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THE RESISTANCE

AMILYN HOLDO
THE ADMIRABLE

VICE ADMIRAL

LA URA DERN

A commanding presence, Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo’s leadership
is called into question when she replaces a stricken Leia.

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A GALACTIC GOWN
In designing Vice Admiral Holdo’s
look, costume designer Michael
Kaplan and his team began with
a sketch of the character in a
Resistance uniform, but director
Rian Johnson was looking for
something different. “He wanted
her to be more independently
dressed,” says Kaplan, “balladic
was the word he used, to show
off her body, something she could
be flirtatious in. A gown but one

that had authority and presence.”
Highlighting Dern’s “amazing
posture,” Kaplan notes that the
acclaimed actress was “a dream
to dress.”

hen Laura Dern signed on for Dern enjoyed working with Rian Johnson,
The Last Jedi, the star of such expressing her amazement that the director
unforgettable fi lms as Blue Velvet brought a process to The Last Jedi that for
W (1986), Wild at Heart (1990 ) and her brought to mind her experiences making

Jurassic Park (1993) didn’t really consider how independent films. “I’ve spent my life having
iconic her character, Vice Admiral Holdo, might different experiences and have been very fortunate
become. It was only when she heard someone asking to work with directors who want to mine the
how Holdo’s hair color would work on a doll that material and fi nd more.”
she realized she was “serving something greater, as The actress has nothing but praise for the level
6 / Holdo takes aim as my childhood was served. You’re not only serving of craft and attention to detail that went into The
she fights for the survival

of the Resistance. storytelling but iconic and archetypal characters. I Last Jedi. “The word iconic is used correctly,” says
think about my daughter being a 10-year-old girl and Dern. “I’m staring at iconic, archetypal characters
7 / Laura Dern as Vice the idea that she’s going to have heroines in this story and creatures and images from my own childhood.
Admiral Amilyn Holdo. who all look very different and have very different And I was in awe as everyone else when I walked
(See opposite page) qualities and natures, and are all fi erce.” on set.” a

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