(I hate Kylo Emo Ren with the fire of a billion suns so fair warning.)
The thing is that the Force shimmers around her like starlight but she’s not…quite a Jedi.
Her brother despises her and pretends she doesn’t exist because she is a living reminder of that “weakness” in him. He wants to claim his powerful legendary Skywalker bloodline.
Pfft. She thinks he’s full of bantha poodoo.
Now Uncle Luke really just sat her down one day and had a lovely long talk with her and he finally had this Eureka Moment™ due to Certain Observations that he has had about his buddy Han a long time ago.
Uncle Luke laughed his ass off for days.
She’s a crack shot and she’s got her father’s luck. She flies ships like nobody’s business but she gets that from both sides of the family tree so Dad and Ghost Grandad can be both proud.
(Yeah, she sees Grandpa Garbage Can skulking around. He’s more fun than one would think)
She picks up a name for herself because that’s what Dad did so she’s Billie Rogue to the galaxy. She’s a pirate. She can outfly, outshoot, outwit and outfox anybody. Slavers are a favorite target. She hates what they do to sentient beings with every fiber of her being.
The Force whispers to her and she listens with her heart and her soul and her gut and that is how she can walk out of any scrape.
In fact, the Force has whispered to Han all the days of his life. It kept him alive and got him out of impossible situations no one else could survive. It’s a gift that has passed on this daughter.
(His son ignores this willfully. It will be his doom and downfall in the end.)
Her best friend and co pilot is an Ewok. Mind you, people who underestimate the Ewok soon find out that Cute can be literally deadly.
Billie Rogue’s adventures are just beginning. In fact, there’s a little matter of finding herself a new ship to fly.
(The Falcon has too many painful memories now that Dad is gone. She wishes Rey the best with it.)
And there is going to be a Day of Reckoning with her foolish brother.
What I think is totally awesome is that Daniel Craig said that the Queen was supposed to look up straight away, but she improvised the letter writing and completely blanked him, so the awkward standing there was completely realisitic. The Queen ignored James Bond because she was ACTING.
She ain’t called the Queen for nothing, kids.
I remember watching this live and thinking, ‘that’s not the Queen, no way.’ Then she turned around and HOLY FUCK! THAT’S THE ACTUAL QUEEN!
And that’s why the 2012 Opening Ceremony will forever be my favourite.
My favourite thing is that you can tell Craig is, underneath the stoic Bondness, going EEEEE EEEEEE EEEEEE I AM ACTING WITH THE QUEEN EEEEEE I AM BEING BOND WITH THE ACTUAL FUCKING QUEEN NO OTHER BONDS GOT TO DO THIS EEEEE.
I feel this is also a realistic feeling for Bond in this moment so really excellent method Mr Craig.
Also, she made them change the helicopter they were going to use because she knew it was the wrong type of helicopter.
ALSO they brought her the script for approval and she was all “Cool, can I play me?” and they were all “Um…yes?” because originally they were going to cast for the part.
The Queen’s knowledge of all things vehicular is always worth a reblog.
