I made this quiz for my daughter, who is nine and who likes Star Wars but is savvy enough to realize that there aren't a lot of strong female characters. This isn't an exhaustive list, obviously, but to go any further would have gotten into very, very minor characters. What I realized putting this together is that while Lucas put more female characters into the second trilogy, he didn't necessary put better or deeper characters in. Hopefully Disney will do a better job of that. In the mean time, I'm happy that my daughter likes Hermione Granger a whole lot more than she likes Padme Amidala. Still, Leia was one heck of a shot with that blaster... |