Happy Galentine's Day! This holiday is all about uplifting your female friends and showing some appreciation for our female friendships. There's no better day then to celebrate some of the female friendships of Star Wars and why they're so important.
For a long time, especially in sci-fi/fantasy media like Star Wars, women in general were not always a main focus, let alone their friendships with each other! In recent years, though, that's changed a lot. Star Wars has shown a greater appreciation for the women of the galaxy and their connections with each other. We've gotten to really focus on the relationships between women in a very special way. Whether it's a comic run about a friendship between Evaan Verlaine and Leia or a show like Ahsoka where the friendship and master-apprentice bond between two women is the linchpin of the show, it's really great to see more spotlight on something that's been pushed to the side so much.
These friendships are so important when it comes to enriching the characters on their own as well. In the episodes of The Bad Batch where we see Hera and Omega's budding friendship, the relationship does a lot for both characters. Not only because they finally get to interact with someone their own age that has a similar drive and compassion, but because of how they get to learn about themselves, and we get to learn about the characters. We get to see Hera's passion for flying at such a young age, as well as that fire within her that we know will change the galaxy- and Omega is able to help stoke it and inspire her. We see Omega too find a lot of comfort in having a friend like her and how special it is for her to have someone she can really relate to.
It's so important to appreciate these female friendships, because sometimes they can fall under the radar in favor of the much bigger things happening in the galaxy far, far away. But they are so important, both for us to see as an audience and for the development of the characters themselves.
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