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Feminist Reviews: Star Wars Return of The Jedi

Alrighty... so my last installment in the Star Wars Feminist Reviews for the time being... I'm sure there will be more... but those will wait a while lol. Anyway I don't have too much to say about this one... but Leia saves Han... and that's a huge deal. This is one of the biggest movies ever... one that a lot of kids watch when they are little... I watched it when I was little... and after seeing a lot of movies about the Prince saving the Princess... it was nice to see the Princess saving the man for once. And it was romantic and surprising and it was kind of dramatic after seeing The Empire Strikes Back. It was just really cool. I also like how she handled the situation with the Ewoks... she didn't know what the Ewoks were or what they wanted... she just kind of talked to them calmly and handled the situation really well... and they respected her for that and made her their queen. It was really pretty awesome. There's probably a lot of positive and negative...

Feminist Review: Star Wars A New Hope

So I think all of the Star Wars movies... maybe aside from the prequels have a pretty strong feminist message... and it starts off with A New Hope... which is maybe the strongest of the series! We first meet Leia as a hologram that seems like she'll just be a damsel in distress... but when we meet Leia in real life... we learn she is anything but that! She gets help from Luke and Han Solo... but she doesn't really need it. She's sort of sassy and feisty about it. She has a different attitude than any other princesses in movies. And that is pretty damn cool! I just like how she carries herself... and that she is a total boss, but she isn't like any other Princess. And she kind of starts the resistance! Right? It was back in December when I started re-watching this- but Luke wouldn't have really gotten involved without Leia's call for help to Obi Wan Kenobi! Her cry for help isn't just her crying for help... she's trying to start something... and she...