For my site name, I use “Lolita” as a reference to the character in Vladimir Nabokov’s classic novel, not the fashion or sketchy trope. I believe Padme Amidala embodies the robbed humanity of the character in both in-text and meta ways. This site aims to build a cohesive parallel between Padme’s character arc, of child queen to dying in childbirth, Padme’s place in pop culture as one of many ambiguous woman-girl characters, and Dolores “Lolita” Haze.
I’m not arguing Padme was written as a sexualized child, nor am I accusing anyone involved in her creation of sex crimes. Pedophilia and predation are still very much a topic in my essays. Trigger warnings throughout.
I don’t consider it my obligation to provide a single, correct interpretation of “Lolita” or the Star Wars prequels, nor am I claiming to. This is a comparative exercise.
In the future I will hopefully have updated this page with my sister essays on why I use the term, “Space Lolita I: The Empty Queen” and “Space Lolita II: Daisy Fresh Girl”, which I have not finished because writing is hard.
Leave a Reply