Princess Leia: Role Model

Although on the surface it might appear that Princess Leia is merely a helpless princess needing to be rescued, she is actually a bad-ass. This is a great post on Tor.com by Emily Asher-Perrin about why Leia always ends up on--and deserves to end up on--any list of strong female characters in SF.

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/08/can-we-talk-about-why-we-really-love-princess-leia