Star Wars movies have started to do better with female characters ever since Daisy Ridley became the franchise’s newest star for the sequel trilogy. When you look back on past female Star Wars characters that deserved a standalone movie, we’re finally going to get that with Rey getting her own movie serving as a Jedi master. But with the franchise getting its first female director, there have been sexist remarks among the Star Wars fandom and Ridley has something to say about that.
There’s been some online havoc ever since it was announced that Oscar and Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy would be directing the new Rey movie. She’d be the first woman and person of color to take on a directorial position for a Star Wars movie. According to NBC News, Daisy Ridley has her own take on the sexist remarks taking place within the fandom. Here's what she said:
