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A HEROINE’S JOURNEY

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Galen’s death turning a press- Maul—on her quest to liberate her
ganged rebel into a willing hero. planet. She confronts her greatest
By the time of The Force Awakens, fear—that she cannot rely on the
of course, Leia is just as aware as “To understand Republic—and crosses a threshold
Jyn of her Imperial father’s death Jyn’s signifi cance, by deciding that she must return
and redemption, and carries his to Naboo and fight. She does all

legacy with her. we must fi rst this despite not being a Jedi (unlike
The similarities to Padmé are most of the prequels’ protagonists),
less apparent, mostly because the understand what setting the precedent for a non-
prequels did not identify her as she takes from Force-sensitive female with a
a central character to the same mythic through-line in a Star Wars

degree as Leia or Jyn. Nevertheless, her forebears film. Though it is obscured by her
the Queen of Naboo does go in the Star Wars high office, Padmé is also from a

through her own Hero’s Journey similarly modest background as
over the course of The Phantom universe” Jyn. Her role as queen has been
Menace. She leaves her ordinary earned through public service
world, endures tests and trials, and from a very young age; she is not
earns allies and an enemy—Darth anointed as a “chosen one.”

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