vote_for_palpatine said:

No, because we want our actresses and actors to be attractive people. Any guy who's played an action hero has more than his share of swooning fans.

Besides, there's just no cap on attractive. I don't find Kirsten Dunst attractive. But if she was portrayed as an action hero and her sexuality was as downplayed as much as possible, I believe there would still loads of dudes going ZOMG HOTTT!!!11!

But yeah, the instant half-shirt in AOTC was hard to believe.

There is a huge difference between someone being attractive, and someone being portrayed as over the top sexy. Laura Croft is a excellent example of this. Rather than giving her more practical gear for her job, she is given really short shorts and extremely tight clothing to accentuate her shape. Sure, if she was wearing khakis and loose fitting leather jacket, you'd still get guys calling her hot. But that is a lot different than dressing her in fantasy clothing letting the video camera linger on her girly bits for long stretches at a time.

ferris209 said:

Oh good Lord.

Care to explain that one?