![]() In order to appreciate the female characters on screen – and look forward to future lists like this one being longer – here’s a look at the women of Rogue One: Jyn Erso Rogue One made an effort, but it’s still taking baby steps, presenting Jyn and Mon Mothma as outliers in a world primarily populated by men. ![]() Adding more women in crowd scenes and as background characters, even a small percentage, is an easy way to add diversity. However, in fiction, this kind of progress doesn’t have to be incremental. The number of white women in the Star Wars films still vastly outnumber the women of color, though, and adding more women of color to the team would have contributed to Rogue One‘s quiet but integral message of the strength of a diverse team.Īdding more racial diversity and putting women in positions of power, as Rogue One has done with Jyn Erso and Mon Mothma, and as The Force Awakens did with Rey, is important in order to help more fans see themselves in the characters on screen. The film does a good job of showing racial diversity among its characters, including Diego Luna with his natural accent as Cassian Andor and Donnie Yen as Chirrut Imwe.
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