Branching off of this wonderful, wonderful post, coz I just caught sight of the Solo poster on the way home.
Where is my Leia Organa origin story? Can you honestly tell me no one would be interested as fuck in that? How did Bail raise her? Did he watch her growing up outsmarting every single tutor and blowing everyone else out of the water and his heart clench in the memory of Padmé Amidala? You can’t tell me Leia never wondered about her birth parents. How much did Bail tell her? How much did he choose to reveal? How much of her history informed her future?
And more importantly, how much would it mean for girls to see this path to emulate, knowing her future? It is, of course, entirely possible that Leia was the exception rather than the rule when it comes to women throughout her upbringing, but it takes a village to raise a child, and I don’t think Leia would be the sort of girl to ignore the absence of women around her. If we must include that shoddy excuse for a sequel, at least give me Leia’s relationship with Holdo. And as someone who pursued Obi-Wan so relentlessly during IV, I imagine she would reach out to even rumours of a Jedi. And because we’re in the Star Wars verse- there is absolutely no excuse for not having any diversity. Give me women of all shapes and sizes, creeds and cultures, religions and races. Hell, give me aliens. There should definitely be aliens, considering how she became a senator- how else was she going to learn about foreign culture? Certainly not by just reading out of a book.
Give me life upon Themyscira, give me my Amazons movie. Bloody hell, on that note, give me my Xena movie. Give me my Black Widow movie. Give me more women to learn from, to look up to, to aspire to be, to adore, to love, to appreciate, to laugh at, to hate.
Han is all “there’s to much Vader in him,” without mentioning that there is too much Vader in Leia too.
Like, Bail Organa, bless his poor poor soul, tried to politician the Vader out of her. He tried SO FUCKING HARD.
But the fact that she abandoned politics to be a General in the Resistance says a lot about her similarities to Anakin Skywalker.
See, people get it wrong. They assume because Luke got the blond hair and the lightsaber that he is Anakin’s child. He’s not. He’s Padme’s.
Leia, though. Leia is very much Anakin’s child. She is the one with the deep anger in her. She is the one who will bring peace to her new empire freedom and justice back to the galaxy whether the galaxy wants it or not. She is the one who commands armies and amasses followers as easy as breathing. She joined the Rebellion while she was in her teens. She is the one with the spirit of a warrior.
Don’t get me wrong; Bail Organa did his damnedest to raise her in the mold of her mother, fighting her battles in the halls of power with words as her weapons. And she was very good at it. But unlike Padme, Leia’s words always had an edge to them, her tone and meaning always a little too sharp, a little too angry.
Peace and mercy are the trademarks of Luke and Padme. Justice and order, obtained by whatever means necessary, are the marks of Leia and Anakin.
How the throne room scene actually should’ve gone:
“If you will not turn to the Dark Side, perhaps she will.”
“Pffffthahahahaha yeah, okay Dad, let me know how that turns out. Look, the reason I’m here instead of her is because I want you alive and not a cloud of vaporized plastic. You know she strangled Jabba the Hutt with the chain he put around her neck, right? That’s what she does to people who try to control her. Better tell your Emperor you’re not allowed to have any more ideas.”
The incredible @rootbeergoddess wrote for me on commission From Business to Love, a great story about Finn and Rey as business rivals who fall for each other. It was only fitting that I commission some art to go along with the story for the Finnrey Fridays Work theme, and the result is this beautiful piece from the one and only @hippano. Thank you both! <3333
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