New Light Shed on Laura Dern’s Vice Admiral Holdo in STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

Not much is known about the new Star Wars character Vice Admiral Holdo who is being played by Laura Dern in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. That has all changed now. Dern herself spoke to Entertainment Weekly about the character and I’m just going throw this up now just to be safe:

It appears that Holdo is going to be one of those characters that you will either love or be irritated by. If Leia Organa (played by the late Carrie Fischer) is your mother that you know are comfortable with, and love, then Holdo is like the mother of your girlfriend. Dern tells us, “She enters the Resistance to shake things up.” Some may see that as a good thing, change can be great. Change can also be bad. Oscar Issac also talked about the new Vice Admiral and the relationship between her and his character Poe Dameron in The Last Jedi saying:

“She doesn’t particularly look like your typical military leader, and so I think there’s a bit of distrust for Poe[.] He’s not sure what to make of her, and then the way she speaks, the things she says.”

Apparently, this friction is why the two are together on Entertainment Weekly’s The Last Jedi covers.

I think one of the biggest indicators we’ve been given as to her character comes from Issac who said:

“Even if something seems like it’s not the most heroic thing to do in the moment, thinking about the bigger picture is sometimes more important[.] That’s something he’s trying to wrap his mind around, but at the same time, with the Resistance being in such a precarious situation, he wants to do the right thing, and doesn’t want to just wait and let things happen. He doesn’t necessarily agree with the way Holdo sees the role of the Resistance in this particular moment.”

Dern even mentions that Holdo represents, "stereotypes about women bosses." SHe continues saying:

“Like if she looks a certain way, she can’t achieve the job or she must be brazen. You know, all the different versions of what we label someone. I mean, there are reasons why I might look the way I look.”

In short, Holdo is going to shake things up which doesn’t sit well with members of the Resistance like Poe. Also of note, Poe and Holdo were both trained by the one and only General Leia.

Do you trust Holdo or is she going to be the Umbridge of Star Wars?