I don’t see how would having a female lead be more inclusive than having a male lead.
This is so dumb it’s not even worth explaining to you.
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My young daughters love Star Wars and Rey has a lot to do with it.
It is not dumb. You just don’t get it, despite being very simple.
If you have a female lead then young females will be able to associate/relate more. If you have a male lead then young males will be able to associate/relate more. Either way you “include” one more than the other.
Even with Rey, we still have Finn and Poe. We still have more male characters at the center then female characters. And Rey being a girl didn’t stop the young boy sitting next to me in the theater from loving every second of the movie, but on the other hand I can get why girls might not have cared much for the original Star Wars considering Leia was basically the only female in the entire movie and she didn’t get all that much screen time. Let’s face it, the original Star Wars was very clearly designed exclusively for boys, but the new Star Wars can have strong appeal to both sexes. That’s what makes it more inclusive.