Panel 1: Rose and Iz walk along beside the wall.
Rose: Way before The Force Awakens, my stepsisters and I used to play Star Wars.
Panel 2: Years
before, Jennifer (about twelve), holding a toy blaster, argues with the
twins, one of whom clutches a lightsaber and the other of whom is
dressed in Han Solo's vest. Eleven-year-old Rose, wearing a white
smock, sits on a stool and teases her hair into buns.
Caption: Clara, Rebecca, and Jennifer would fight over who got to be Luke and Han, but no one wanted to play Leia. Except me.
Panel 3: Back in the present, Rose perches on the wall as Iz watches her.
Rose:
They saw her as a damsel in distress. I saw her as someone who could
kick all the butts while still in mourning for an entire planet.
Panel 4:
Rose: She wasn't my princess; she was my general.
Iz: But the gold bi--
Rose: Don't ruin the moment.
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