Ukufika kukaE. Johnston's entsha Idabi leenkwenkwezi inoveli, I-Queen's Shadow , ayinakufika ngexesha elifanelekileyo. Ukugxila kwiNdlovukazi yangaphambili kunye ne-Senator yaseNaboo Padmé Amidala Naberrie, kukhanya ukukhanya kwenkokeli yomfazi othuleyo ongenakuhoywa ngokulula kunye namaqhawekazi e-franchise ecacileyo uLeia, uRey, uRose noJyn.
Kwaye oku ngumzamo ofunekayo: ukhonzwa kakubi ngumbhali-mlawuli uGeorge Lucas kunye nezityalo zakhe ezabelana ngesondo kunye neencoko ezibuthathaka, uPadmé udibene nemvelaphi Idabi leenkwenkwezi njengabakhonzazana bakhe abanobuqhophololo. Kwi-prequel trilogy, usweleka ezala amawele uLeia noLuka, kwaye unentliziyo ebuhlungu kukuba umyeni wakhe u-Anakin, ubundlobongela obunobunewunewu obunobuthi obunamandla, uguqulwe waba bububi bukaDarth Vader.
Njengoko umgxeki wobufazi uSarah Jeong esitsho , Ukungakwazi kweeklinikhi ukusindisa ubomi bukaPadmé ngexesha lokubeleka-ngelixa umzimba ka-Anakin wenziwe ngokoqobo ngaphandle kokonzakala okuyintlekele-bubungqina bomyalelo woosolusapho osilelayo ukuxabisa ubomi babasetyhini.
Kodwa I-Queen's Shadow utshintshe yonke loo nto.
E.K. Okwesibini kaJohnston Idabi leenkwenkwezi inoveli (emva kwakhe Iimfazwe zeNkwenkwezi: Ahsoka ) yeyona nto ndiyithandayo yamabali e-canon yexesha le-Disney, ngenxa yokukholelwa kwakhe ePadmé. Cwangcisa emva kwempazamo ye- Isisongelo seFantom kwaye sigxile kutshintsho lukaPadmé olusuka kuKumkanikazi luye kwiNdlu yeeNgwevu, (ngombulelo) lishiya u-Anakin ngaphandle komfanekiso kwaye endaweni yoko lisimemela kwiingubo, kwiiofisi, nakwimishini eyimfihlo yeSenator kunye nabakhonzazana bayo.
Iqela lamantombazana elipholileyo kumnyele lishiya iNaboo kwaye lisiya eCruscant ukujoyina iNdlu yeeNgwevu; phezulu kwi-ajenda yabo iphelisa ubukhoboka kunye nokunceda abanye. Bonke abantu basetyhini-kubandakanya iVersé, iYané, iRabé, iEirtaé, iSaché, iCordé, kunye neDormé- banobukrelekrele kwaye banamakhono kubo kwaye banemisebenzi njengososayensi, amagcisa, abezopolitiko, iimvumi kunye nabanonopheli. Nangona kunjalo, nguPadmé kunye ne-handmaiden yakhe yasekunene enamabali avakala ngokucacileyo kuyo yonke inoveli.
Ekubhaleni kwabasetyhini, uJohnston uphumelele ekubonakaliseni indlela yokuziphatha enentetho eyamkelweyo ngumlingisi kaPadmé noSabé uNatalie Portman noKiera Knightly njengeNdlovukazi ekwisikrini- kwaye apha, ingqalelo yombhali kwiinkcukacha iyothusa-kodwa kwiincoko zabasetyhini ezingokwemvelo nangaphakathi iimonologues zokuba abalinganiswa baphile, kwaye zinovelwano kwiphepha.
Ngapha koko, ukuqaphela kukaJohnston uPadmé kugqibelele kangangokuba wayenokuba sisicakakazi ( kudliwanondlebe lwe StarWars.com , xa wayekwishumi elivisayo wayefuna ukuba ngumhlobo weNdlovukazi yamaNabooese). Ngenxa yoko, bobabini uPadmé noSabé bavela phantsi kwesithunzi sikaKumkanikazi ngentliziyo yokwenene, kwaye banxibe ukungaphumeleli kwabo kunye nemvakalelo yomsebenzi wabo woluntu kwimikhono yabo eboyiweyo.
