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Who is your favorite female Star Wars character? Canon and non-canon.

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Padmé Amidala & Me

I am not good at timely content, but I do love Padmé Amidala.

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Erin Nye

I've never hit play so fast lol. You encapsulated so much of what I love about Padmé in this video, all the potential she had and why she is so compelling. And I also had the padmé inflatable chair! And the Padmé barbie, and the tie-in journal; I was so obsessed with her (and still am)

og.monstr

Of course SW's ignored Padmé and her side of the family, the franchise's steeped in patriarchal and marketable politics after all... BTW, I'd kill to get Mara Jade as well, canon be damned! I remember the denouement of the Darth Vader title that ran sometime after FA had released in theatres, and one panel showed Vader choking Padmé. Again. 😑 Current SW's so obsessed with Vader being a grrrlboss that they had to perpetuate domestic violence against one of the most prominent female characters. Rather disgusting...

corycatte

i love padme sm if padme had survived i think her and mon mothma coulda stopped palpatine 👏 power duo

☆kat☆

I used to collect the Padmé paper dolls as a kid. They had every single things she wore in each movie. What a dream 🖤

@OldNameNoLongerFits2026

It's like you read my notes about padme. I have a type. WTF. Its finally possible for me to get a girlfriend that is more masculine than me. I died and I am in Paradies now. Tara protects. Masculine is the wrong word. My crazy neighbor demanded that I open the door to her at midnight. Because old house she heard me talking to my girlfriend. In her deranged mind I was imagining the call with my girlfriend. But my girlfriend said i wasn't allowed to open the door in the middle of the night. In this moment she wasn't a childhood friend anymore I was completly and madly in love. She can do the right thing and protect our dog and possible future children. And the best she is heavier than the other girls. That is a huge sexy plus for me. I'm 75kg she is ca 100kg. Exacly how I dreamed it to be strange.

Cassandra J.

As a person who receives all things Star Wars through osmosis (the zeitgeist’s favorite child), it’s interesting to here that she’s a more complicated nuanced character than what is put out there in pop culture. I love a fantasy series but it isn’t compelling me to watch when I see only 1 female character at a time. Maybe I’ll check out Star Wars, though it feels like I know everything about it already😝. Again against my will. But I remember feeling the same way about Lord of the Rings, but I finally watched the extended trilogy last year and surprised how into I got.

Art History Prof K

Love Padme!! As someone firmly in Gen X, I grew up loving Leia personally. What I loved about Padme and Leia was their strength, intelligence, passion, and willingness to always fight for what they believed in. They were also exceedingly privileged- a literal princess and queen who used (tried to) use that privilege to create change.

thesilentstar

Padme was a character I didn't see much of since I didn't watch the prequels as a kid, but I had a paper doll set of her. I like how the Revenge of the Sith novelization shows her meeting with those who go on to found the Rebellion. My favorite Star Wars femme is Visas Marr from KOTOR 2. While her story does involve Darth Nihilus torturing and press ganging her, there is a strength in her reclaiming herself by breaking loose, and removing her tormentor's mask to find just a man beneath. I want to see more of Ru Murleen, Rookie One's comrade in arms and love interest from the Rebel Assault series. She is good with a bike, ship, and blaster.

Kiana

Ever since I first saw The Phantom Menace, I have been so fascinated by Padmé (and her handmaidens/doubles) and wish she had better material. I'm hoping to one day find some amazing fan-fictions since there's not much canon material to work with outside of the E.K. Johnston books. (I welcome any recommendations!)

thesilentstar

And one more thing, I found what you said in your like of female characters (such as Sansa) to be poignant, given your life experiences.

Wells Harrell

Would you consider doing a video about Naomi Nagata from The Expanse? She’s one of my all-time favorite characters in fiction. Part of it is that she’s the pivot point of so many big ideological conflicts, like working with the system versus burning it down, and fighting for the cause versus protecting the ones you love. More than that, her combo of deep empathy, moral clarity, and unbroken will to persevere makes her an S tier figure.

Sarah H

Having Padme die because she "lost the will to live" was lazy AF writing. I also don't like how she wasn't allowed any voice on what would happen to her children. Would she have really wanted them to be separated?

Christopher Cole

Leia is def her mother's daughter. Bo-Katan's characterization feels very human and consequential, though I must say I can't wait to see more of Omega. I'm a sucker for complex sibling dynamics in Star Wars.

Kate

I would be so so curious to hear your thoughts about Andor season 2. Or if you have videos or essays you'd recommend. Spoilers for Andor: I didn't like it as much as season 1 but I've been struggling to articulate why. I think part of it was the way Binx was treated. It just felt like trauma after trauma after trauma was put on her and then bam! A baby! We never heard she wanted to be a mom. But suddenly she is. Okay, can we explore that? No? Cool. And the time jumps frustrated me with how it felt like there wasn't room to breathe in the traumas and deaths. And so character deaths that should have been impactful felt like they were brushed over. I also felt like Syril and Deidre's relationship was kind of weird and not in the way I was expecting. He stalked her and then he saved her life so suddenly they're in love and she's defending him from his abusive mom and their relationship seems kind of normal. And then blah blah he's a spy for her. And then he's strangling her and yeah sure she sucks but that's also DV and there's no exploration of it. And then because of his change of heart it felt like we were supposed to forgive him for the fascism. Idk if I'm reading that part wrong though. And I don't know if I watched it differently or didn't get something but everybody seems to love it and I'm tbh a bit confused. I did like parts of it though. Anyway I don't need my thoughts to be validated by you that's weird, I just respect your opinions and would be curious to hear what you thought of the season. But no pressure, I want to to make the videos you want to make.

MK

I adore Padmé. I saw the movies as a child and was obsessed with her beautiful fashion, her politicking, her intelligence, and her kindness. I’ve loved the novels they’ve released in the last few years about her, and would love to see them adapted or for Portman to return. I agree that Andor feels like it takes a lot from the prequels, especially the Padmé corner, and it makes me a little sad that she doesn’t get to participate. I wish that the franchise would learn from the prequels a little bit more in general. They weren’t perfect, but there’s great worldbuilding and costuming. I suppose another female character I’d mention would be Osha from the Acolyte. The Acolyte was very flawed, but there were parts of it that worked or made me see the vision, and I liked seeing a character of color at the center of the story rather than a side story.

Eamonn

For me it will always be Ahsoka, even though they could've done a lot better with her solo series