--- title: Colin Hanks On Why Star Wars Needs More Female Merchandise description: And, in turn, more toys and merchandise for girls canonical: https://time.com/3854278/colin-hanks-daughter-star-wars-female-toys/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-11T21:47:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:37.370Z og:title: Colin Hanks and His Daughter On Why 'Star Wars' Needs More Female Characters og:description: And, in turn, more toys and merchandise for girls og:url: https://time.com/3854278/colin-hanks-daughter-star-wars-female-toys/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Colin Hanks and His Daughter On Why 'Star Wars' Needs More Female Characters twitter:description: And, in turn, more toys and merchandise for girls twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Colin Hanks and His 4-Year-Old Daughter Explain Why _Star Wars_ Needs More Female Characters by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 11, 2015 9:47 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman May 11, 2015 9:47 PM UTC Colin Hanks — actor, director, brother of rapper [Chet Haze](http://www.people.com/article/tom-hanks-son-chet-haze-feud-howard-stern) and son of America’s Sweetheart Tom Hanks — is a [big _Star Wars_ fan](https://twitter.com/colinhanks/status/538367032819843072), but he’s not a big fan of the lack of female characters. He’s also not a fan of what results from that: few (if any) female-oriented toys for his four-year-old daughter. Hanks posted on Instagram about the experience of showing his young daughter her first _Star Wars_ film. She loved it — but immediately noticed the lack of female representation. “It’s so tiring watching these movies. It’s always boys, boys, boys and there’s only one girl.” Read the full note here: Hanks ended his message on a positive note: “The only good to come from this is that, once again, my daughter makes me look at the world in a whole new light.” ### See the Concept Art For the Original Star Wars Movie Trilogy  C-3PO and R2-D2 Courtesy of Lucasfilm  The Millenium Falcon Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Darth Vader Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Y-Wings line up against the Death Star Courtesy of Lucasfilm  An X-Wing versus TIE fighters Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Hoth Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Echo Base Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Battle of Hoth Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Battle of Hoth Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Cloud City of Bespin Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Luke versus Darth Vader Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Luke Skywalker versus Darth Vader Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Dagobah Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Jabba's Palace Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Jabba's Palace Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Luke Skywalker versus a rancor Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Jabba's fall Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Endor Courtesy of Lucasfilm  B-Wings Courtesy of Lucasfilm  Luke Skywalker versus Emperor Palpatine Courtesy of Lucasfilm ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3854278/colin-hanks-daughter-star-wars-female-toys/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3854278/colin-hanks-daughter-star-wars-female-toys/"},"headline":"Colin Hanks and His 4-Year-Old Daughter Explain Why Star Wars Needs More Female Characters","datePublished":"2015-05-11T21:47:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:37.370Z","description":"And, in turn, more toys and merchandise for girls","url":"https://time.com/3854278/colin-hanks-daughter-star-wars-female-toys/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3854278/colin-hanks-daughter-star-wars-female-toys/","name":"Colin Hanks and His 4-Year-Old Daughter Explain Why Star Wars Needs More Female Characters"}}]}] ```