Kubafundi abaninzi, ibali likaJohnston malunga nabafazi abanamandla ababuza ubuchule babo kunye nokuziphatha ngelixa bezama ukukhonza abanye kuya kuba yinto eqhelekileyo njengeeplanethi ezihanjelwe kwinoveli, njengoko kuya kuba njalo iingxelo zeendaba ezingenanto kule ncwadi, bonke bezimisele ukujongela phantsi iPadmé njenge mncinci kakhulu, unemfashini kakhulu, kwaye ubhinqileyo kakhulu ukuba abe yinkokheli elungileyo. Kukho ngokucacileyo u-Hillary Clinton we-subtext ekubhaleni kuka-Johnston, kwaye unokucinga ngokulula i-Senator kunye nezicakakazi zakhe zikrozile ngathi (nokuba mhlophe) i-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, i-Ayanna Pressley kunye no-Rashida Tlaib kwi-Senate yeGalactic.
I-Queen's Shadow , Iintshatsheli zentsebenziswano kunye nezakhono zabasetyhini kwezopolitiko, ziza zipakishwe yimvakalelo yobufazi. Akunjalo nje kummandla woluntu ukuba uJohnston aguqule ama-tropes malunga nabasetyhini baseNaboo, nangona kunjalo. Emva kwe-façade ye-mask-like makeup kunye nemifanekiso eqingqiweyo yeenwele yindawo egcinwe ngononophelo yeempahla ezenziwe nge-blaster-proof kunye nezixhobo ezifihliweyo ezinokwenza uJames Bond akhuphe i-tux yakhe kwintliziyo. Ukubanjiswa kobufazi kunye nesiko loosolusapho bahlehla ngokufanelekileyo njengezixhobo ezifanelekileyo kubuhloli besetyhini: Intombazana ilungile, kwaye awufuni kuphazamisa nayo.
Ngaphandle kweNdlu yeeNgwevu kunye neqela lakhe (ukuba ndinokugxekwa okukodwa, kukuba inoveli iyanamathela ekusebenziseni amagama abafazi abasebenza ngokufanayo, endaweni yamagama ahlukeneyo), sikwatyelela iBreha Organa kwiplanethi yakhe yase-Alderaan. Ngelixa avela ngaphakathi Impindezelo yeSith Imizuzwana nje, unendawo eyandisiweyo yokuhamba apha, kwaye sifunda ngakumbi ngomama kaLeia owamkelweyo njengomhlobo kunye nemfihlo yePadmé. Phakathi kwentshukumo ekhawulezileyo yokutshintsha kwesazisi kunye nemishini yokunceda abantu phakathi kwamaplanethi, ukutshintshiselana kancinci phakathi kwabafazi babini kunye nehlabathi labo sisikhumbuzo esichukumisayo sebali elibanzi le-Star Wars elalibajikelezile.
Inkqubo ye- Idabi leenkwenkwezi Indalo iphela, ke, yiyo yonke ekhazimlayo kwibali elinengcinga nothando malunga nabafazi baseNaboo abangazange — ngokungafaniyo neKhansela uPalpatine — bangabajongeli phantsi. Ngaphandle kokubonakala kukaPadmé njengowasetyhini obonisa umboniso wemyuziyam ye-Star Wars, amaphepha e-Tumblr kunye ne-Twitter feed, kwanezinto ezenziwe ngezandla, ezidayiswe ngumtshato ezathengiswa ngabalandeli kwi-intanethi, inoveli kaJohnston yamkelekile, i-canon yongeza ukubuyela kwakhona uKumkanikazi kubalandeli besetyhini.
Umenyiwe ukuba ungene kwaye uphume kwisithunzi seKumkanikazi kanye njengoPadmé, abafundi baya kuba nakho ukubuyela kwiifilimu ze-prequel kunye ne-monologue yakhe yangaphakathi evakalisa isenzo njengelizwi kwilizwi lomlawuli. Ngokuqinisekileyo le ncwadi iya kudibana nabalandeli bakhe beqhwaba izandla.
Iimfazwe zeNkwenkwezi: I-Queen's Shadow nguE. UJohnston iyafumaneka kwiDisney Lucasfilm Press ukusukela ngoMatshi 5 (USA) nangoMeyi 2019 (UK).
(umfanekiso: Disney Lucasfilm Press)
URebecca Harrison ngumfundi wefilimu ongumfazi, umgcini kunye nomgxeki. Ngoku ubhala incwadi malunga nesini kunye nohlanga kwi Idabi leenkwenkwezi ilungelo lokushishina. Ungamlandela kwi-twitter ku- @ beccaeharrison.
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