🐱 ‘Star Wars’ Spotlights Trans Non-Binary Jedi Characters

‘Star Wars’ Spotlights Trans Non-Binary Jedi Characters for Trans Day of Visibility

To honor Transgender Day of Visibility on Wednesday, Lucasfilm debuted an exclusive cover of the “Star Wars: The High Republic” comic book series that features two trans non-binary char…

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To honor Transgender Day of Visibility on Wednesday, Lucasfilm debuted an exclusive cover of the “Star Wars: The High Republic” comic book series that features two trans non-binary characters.

“In honor of #TransDayOfVisibility we’re proud to unveil an exclusive cover highlighting Terec and Ceret, trans non-binary Jedi, currently featured in Marvel’s The High Republic comic,” the Instagram post read. “We support trans lives and we are passionate and committed to broadening our representation in a galaxy far far way.”

First observed in 2014, the holiday is dedicated to celebrating transgender people and bringing awareness to the discrimination and violence they face. President Joe Biden issued the first presidential proclamation that recognized the holiday.


Making their first appearance in the second issue of “Star Wars: The High Republic,” Terec and Ceret are Jedi bond-twins from the planet Kotab. Analytical and inquisitive, they have a linked consciousness and frequently finish each other’s sentences, even when they aren’t in the same room.


The “Star Wars” universe has introduced a vast number of creatures and characters over the last few decades, becoming a fertile landscape for diversity and inclusion. While Terec and Ceret may be the first trans non-binary Jedi characters, it isn’t the first time trans and non-binary characters have appeared in the larger franchise. Introduced in tie-in novels in 2016 and 2018 respectively, the first two trans non-binary characters to appear in “Star Wars” canon were pirate ruler Eleodie Maracavanya and aspiring scoundrel Taka Jamoreesa.


In late 2020, “Star Wars: Squadrons” introduced a Mirialan pilot named Keo Venzee who used they/them pronouns. The video game portrayed them as a wise-cracking joker with a Keo was revealed to be Force-sensitive, they quickly dismissed this power by saying their abilities were just a hunch. The campaign left Keo’s storyline unresolved, opening up the possibilities of the character showing up in future stories.

 

[Antipathy]

Lol whut? You really think the Prequels weren't designed by committee and didn't try to cash in on popular trends at the time just like the ST?

Lucas was just as much of a Hollywood sell out and hack as Kathleen Kennedy and Bob Iger. ROTJ was made to sell Ewok toys and Lucas for all his bitching over how Disney made the sequels was more then willing to let the franchise just coast by on nostalgia when he had over a decade to make the sequels himself.

Oh, they surely did. I could talk about all the toy sales, etc. (But not for the Disney movies. Have fun with that merch still rotting on store shelves half a decade later).

But even then, it feels like the PT was less of a sellout. There was an organic story and not just a confused morass of unconnected points made either to ape the OT or because everyone ran out of ideas halfway through the opening third of Last Jedi. I'm sure someone on the Griefing thread could probably froth at the mouth at how much fucking shit was thrown at the fan for Plan IX (horsey ride toys on the big star destroyer! Pretty Noble Savage Brown Woman toy and batteries sold separately! Jetpack stormtrooper toy! All the ships in that one frame for maximum nostalgia baiting! Toys sold separately! Palpatine's back for toy sales/because we couldn't fucking revive Snoke! Rey is ALLOFTHEJEDI now!) The two movies of the Disney Trilogy I could bear to see were the coldest and most corporate films I have ever suffered through.

I know full well that in ROTJ Lucas swapped Wookies for Ewoks and shot down Ford's idea of Han dying since he wanted things to be more family friendly. I also know how many cool shiny things were made just for toy sales in the PT. But I also know that there's a coherent and functioning story underneath the over-ambitious CGI and parade of shiny new characters.

Perhaps its because there wasn't a giant social media campaign smearing people who didn't like the Prequels as bigots. Perhaps its because it wasn't made by the most predatory media megacorporation in history. Perhaps its because George Lucas never called me a Nazi. Or perhaps its because on retrospection, while I could tell you what the PT was both in microcosm and as a whole, I genuinely cannot figure out a common thread between TFA and TLJ, and I couldn't even tell you the plot of Last Jedi if I tried. I could explain a bunch of plot points but I couldn't at all tell you the plot, and TFA was just JJ Abrams ripping something off again, but worse. Didn't he go on to crudely ape Wrath Of Khan?

And now one of the most beloved brands in history is stuck peddling to wokescolds with two bland, indistinguishable "trans" "Jedi" with matching names and apparently nothing else to note of them. I would cry if I didn't consider the franchise dead and buried.

