I feel like this is a pattern in Star Wars. Not just with Rey, but Ahsoka and The Acolyte too.
As for why this is a tragedy, I would cite the A/B examples of AC: Odyssey and Cyberpunk 2077 where, given the literally identical gender neutral writing, the women VAs utterly nail their scripts.
I wonder what’d happen if TV got the same treatment.
Most writers being male doesn’t mean that women have to be terrible characters. Shit writers are just shit, and Disney hasn’t bothered with finding quality writers in a very long time.
Could one issue be that professional writers, on average, give female leads worse scripts to work with? Not always intentionally.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MostWritersAreMale
I feel like this is a pattern in Star Wars. Not just with Rey, but Ahsoka and The Acolyte too.
As for why this is a tragedy, I would cite the A/B examples of AC: Odyssey and Cyberpunk 2077 where, given the literally identical gender neutral writing, the women VAs utterly nail their scripts.
I wonder what’d happen if TV got the same treatment.
Isn’t that how Alien was written? Then Signourney Weaver blew them away.
Most writers being male doesn’t mean that women have to be terrible characters. Shit writers are just shit, and Disney hasn’t bothered with finding quality writers in a very long time.
And cyberpunk shows they can still include unnecessary softcore porn in their stories, regardless of gender. Tv writers love that shit.
Same with a Greek epic. Alexios and Kassandra were identically horny.