What I love about Jyn is that hers isn’t a story of wishing she’d made other life choices. This isn’t an apology.
“What I love so much about Jyn Erso is that she’s an imperfect female warrior – authentic and genuine, truthful and humble, strong and modern without feeling contemporary.
She’s equal parts Joan of Arc and Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley [from the Alien series] – a pure hero, independent of gender.
Apparently though, the film’s creative team were more aware of the similarities between Jyn and another, iconic female protagonist in film than they were anyone else.