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I feel like a lot of authors tend to paint their heroines as flawless ultra-badasses, but to be honest, I love characters with flaws that have to struggle and better themselves.
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The Lady Jessica was an incredibly flawed character
and an ultra-badass. She's great. I mean, all of Herbert's characters were flawed, which is one of the reasons why his stories still resonate brightly, but she always stood out to me as something special; something elusive and altogether untrustworthy. Great character.
As for a female lead in Oddworld: If it makes sense for the story, just don't shoehorn one in.
As we move forward into the 21st Century, we're seeing an irksome trend of politically correct zest in literature and entertainment. Idris Elba being cast as the Arthurian gunslinger, Roland Deschain, has been perceived by many as the studio's attempt to needlessly racially diversify the main cast—which makes utterly no sense, considering there is a main character who is both negro and a woman in the second book. I'd have to agree that it's a rather bizarre decision, probably motivated by some market analyst who is just checking all the boxes to make sure they don't enrage any political fringe groups.
I'd hate to see Oddworld suffer the same treatment.