Orientalism, tentacle sex and rape fantasy. Leia is objectified – but as the woman seeking to free her man, and as the fascinating protagonist running through different outfits and different identities, she’s also the driving subject of the narrative, in a way she almost never is for the rest of the Han-and-Luke focused series.
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Hulavuta
Slave Leia fascinates the fandom because of sex. But I don’t think it’s just sex. Luke may be leaping around with his lightsaber in the foreground, but the backdrop of the Jabba arc is the Han and Leia romance. What would you do for love? What do you want to do, and who do you want to be, for love? The slave-Leia approach to these issues is clumsy and sexist, but the questions themselves are neither of those things. Almost by accident, Star Wars stumbled briefly into material with some consequence. Which is perhaps why Disney has decided to back away.
GatoDelFuego
Carrie Fisher complained about her costumes in the previous two movies. She said they were so long, you could not tell "she was a woman". Those complaints led to the skimpy outfit she wore as Jabba's prisoner.
GatoDelFuego
Orientalism???? like what??
that was a p good article, lmao, like how can we make such a huge big deal out of something that just makes sense, it's not like it was inteded to be some kind of picasso masterpiece from the start lads
that was a p good article, lmao, like how can we make such a huge big deal out of something that just makes sense, it's not like it was inteded to be some kind of picasso masterpiece from the start lads