

While Raya and the Last Dragon changes your view of the Disney Princess, it also brings a film with no singing characters and replaces them with intense fight scenes. Recovering a piece of her fractured Dragon Gem, Sisu discovers the ability to shape-change into human form. Awkwafina steals the scenes with her quirky humor and one-liners, but it’s her heart that makes her such a charming character. The last dragon shows Raya what it means to trust and look at things from a different perspective. Related: Raya and the Last Dragon Activity Packetįinding Sisu (voiced by Awkwafina) was no longer just about saving Kumandra. The film invokes the message that we have to come together and trust in each other to heal what has been broken. Mirroring a nation divided much like those currently around the globe, Kumandra is also torn apart by the people that live there. The evil Druun that Raya (voiced by Kelly Marie Tran) describes as a mindless plague and look an Obscurus terrorized the land turn the people and dragons in their path to stone.

The people or Kumandra lived alongside beautiful, magical dragons that brought them water, rain, and peace. Raya and the Last Dragon is another step in Disney’s mission to change the perception of what a Disney Princess looks like, and they do that with fierce characters and storytelling from Southeast Asia culture.