 

[CheezzyMach]

Oh, they surely did. I could talk about all the toy sales, etc. (But not for the Disney movies. Have fun with that merch still rotting on store shelves half a decade later).

But even then, it feels like the PT was less of a sellout. There was an organic story and not just a confused morass of unconnected points made either to ape the OT or because everyone ran out of ideas halfway through the opening third of Last Jedi. I'm sure someone on the Griefing thread could probably froth at the mouth at how much fucking shit was thrown at the fan for Plan IX (horsey ride toys on the big star destroyer! Pretty Noble Savage Brown Woman toy and batteries sold separately! Jetpack stormtrooper toy! All the ships in that one frame for maximum nostalgia baiting! Toys sold separately! Palpatine's back for toy sales/because we couldn't fucking revive Snoke! Rey is ALLOFTHEJEDI now!) The two movies of the Disney Trilogy I could bear to see were the coldest and most corporate films I have ever suffered through.

I know full well that in ROTJ Lucas swapped Wookies for Ewoks and shot down Ford's idea of Han dying since he wanted things to be more family friendly. I also know how many cool shiny things were made just for toy sales in the PT. But I also know that there's a coherent and functioning story underneath the over-ambitious CGI and parade of shiny new characters.

Perhaps its because there wasn't a giant social media campaign smearing people who didn't like the Prequels as bigots. Perhaps its because it wasn't made by the most predatory media megacorporation in history. Perhaps its because George Lucas never called me a Nazi. Or perhaps its because on retrospection, while I could tell you what the PT was both in microcosm and as a whole, I genuinely cannot figure out a common thread between TFA and TLJ, and I couldn't even tell you the plot of Last Jedi if I tried. I could explain a bunch of plot points but I couldn't at all tell you the plot, and TFA was just JJ Abrams ripping something off again, but worse. Didn't he go on to crudely ape Wrath Of Khan?

And now one of the most beloved brands in history is stuck peddling to wokescolds with two bland, indistinguishable "trans" "Jedi" with matching names and apparently nothing else to note of them. I would cry if I didn't consider the franchise dead and buried.

You do realize retail toy sales in general have declined as more and more people move to buying strictly online right?

Online the toys seem to regularly sell out especially the new Mando stuff.

Also the cast of Star Wars has been calling the fandom a bunch of shitheads for decades now ever since they bullied Anakin and Jar Jars' actors out of asshurt because the PT didn't live up to their expectations.

And Star Wars has plenty of comics and merchandise out now that doesn't peddle to "wokescolds" like Darth Vader,Mando and the upcoming Boba and Obi-Wan shows.

 

[Antipathy]

You do realize retail toy sales in general have declined as more and more people move to buying strictly online right?

Online the toys seem to regularly sell out especially the new Mando stuff.

Also the cast of Star Wars has been calling the fandom a bunch of shitheads for decades now ever since they bullied Anakin and Jar Jars' actors out of asshurt because the PT didn't live up to their expectations.

And Star Wars has plenty of comics and merchandise out now that doesn't peddle to "wokescolds" like Darth Vader,Mando and the upcoming Boba and Obi-Wan shows.

As for the retail sales, Avengers media did quite well, very well compared to Star Wars toys. Sure, online sales have been a hit, but mostly of OT characters or things like Mandalorian. Even in the retail stores the Luke figures would vanish while there were stacks and stacks of Rose Tico and Rey figures.

As for the cast calling the fandom a bunch of shitheads, yeah, but there wasn't a gigantic media circus calling them Nazis, manchildren, bigots, fascists, etc. until Disney. Because God forbid someone dislike the product, they are slandered as a misogynistic pile of trash. I've been called a Nazi over not liking Disney Star Wars more times than I've been called a Nazi when I joked about the Holocaust.

As it is with the comics and the merchandise, etc, Disney already showed what ideology they support and I can't in good conscience buy any of that crap because 1: I hate Disney, I hate their market position, they are too powerful, and 2: I'm concerned they'd just push woke crap in anything that does well anyway to try and pander to both crowds.

Want me to mention Dr. Aphra or Galaxy of Adventures or even the DT for times they were woke? Not everything's woke from them, but enough is enough. I don't support that rhetoric, and I cannot support the company that endorses such politics.

The fact that they're hurling these random things out at the wall is proof that they need to streamline their management because this manner of thing has consistently failed in sales, across franchises, when targeting the "nerd" crowd and yet persists because of ideologues at the top demanding more.

