The first transgender clone character in “Star Wars” appears, named “Sister” wearing proud-colored Stormtrooper armor

The “Star Wars” universe is very diverse, and the first transgender character in the series has officially debuted. According to foreign media Inverse, a new “Star Wars” book with the theme of the clone army will be released on October 8, showing the audience a portrait of the series’ first transgender clone trooper (trans woman clone trooper).

The “Star Wars” movie prequel trilogy “Attack of the Clone” once mentioned that the stormtroopers of the Galactic Empire were first composed of clones, and their parent body was the bounty hunter Jang Fett, but after the clone revolution and the white After Buting’s death, the Empire’s clone army has become a minority. Most of the Stormtroopers were recruited and trained through illegal means.

Replicants are also human beings and have more potential for development, just like Boba Fett to his father, Jang Fett, who was a master above others, and like the members of the Disney+ animation “Star Wars: The Flawed Squad”, George Lucas tried to explore a concept in animation. : There are more unique individuals among the clones, just like special forces with enhanced skills, making their abilities special but not portraying them as superheroes.

THE SECRETS OF THE CLONE TROOPERS includes a first look at Sister, a trans woman clone trooper 🏳️‍⚧️

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This concept also applies to other texts. In the prequel novel “Queen’s Hope” written by EK Johnston, the author of the “Star Wars” series and published in 2022, the first transgender clone of Star Wars, White Soldier, makes his debut, but the book mainly focuses on The story of Pemi Amidala, Queen of Naboo and Senator of the Galactic Senate, has very little focus on the transgender replicant.

The Inverse report quoted content from the book. The transgender replicant soldier called herself “Sister” and was born from the replicant facility on Kamino. She explained the origin of the name to Anakin Skywalker, “It was my brothers who showed me to everyone.” way of belonging”.

Although Sister was concerned that the Jedi might not share the same sentiment, Anakin did not hesitate to affirm her identity, as the Jedi Master focused on the extraordinary ability to practice the Force to the best of his ability to transcend physical limits, and now that the replicant transcended There’s nothing much to say about “gender”.

In theory, the appearance and biological sex of the clones in “Star Wars” will be the same as that of the parent. It is said that Johnston’s book also writes this (it has the same basic characteristics as Jungle Fett), but none of the subsequent works explain how Sister changed her gender. , or Sister Being transgender is just a social identity choice.

Johnston commissioned artist Uzuri Art to create an unofficial character portrait of Sister, depicting the replicant soldier with long braids and a custom suit of armor emblazoned with trans pride colors.

It was not until the release of the new book “Star Wars: The Secrets of the Clone Troopers” in October this year that the existence of Sister was officially mentioned again and the braid design was officially adopted. The book describes:

“When one of our members had a different gender identity than the other soldiers, she felt she had to hide her true inner self. Fortunately, the brothers of the 7th Space Legion gave her the name ‘Sister’ as a constant reminder, She belongs here forever.”