Oh, okay.
Don’t get why them being women is relevant at all though.
It’s relevant to the history of the trope, as it’s typically women dying to advance the man plot/character arc. Val died so Woody could… punch Han I guess? And L3 died so they could cannibalize her for parts.
And plenty of men die in the film to advance the plot and character arcs as well?
Hell, Dryden - the main villain - (a man) dies to advance the character arc of Qi’ra (a woman).
You’re also forgetting that Rio died in the very same scene as Val. Rio is a man.
What are you even on about?
It’s not a gender issue at all, there’s no need to make it one.