 

[Android raptor]

Oh, they surely did. I could talk about all the toy sales, etc. (But not for the Disney movies. Have fun with that merch still rotting on store shelves half a decade later).

But even then, it feels like the PT was less of a sellout. There was an organic story and not just a confused morass of unconnected points made either to ape the OT or because everyone ran out of ideas halfway through the opening third of Last Jedi. I'm sure someone on the Griefing thread could probably froth at the mouth at how much fucking shit was thrown at the fan for Plan IX (horsey ride toys on the big star destroyer! Pretty Noble Savage Brown Woman toy and batteries sold separately! Jetpack stormtrooper toy! All the ships in that one frame for maximum nostalgia baiting! Toys sold separately! Palpatine's back for toy sales/because we couldn't fucking revive Snoke! Rey is ALLOFTHEJEDI now!) The two movies of the Disney Trilogy I could bear to see were the coldest and most corporate films I have ever suffered through.

I know full well that in ROTJ Lucas swapped Wookies for Ewoks and shot down Ford's idea of Han dying since he wanted things to be more family friendly. I also know how many cool shiny things were made just for toy sales in the PT. But I also know that there's a coherent and functioning story underneath the over-ambitious CGI and parade of shiny new characters.

Perhaps its because there wasn't a giant social media campaign smearing people who didn't like the Prequels as bigots. Perhaps its because it wasn't made by the most predatory media megacorporation in history. Perhaps its because George Lucas never called me a Nazi. Or perhaps its because on retrospection, while I could tell you what the PT was both in microcosm and as a whole, I genuinely cannot figure out a common thread between TFA and TLJ, and I couldn't even tell you the plot of Last Jedi if I tried. I could explain a bunch of plot points but I couldn't at all tell you the plot, and TFA was just JJ Abrams ripping something off again, but worse. Didn't he go on to crudely ape Wrath Of Khan?

And now one of the most beloved brands in history is stuck peddling to wokescolds with two bland, indistinguishable "trans" "Jedi" with matching names and apparently nothing else to note of them. I would cry if I didn't consider the franchise dead and buried.

Lol calm down.

The prequels had plenty of shelfwarming merch too, Lucas threw everything at the wall when it came to licensing stuff.

Organicness or whatever is entirely subjective. Both the PT and ST are just as corporate.

Space wizard movies aren't serious business and they never have been.

Oh and fun anecdote about figures, ive actually seen Luke figures doing tons of shelfwarming at my local Walmarts especially. Rey seems to sell ok tho.

What are you defining as woke btw? Because how the fuck is Galaxy of Adventures, which is just random scenes from the franchise as animated shorts for young kids, even remotely woke?

 

[CheezzyMach]

As for the retail sales, Avengers media did quite well, very well compared to Star Wars toys. Sure, online sales have been a hit, but mostly of OT characters or things like Mandalorian. Even in the retail stores the Luke figures would vanish while there were stacks and stacks of Rose Tico and Rey figures.

As for the cast calling the fandom a bunch of shitheads, yeah, but there wasn't a gigantic media circus calling them Nazis, manchildren, bigots, fascists, etc. until Disney. Because God forbid someone dislike the product, they are slandered as a misogynistic pile of trash. I've been called a Nazi over not liking Disney Star Wars more times than I've been called a Nazi when I joked about the Holocaust.

As it is with the comics and the merchandise, etc, Disney already showed what ideology they support and I can't in good conscience buy any of that crap because 1: I hate Disney, I hate their market position, they are too powerful, and 2: I'm concerned they'd just push woke crap in anything that does well anyway to try and pander to both crowds.

Want me to mention Dr. Aphra or Galaxy of Adventures or even the DT for times they were woke? Not everything's woke from them, but enough is enough. I don't support that rhetoric, and I cannot support the company that endorses such politics.

The fact that they're hurling these random things out at the wall is proof that they need to streamline their management because this manner of thing has consistently failed in sales, across franchises, when targeting the "nerd" crowd and yet persists because of ideologues at the top demanding more.

Ok and why wouldn't Disney try to pander to as many people as they can? That's marketing 101.

As long as I get my badass Darth Vader and Mando stuff the Tumblerites can have their two TransJedi and super special awesome lesbian spy chick.

You don't have to support everything a brand or company you like does. Do you think I buy every title DC or Marvel Comics puts out?

 

[Android raptor]

Plus like, why obsess over something you hate? If you don't like Rey or the ST, why get so buttblasted over some random stranger on the internet liking them? Why go on for 2000+ pages about it?