9) Princess Leia – Star Wars
There aren’t many heroes of any gender who do more ass kicking than Princess Leia. I suppose she doesn’t have much of an option though, being that many times she’s the only woman on the planet (and seemingly in the galaxy). If she wasn’t ready to kick some ass, she’d be disposed of by some bounty hunter, Empire scum or other abominable alien.
She can use a blaster as well as anyone and never falls into any cliche of running around, screaming while waiting for someone to help her out. Even when she’s in her most vulnerable position as Jabba’s slave girl, she finds a way to do something awesome, choking out that horrible Hutt with the very chains that bound her. The galaxy can rest safe knowing its best female diplomat is also able to hold her own with Chewie, Han and Luke when it comes to saving the day.
Then again, her father is Darth Vader and her brother is Luke Skywalker, so she’s got some pretty powerful Jedi blood running through her. If she wasn’t kicking ass, then I’d be inclined to believe that the babies got switched at the space hospital, because there’s no way someone with that heritage isn’t going to be totally awesome.
– Alexander Lowe
