I\u2019m Amelia! That\u2019s not my real name. I don\u2019t care to give out much personal information, especially not while laboring in the Star Wars discourse mines. I\u2019ll say I\u2019m young and think of myself as an amateur George Lucas historian. I made this site to post my niche, unpublishable essays about a female character I\u2019m used to seeing dismissed. My hope is to foster fresh and nuanced conversation around Padme Amidala. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I aim to discuss everything about Padme\u2014her politics, her fashion, her character progression, highs, lows\u2014as to give a comprehensive take on her place in pop culture. I prioritize accessible language and do both textual and meta readings. Sometimes I know George Lucas would\u2019ve never thought of this particular interpretation. Sometimes I parallel Padme with various women in his life. Nothing is off limits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This isn\u2019t a hate site. No matter how critical of Lucas or Star Wars I get, it comes from a place of love and care. I aim to do what my tagline says: autopsy. Respectful, measured dissection. Any psychoanalysis I do should be taken loosely and not as the be-all end-all explanation for an artistic choice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
With Star Wars canon being so expansive and multi-authored, mischaracterization is rampant. This site focuses on the version of Padme presented in the films. Other versions are not ignored, but de-prioritized. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Official Space Lolita Bibliography*:<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n J.W. Rinzler’s Making of: Star Wars<\/em> series<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Star Wars Archives <\/em>(Volumes I and II) by Paul Duncan <\/p>\n\n\n\n Skywalking: The Life and Films of George Lucas<\/em> by Dale Pollock <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Secret History of Star Wars<\/em> by Michael Kaminski<\/p>\n\n\n\n How Star Wars Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of a Multibillion Dollar Franchise<\/em> by Chris Taylor<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Empire Triumphant: Race, Religion and Rebellion in the Star Wars Films<\/em> by Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock ‘N Roll Generation Saved Hollywood <\/em>by Peter Biskind <\/p>\n\n\n\n Lucas: His Hollywood Legacy<\/em> by Richard Ravalli<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Power of the Force: Race, Gender and Colonialism in the Star Wars Universe<\/em> by John Paul Pianka <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Star Wars Heresies: Interpreting the Themes, Symbols and Philosophies of Episodes I, II and III <\/em>by Paul F. McDonald <\/p>\n\n\n\n Star Wars Meets the Eras of Feminism: Weighing All the Galaxy\u2019s Women, Great and Small<\/em> by Valerie Estelle Frankel<\/p>\n\n\n\n George Lucas: Interviews<\/em> by Sally Kline<\/p>\n\n\n\n *AKA, I\u2019ve used these books for research and so can you. This isn\u2019t necessarily a rec list but they\u2019re all interesting, accessible reads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacelolita.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacelolita.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacelolita.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacelolita.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacelolita.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/spacelolita.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":499,"href":"https:\/\/spacelolita.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spacelolita.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacelolita.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spacelolita.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}