![]() One of Maz’s customers is Bazine Netal (Anna Brewster) below. I definitely left the movie wanting to know more about Maz and hope she gets even more screen time in The Last Jedi. Maz notably isn’t anyone’s mother, wife, or girlfriend – although she does seem to have a crush on Chewbacca (understandably). Maz is over 1,000 years old and clearly has the respect of the people around her. Maz is only in this one sequence of the film, but her role is a strong one and substantial to the story. The owner of the joint is none other than Maz Kanata, played by Lupita Nyong’o using motion capture technology. When Rey, Han Solo, and Finn enter Maz Kanata’s castle the camera moves around so fast it’s hard to get a good look at the cantina customers. Seeing women in lower ranking positions makes sense since at least one woman, Phasma, is a captain.Ĭhief Petty Officer Unamo (Kate Fleetwood) is one of five female First Order officers who have speaking roles. Rey is defined throughout the film by her strength, kindness, bravery, and independence.īefore Rey meets BB-8 and Finn, she sees an elderly Jakku villager (below) cleaning off parts to sell to Unkar Plutt.įemale First Order technicians and officers are easily spotted throughout The Force Awakens in a variety of scenes. Protagonist Rey, played by Daisy Ridley, is introduced fully covered and scavenging parts of an old ship. Gwendoline Christie was not included in the original cast announcement, and the character was genderswapped in response to criticism of the gender imbalance in the announcement.Īs the scene closes out more women (below) can be seen huddling together before being massacred by First Order troopers. Phasma’s inclusion as not only a First Order Trooper but a high-ranking one is a huge breakthrough for female roles in Star Wars films. Audiences never get the chance to see Phasma with her mask off in TFA, but she is readily identified as female by her voice. Previous to Episode VII a few female roles could be classified as “bad guys” (such as bounty hunter Zam Wesell in Attack of the Clones), but there has not yet been a female Imperial – even in the background of scenes. Later in this same village scene, we get the first glimpse of Captain Phasma ( Gwendoline Christie). In the deleted scene below Finn lets a female villager escape. More women are rounded up by First Order troopers. Here are all the women in The Force Awakens as they appear in the film.Ĭlose to the beginning of the film, we see Dasha Promenti (Ana-Maria Leonte), a Jakku villager getting ready to defend her fellow villagers from First Order troopers.Īnother woman trying to survive the village firefight. There are no dead mothers in The Force Awakens, which is a welcome relief to me. ![]() In The Force Awakens, the supporting female roles are larger and are not the typical mother figure roles that appeared in previous Star Wars films. A few women were seen as rebels, Jedi, bounty hunters, and royalty – but few of them spoke or spent much more than a few minutes on screen. In previous Star Wars films, women remained mostly in the background with the exception of Leia Organa, Padmé Amidala, and a few smaller female roles in the original and prequel trilogies. The Force Awakens premiered in 2015, ten years after Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, 28 years after the premiere of the original Star Wars film Episode IV: A New Hope. This time we’re looking at Episode VII: The Force Awakens.Įpisode VII: The Force Awakens was the first Star Wars film after the Disney acquisition where George Lucas stepped away from the franchise he created. Welcome to the seventh installment of my series looking at all of the women (literally) in the Star Wars feature films.
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