In Out of the Shadows, Ripley is woken from stasis 37 years after the events of Alien, fights Xenomorphs alongside several miners, and is put in stasis again the end of the book with her memory of these events erased to spare her from the worst of the psychological trauma she has experienced.
Following the destruction of the original Xenomorph Hive and the derelict on Acheron, and the death of the Runner on Fiorina "Fury" 161, Ellen Ripley committed sacrificial suicide to destroy the last known Xenomorph specimen in existence — the embryonic Queen developing inside her.
Unfortunately Ripley was carrying a Queen Alien embryo inside of her, which the company, Weyland Yutani, wanted to preserve to produce biological weapons. Ripley kills herself to avoid this. Centuries after the death of Ripley, scientists were able to clone her using DNA acquired from the incidents in Alien 3.
Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley (officially designated as Ripley 8), reprising her role from the previous three Alien films. After having sacrificed herself to kill the Alien queen gestating inside her in Alien 3, Ripley has been cloned using blood samples so that the military may extract the queen embryo.
WHAT HAPPENED TO AMANDA RIPLEY AFTER ALIEN ISOLATION? ALIEN LORE SEQUELS STORY EXPLAINED
How did Ripley get pregnant?
Ripley soon learns that during her cryostasis aboard the escape pod, she was attacked by a Face Hugger, and impregnated with a Xenomorph embryo. A scan using the escape pod's barely functioning medical apparatus reveals this baby is none other than an Alien Queen.
In Alien 3, Ripley gets infected with a Xenomorph embryo by a Facehugger and lands on a prison planet following the unceremonious deaths of Hicks and Newt.
In Alien 3, that hasn't changed, and they want the embryo that Ripley is carrying. Deciding it is best to destroy the embryo, Ripley decides to sacrifice herself after killing the Xenomorph, refusing to let Weyland-Yutani take her in alive. She dives into the furnace, destroying both herself and the embryo inside her.
The alien-fighting warrant officer revealed her shaved head in the third instalment of the successful franchise, which had her stranded on a prison spaceship. “I think it brings out the faces and the vulnerability of these actors very much,” she said of her and her fellow cast mate's shorn locks.
Amanda is the daughter of Sigourney Weaver's character Ellen Ripley. The story is set fifteen years after the events of the original Alien film as Amanda goes out into the dark reaches of space to find out what happened to her mom.
Since the Alien embryo required a living host, it escaped through Newt's mouth, swam to Ripley (whose tube had been shattered during the crash), forced her mouth open and crawled into Ripley's esophagus (explaining why Ripley has a sore throat).
The queen erupted from her chest, but she still had enough strength to hold onto it as they were taken by the lead. Lieutenant Ellen Ripley, the last survivor of the Nostromo's destruction and the mission on LV-426, had died. With Ripley's sacrifice, the Xenomorph species had finally been brought to an end.
Ripley suspects that she has a Chestburster inside and has it confirms it, when 85 gives her an x-ray. Even when Ripley confronts the Xenomorph, it won't kill her because it knows she is carrying a Queen. X-Ray of Ripley showing the Queen Chestburster.
Carrie Henn was unable to reprise her role as Newt as she was too old for the part so Danielle Edmond took over the role in this installment for the brief autopsy scene with Newt's corpse.
Critical reception wasn't terrible, but it failed to be anywhere near that of the first two Alien movies. A recurring criticism is that the film felt thinly plotted, which makes sense given how much of the script was up in the air for most of its filming.
The third entry sets the tone early, with Ripley's fellow survivors Hicks (Michael Biehn) and Newt (Carrie Henn) dying offscreen. Having her surrogate family torn apart so soon after Aliens is devastating for Ripley, and is made worse by Alien 3's graphic Newt autopsy.
He was killed by a lone Xenomorph that was born in the prison in 2179. After Ellen Ripley arrived at the facility, she and Clemens became close, eventually sleeping together. Clemens was later killed by the Xenomorph in the infirmary where he worked.
The role of Ripley in Alien was originally written for a man, however, Sigourney Weaver's casting went on to change the portrayal of women in Sci-Fi. Ellen Ripley has strong leadership qualities upheld by her strength and resourcefulness, which were not seen in representations of women at the time.
She eventually met and married her husband Alex, and during a layover between trips they conceived their first child. Despite the fact that it violated Weyland-Yutani regulations, Ripley allowed the pregnancy to come to term, eventually resulting in the birth of her daughter Amanda.
Upon her reunion with Ripley 8 (now exhibiting Xenomorph traits) the Queen had moved past the egg laying stage and developed a massive womb, Ripley's genetic "gift", according to the maddened Dr. Gediman. The Newborn emerges from the womb, the Queen's first live birth.
