- "I'm a Sawyer."
- ― Heather Miller[src]
Heather Miller (Born: Edith Rose Sawyer) is the main protagonist in Texas Chainsaw 3D. She is the daughter of Loretta Sawyer and Leatherface's long-lost cousin who arrives to collect the inheritance from her grandmother Verna Sawyer-Carson.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Edith Rose Sawyer was born circa 1973 as she was a baby around the time a massacre took place after his cousin Jedidiah Sawyer attempted to kill a group of five young people that entered their home. After Jed fails to kill Sally, the only remaining member of the group, the authorities became aware of her cousin's crimes and arrived at their home to arrest him.
Despite her family agreeing to turn Jed to the authorities, Burt Hartman led a group of people into burning down the farmhouse of the Sawyer family. Edith was then taken from her dying mother, Loretta Sawyer, by Gavin Miller, one of the townsmen who decided to raise her with his wife Arlene Miller as one of their own.
Going to Texas[]
Over the years, Heather grew up not knowing her true heritage, getting a boyfriend named Ryan and meeting her best friend Nikki. She is eventually notified in 2012 that her real grandmother, Verna Sawyer Carson, passed away. Realizing that she was adopted, Heather decided to go to Texas with Ryan, Nikki and Kenny and collect her inheritance.
On their way to Texas they picked up a hitchhiker named Darryl after they accidentally hit him with their car. Heather then met Mr. Farnsworth, a close associate to her family, who gave her a letter and explained that the Sawyer house was now hers. Arriving at the family house Heather inherited, they were all impressed by how big it was, deciding to stay for the night. While going shopping, they left Darryl to guard the house. When Heather and the gang are in town they meet the Mayor Burt Hartman, who offers to buy the house from her. Heather declines and she and her friends return to the house, where they find out that Darryl has ripped them off, as he stole every item he could from the house and seemingly left.
Meeting Leatherface[]
Heather is left alone in the house, as Kenny was killed without her knowing while Nikki and Ryan leave to have sex at the barn, she suddenly sees Leatherface in the kitchen cutting off the fingers from a hand he collected. As she runs outside screaming, Leatherface follows her while yielding his chainsaw. Heather attempts to hide inside a coffin in the Sawyer graveyard but Leatherface finds her and tries to cut her while inside the coffin. As Ryan and Nikki hears the chainsaw they run out of the barn, both half-naked. They see Leatherface in the distance and panic.
Heather then uses the van to bursts inside the barn to rescue Nikki and Ryan. She demands that they get in. They drive out of the barn and down to the metal gate which requires a security code to open. Ryan attempts to drive into the gate to get it to open they succeed after some difficulty. Just on the other side of the gate, the car dies and Leatherface slashes the front tire and when Ryan tries to drive away, the car crashes.
While waking up from the crash, Nikki and Heather see that Ryan is dead. Leatherface comes up to the car and tries to kill them and cuts Nikki. Heather manages to get out of the car and lures Leatherface through the woods and into a carnival. A policeman sees Leatherface chasing Heather and holds him at gunpoint just as Leatherface throws his chainsaw at him and disappears into the woods. Heather is taken down town to the station where she is informed about the Sawyer family. When she learns that several townspeople wiped out her entire family before leaving the station.
Accepting her lineage[]
After Heather leaves the police station, she meets up with Mr. Farnsworth at a bar. He explains to her that he met with Verna and Jed four months ago and that Jed had a mindset like an 8-year-old. When Burt Hartman, now revealed to be the man who was the instigator and ultimately responsible for the Sawyer family's death, comes into the bar, Heather runs away and Burt attacks Farnsworth. Heather runs into the street and is hit by a car. She runs away and stops a police car. Upon learning that the policeman is the son of Burt Hartman, Heather is locked inside the car and is taken to the meat factory where her biological family worked.
The policeman takes Heather inside and tie her arms with rope onto two metal bars. When Leatherface arrives, he notices the scar on Heather's breast and frees her from the ropes. Leatherface is then captured by Ollie and Burt and they tie a chain around his neck. The chain slowly pulls Leatherface towards a meat grinder. While Heather is now free, she picks up a metal rake and stabs Ollie to death. She then throws the chainsaw over to Leatherface and says "Do your thing, cuz.", meaning that Heather wants him to kill Burt. While this is happening, the Sheriff shows up and holds up his gun. Heather pleads for him not to shoot and he looks away. Leatherface then removes the chain and him and Burt battle, this results in Burt getting brutally killed by the grinder.
Heather and Leatherface travel back to the house where Heather cleans him up. Heather tries to take off his mask but he won't let her and he left to reburied their grandmother Verna. She then reads the letter from her grandmother which says that "it is now your turn". Heather then puts on her Grandmother Verna's necklace and starts caring for Leatherface as she did. She later lured her adopted parents to the mansion to have them be killed by Leatherface.
Personality[]
Following her first meeting with Leatherface, Heather was left visibly shaken and traumatized, this was eventually turned into anger when she discovered that Leatherface was her cousin and nobody told her about it along with what they did to her real family. While being chased by the followers of Burt Hartman, Heather defended herself with a knife and seemed to enjoy it. After being caught by Hartman's son, she takes great pleasure in scaring him with the same knife, claiming that she was a Sawyer now.
Trivia[]
- She is the only protagonist in the franchise to be related to Leatherface.
- Despite Heather being at least 39 in the movie, her actress, Alexandra Daddario, was over 10 years younger when playing her.