10.18.22 |

Adria Arjona from Star Wars Andor is Fearless | Get It Girl

While hard at work fixing a spaceship, a scrapyard mechanic agrees to help a wanted man who’s desperate to move a highly-sensitive piece Imperial technology. That’s where we find Adria Arjona’s Bix Caleen in Andor – the Star Wars series on Disney +.

“Even as a fan, being a Latina in Star Wars feels like I’ve achieved something really special.” – Adria Arjona

Getting the chance to act in one of the most beloved movie franchises of all time is not lost on Adria. With this role, the Puerto Rican actress now growing list of female protagonists in the Star Wars Universe that are cunning, intelligent, and proactive heroes. In an interview with Get It Girl host and fellow boricua Britni Camacho, she expressed that is was her hope that young Latinas watching could believe that they too can be in a project as big as Star Wars.

Starring alongside Diego Luna, who’s decorated career in film has lead him to now star in some of the biggest tv series in recent memory like Narcos, the two bring the show’s Latin on-screen representation to the centerstage. Latino fans reacted positively to hearing Luna’s Mexican accent in the Star Wars film Rogue One, a trait he insisted on keeping for his character. Adria also credited Luna with helping her making her feel right at home on set while they’re on a distant planet.

“He’s been in the universe before so it was nice that I had all my scenes, especially my first with him because it was almost like a welcome into this world. ” – AA

With positive reviews flooding in and viewership topping streaming charts, we here at LATV are left wondering when we are going to get a Bix Caleen spinoff series?