Sunday, March 26, 2023

‘The Mandalorian’ star contemplates the pressure Carrie Fisher faced when playing Leia in the original trilogy

The world has morphed into a very different, globalized, and inclusive place since the debut of the original Star Wars trilogy back in 1977. In a cinematic landscape which was then filled with mostly white male protagonists, with women more often than not playing the roles of damsels in distress, we’ve made significant cultural headway in ensuring casts and characters in Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters are as diverse as they can be. 

In the original trilogy, the only key female character was Carrie Fisher’s princess Leia. Since then, we’ve seen a woman in the lead role of a Star Wars sequel trilogy, as well as the Rogue One spin-off, and we’ve also seen broad female representation in the various Disney Plus television series in LucasFilm’s universe.



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