Originally posted by Ursumelesright and those are basically the only top tier ones who are female except maybe a few others..... also the power of most of these women doesn't come from themselves.... for example talzin needs dathomir amp to be considered top tier and abeloth gained her powers through non-natural ways. the daughter is ok but the male top tiers still vastly outnumber the females.
Talzin, Gethzerion, The Daughter, Abeloth...
now for male top tiers, this just off the top of my head
the father
the son
sidious
yoda
vitiate
luke
plagueis
sarasu taalon (arguably)
if we extend that definition to include people who are below top tier but still high tier in power (in no particular order and simply off top of my head)...
revan
nihilus
exar kun
karness muur
ajunta pall
marka ragnos
vader/anakin
tenebrous
darth krayt
darth caedus
kyp durron
windu
so yes there are some females but the high tiers and top tiers are so dominated by men it isn't funny......
Originally posted by Geistalt
Is Star Wars sexually and racially discriminatory? Like, in terms of the real world. It always looks like it's men that have the most Force strength (or greatest Force potential)–especially white people. Except for Abeloth (who only obtained as much power as she did through unnatural means).
Originally posted by Trocitywell she still counts but not as much.... it isn't as special if she is using other means because that makes out like she is a woman who is dependent on other things.... we've yet to see many non-entity top-tier female characters who pull their own weight and are role models and who are independent.... except maybe rey who will become more powerful later on.
That's being super nitpicky... so because she uses Nightsister magic, her being able to compete with Darth Sidious, the most powerful character barring the Ones in canon, and arguably in the EU as well, she just doesn't count as a powerful female force user?Hilarious.
so you don't care about social progress and the representation of people who have been oppressed historially.... the white male authors who write these books needs to acknowledge their privelege and practice humility.... these little things may not seem important but they have great impact on are youth. before rey there was not many universally known female role models who were also powerful jedi. now disney are changing things and that is good.
Originally posted by aalyasecura95
so you don't care about social progress and the representation of people who have been oppressed historially.... the white male authors who write these books needs to acknowledge their privelege and practice humility.... these little things may not seem important but they have great impact on are youth. before rey there was not many universally known female role models who were also powerful jedi. now disney are changing things and that is good.
Originally posted by TrocityDespite her being able to compete with Sidious, rather. And I'm equally pissed about it.
That's being super nitpicky... so because she uses Nightsister magic, her being able to compete with Darth Sidious, the most powerful character barring the Ones in canon, and arguably in the EU as well, she just doesn't count as a powerful female force user?Hilarious.