The Backstory of The Badass ALIENS Character Private Vasquez will Be Told in a New Book
I’ve got some exciting news for all of you fans of James Cameron’s Aliens, as a new book has been announced that will offer a backstory on the character Private First Class Vasquez. I loved this character! When I first saw the film I was a kid and I had never seen a woman portrayed in such a badass way before. She was just freakin’ hardcore.
The character was played by Jenette Goldstein in the movie and she was a Smartgun operator with the United States Colonial Marine Corps, part of 2nd Battalion Bravo Team. She was a member of the combat unit that was deployed to LV-426 to investigate the sudden loss of contact with the colony of Hadley's Hope. She was subsequently involved in combating the Xenomorph infestation at the colony.
Vasquez was part of First Squad's gun team, along with Private Hudson. She had a long history with fellow Smartgun operator Private Mark Drake, and the two shared a close relationship. Vasquez was among the last to perish in the incident, choosing to kill herself with Lieutenant Gorman rather than be captured by the Xenomorphs for impregnation.
The book is titled Aliens: Vasquez and it is written by V. Castro (The Queen of the Cicadas) and it will “explore the canonical background of Vasquez, as well as the story of the children she was forced to leave behind. Even before the doomed mission to Hadley's Hope on LV-426, Jenette Vasquez had to fight to survive. Born to an immigrant family with a long military tradition, she looked up to the stars, but life pulled her back down to Earth — first into a street gang, then prison. The Colonial Marines proved to be Vasquez's way out — a way that forced her to give up her twin children.”
Raised by Jenette's sister, “those children, Leticia and Ramon, had to discover their own ways to survive. Leticia by following her mother's path into the military, Ramon by entering the corporate hierarchy of Weyland-Yutani. Their paths converge on an unnamed planet which some see as a potential utopia, while others would use it for highly secretive research. Whatever humans have planned for it, however, Xenomorphs will turn it into a living hell.”
This sounds like it could be a great story and I’m interested in checking out. Titan Books will publish the book on October 25th. What do you think about Private Vasquez finally having her story told?
Source: EW