... and they didn't really stop after. They just kind of showed their respect for each other instead of only fighting. Leia would question his decision making... but she also trusted that he knew what he was doing and went along with it... and that's a hard thing to do. It just made sense and it was more realistic than a lot of love stories where the women aren't really equals... they're just sort of gushing over the men they're with.

They even showed some heartbreak for Leia at the end... which comes back later in The Force Awakens... and I'm sure would have been included in any further movies Carrie Fisher appeared in... That scene really made me sad as a kid because I love Han Solo. I don't totally remember it from when I saw it in December... I didn't think it was the most realistic... but it is Star Wars and you knew Leia wasn't just going to let go of Han like that... so obviously she was going to save him... which we see in Return of The Jedi!

I hope this was helpful! Maybe Next Star Wars Day I'll post a better review of these that isn't so generic... we'll see. I just think Princess Leia is a really important character and I'm happy to include her on this blog!

Throwback Thursday of this on my other blog later tonight... and I hope you're having a great day!

Byeee!
-Shannon
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