Star Wars Movies Ranked By Screen Time For Female Characters

so as to mold whether or not charwoman are fairly stand for in the theStar Warsuniverse , everyStar Warsmovie has been officially ranked by silver screen time for female graphic symbol . The initial takeout is that the more late multiplication of movies rank higher than George Lucas ' original trilogy .

Ever since the release ofA New Hopein 1977,Star Warshas been a household name as far as fictional properties go . Between Lucas ' original trilogy in the ' 70s and ' 80s , his prequel trilogy in the ' 90 and ' 00s , and the current generation of film from Disney , the franchise has only grown bombastic and stronger . In fact , there are even twoStar Warstheme parksopening in both California ’s Disneyland and Florida ’s Disney World Resort locations in 2019 . That say , despite the massive popularity , the franchise is n’t without fault . In terms of histrionics on sieve , women typically pale in comparability to valet . And to confirm this , there is now an official ranking of theStar Warsmovies by screenland time for female character , as well as an accompanying female - only cut of each movie in the series .

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To intelligibly expose down female theatrical in theStar Warsmovie enfranchisement , Glaswegian film lecturer Becca Harrison spent a sum of 48 hour editing every moving picture fromA New HopetoThe Last Jedito create a slice that only include scenes with production line of dialogue from distaff characters . She then ranked each picture show in the franchise onTwitterwith a percentage denoting how much of each movie include dialogue from woman ( she will includeSoloin the ranking once it leaves theaters and is"available to buy . " ) As it turn out , The Last Jediis rate the high with 43 percent , whileA New Hopeis rate lowest with only 15 per centum . The prequel trilogies followA New Hopein last place in the reverse decree in which they were put out in theatre .

In recent years , theStar Warsuniverse has made a detectable effort to focalize on female mental representation . Not only are cardinal player in the current trilogy and spinoffs distaff ( see : Rey , Captain Phasma , Rose Tico , Maz Kanata , Jyn Erso , Qi’ra ) , EA Games’Star Wars Battlefront 2includes a distaff lead in the unmarried player campaign mode name Iden Versio . And in the upcomingStar war : Episode IX , casting call detailsrefer to a new female lead story named Caro , as well as anotherfemale grapheme codenamed " Mara . "

The recent focus on female representation in theStar Warsuniverse may not fix past issues , but it at least prove that the enfranchisement is willing to germinate . This is especially significant given that certainkey players behind the scenesof the franchise are women ( see : Lucasfilm United States President Kathleen Kennedy andA New Hope’sAcademy Award - winning editor Marcia Lucas ) . Though , of course , Star Warscould stand to improvethere as well .

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