Goodbye Princess

Star Wars was without a doubt my first obsession, it was a part of my life since before I could form memories that allow me to remember the first time I ever watched the original saga. I can safely say that Star Wars in no small part shaped who I am today, and the characters therein influenced me greatly.

From a very young age I could never get along with the helpless, histerical, screaming damsel in distress female leads we were getting in films like "Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom." I put this down to the fact the first woman of cinema I came across was an ass kicking Princess in space who took command of her own rescue when the heroes had no plan and giving them a verbal bollocking for it whilst blasting away at a squad of Stormtroopers. She didn't take crap off anyone and got the job done, the only rescuing she needed was someone to unlock the door and place a blaster in her hand, she had it from there.

Without Carrie Fisher, we wouldn't have Princess Leia, so much of that character was Carrie and of all the Star Wars cast she was probably the one who influenced me the most. Teaching me to question the depiction of women in cinema before I was even in double digits of age.

The news today has hit me harder than I ever thought it could and no words of tribute I can write will seem enough.

Goodbye Carrie Fisher, and thank you.

May the force be with you, always.