A new animated Star Wars television series features a Jedi who is nonbinary, with other characters referring to this Jedi as “them.”
The new Disney+ series, Tales of the Empire, consists of six shorts, with one of the episodes featuring the nonbinary Jedi. The character is about to surrender to an Inquisitor, a character that hunts Jedi, before another Inquisitor strikes the Jedi down.
“They’re still alive,” one of the Inquisitors says while checking the character’s heartbeat. “We need to get them to the ship. We can save them.”
It is not the first time the Star Wars franchise has incorporated LGBT characters, as two female characters were shown kissing at the end of the ninth film in the franchise, The Rise of Skywalker, which was released in 2019. The scene was cut when the film was released in Singapore and Dubai.
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In 2021, Lucasfilm unveiled two transgender, nonbinary characters in its comic book series titled Star Wars: The High Republic.
The Walt Disney Company purchased Lucasfilm in October 2012 for $4.05 billion. The Washington Examiner has contacted Disney for comment.
