Re: Speculation : Hot Toys Disney+ Figures "The Mandalorian" + "Cassian" + "Kenobi"
Well said. There is and always has been great female characters in Star Wars going back to Leia, and even Padme in the PT. Filoni does them better than anyone: Ahsoka, Bo Katan, Sabine, Ventress, Duchess Satine etc. You'll rarely hear any negative comments towards them from male fans, in fact, quite the opposite they're generally loved by male fans. Even in the Disney era we've seen the likes of Jyn and Qi'ra, who again are popular among male fans. However, there's just something that feels very different and a little antagonistic about the Rey character. Maybe someone else can put their finger on what that is. Maybe it's because she's seemingly perfect at everything and easily kicks everyone's butts that she doesn't earn that same respect.
The problem is - I think, its really hard to quantify - the perception of competence.
Why SHOULD Rey be some desert scavenger who picks up a lightsaber and fights a Sith to a draw on the FIRST GO-ROUND?! And I say that not as someone who detests Rey, I dont. Lets be honest here, what really might have happened was 1. Kylo kills her on the spot with no remorse in three moves flat, come on, SITH HERE or 2. Kylo Force-yanks that lightsaber out of her hands and she wakes up flat on her back a half-kilometer away, having no idea how she got there. She fights a guy who has been training his whole life to a draw, with no training. GTFO
Ahsoka at least first appeared as a padawan and was trained. She did not fight Vader till she knew what she was doing. Competent.
Bo-katan and pals show up and lay waste everyone and everything, LUCKY FOR MANDO, I tell you Mando is one lucky guy. This is the second time now he would have been toast if not for other Mandos. But I digress.... Bo and her compatriots: all trained their whole lives. Competent.
Ventress: a lifetime of training, including training by Dooku himself...? Competent.
So really all it takes is a character with the perception that she knows what she is doing. Rey knows nothing, and Rose Tico knows even bleeping less, other than how to make stupid pronouncements and hijack an already-poor film. And so these ladies get dismissed.
OK, back to wondering if I should cancel my Beskar Mando since it now seems highly likely we are eventually going to get an unhelmed Pascal sculpt. I own one Mando [titular character] now, and how many do I need? Yet Beskar Mando comes with much cool stuff. I am so confused.
