A lot has been made bout the fact that both Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Rogue One have female lead characters, but a new study shows that might not be all it’s cracked up to be. While both of these latest entries in the Star Wars franchise do have strong women as protagonist, both movies are still quite male heavy. Even lopsided. A new study shows that only 17% of the dialogue in Rogue One is spoken by one of the movies few female characters. Jyn Erso led Rogue One to becoming the highest grossing movie in the U.S., no small feat that Felicity Jones helped push the movie to the top the box office as the face of this first Star Wars anthology movie . The prequel was also praised for its diverse cast. But diving deeper into the story elements, and what actually happens on screen shows that not only the film’s dialogue, but also the male-to-female character ratio is way off course. RELATED: Rogue One Reshoots Weren’t as Dramatic as Reported Says Mads Mikkelsen Europe Newsweek reports blogger and data scientist Amber Thomas’ findings about the movie. She went onto look at 2016’s entire blockbuster slate…. Read full this story
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