Star Wars Ladies

Welcome to swladies!, a blog dedicated to all the ladies in the Star Wars universe and the female cast. We track #swladies

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VEL SARTHA & CINTA KAZ ; Andor (2022 - 2025) // Georgics 4.453-527: Orpheus and Eurydice, by Virgil // Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019, dir. Céline Sciamma)

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Star Wars: Women of the Galaxy (2018) - Ketsu Onyo | Illustration by Teo Hernandez Duvall

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Random Rey Skywalker moments: 351/?

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NATALIERSO'S FOLLOWERS CELEBRATION

@sanomalehtitaikina asked: Jyn's speech for the rebel alliance council

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2026 COLOR CHALLENGE: JUNE - RAINBOW - THEME: Pride

Ahsoka Tano & Barriss Offee in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008-2020)

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NATALIE PORTMAN as Padmé Amidala

Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002)

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Rose Byrne wearing CHANEL – 2026 Golden Globe Awards, January 11, 2026

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PADMÉ AMIDALA Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

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ADRIA ARJONA L’Officiel, April 2026

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EMILIA CLARKE for Variety's Inaugural Power of Women: London Event at The Chancery Rosewood in London on June 3, 2026

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OSHA ANISEYA in STAR WARS: THE ACOLYTE 1.01 | "Lost / Found"

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EMILIA CLARKE at Variety's Inaugural Power of Women: London Event at The Chancery Rosewood in London on June 3, 2026

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Random Rey Skywalker moments: 350/?

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NATALIERSO’S FOLLOWERS CELEBRATION 

@ruby-red-inky-blue asked: jyn + girls against god by florence and the machine

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NATALIE PORTMAN as Padmé Amidala

Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002)

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It took me until writing this column to fully appreciate just how much naivete is an intentional part of Rey’s characterization and not just the result of the screenwriters failing to make strong enough choices about her personality. Two moments really define Rey in The Force Awakens. The first is that, even after an exhausting day of scavenging has left her with barely enough for a single dinner, she still playfully throws on an old starfighter helmet while she eats. Even the toughest day on Jakku can’t rob Rey of her whimsy. (As Cinderella puts it, “they can’t order me to stop dreaming.”) 

The second is when she’s finally headed towards her first-ever alien planet and earnestly marvels, “I didn’t know there was this much green in the whole galaxy.” Though Rey takes a second to warm up to strangers, she’s inherently open to the wonders of the universe most people take for granted. That’s a pretty clear explanation as to why she’s able to access the Force so easily. Back in A New Hope, Luke is so distracted by his yearning for glory and adventure that he has to be taught to “stretch out with his feelings.” Rey is nothing but feelings. Her yearning isn’t for adventure, it’s for connection, which seems to be what the Force is looking for. (In that way, her closest comparison is young Anakin in The Phantom Menace, who was also a bit of a Jedi savant thanks to his openheartedness.) THE WORLD WASN'T READY FOR REY by Caroline Siede