Star Wars may exist in a celestial array outside the seen world, but its wokeness is lighting America's entertainment universe. For proof, look no further than one of its recent path-paving kids' cartoons.
Across a galaxy far, far away, a spectacular span of cultural space has been traversed; perhaps the trip was aided by lightspeed. In the late '70s, the sci-fi behemoth blasted off via a story as traditional as it gets -- three men set out to rescue a beautiful princess from the clutches of a sinister warlord. With the help of two robots and a towering dog-man, they defeat evil. It was an old-fashioned fairy tale, unspooled against the backdrop of aliens and the starry void.
But a lot has changed since then, thanks to the 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm by Disney. The Mouse took charge of all things Star Wars, with no plans to repeat the property's past. Newly-appointed Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy announced, "The force is female" -- even though Star Wars had thrived mostly due to male fans. Moreover, one of the franchise's first post-purchase writers declared that the Empire was a stand-in for white supremacy. The 1977 film's heroes had all been Caucasian, but that wasn't likely to ever again occur.
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Apropos of Darth Vader's domain, the Disney+ streaming platform boasts new animated serial "Star Wars: Tales of the Empire." The six-episode endeavor introduces a Jedi Knight the woke of the West would call "nonbinary" -- that is, the hero is a "they/them." Per purveyors of an all-new idea, such indicates the individual is neither man nor woman. According to Earth's historic understanding of words, however, it means the Jedi is more than one person. Take your pick; they're equally extraordinary.
What's also wondrous is the cosmic coincidence of it all. Though Star Wars happened (as the iconic introduction notes) "a long time ago," its story apparently took eons to reach our own galaxy. And amazingly, its timeline came upon sexual vacancy at the exact parallel moment modern America was birthing that same idea.
Additionally odd: There were only guys and girls in the prequel and initial trilogies; plotwise, "Tales of the Empire" takes place somewhere in-between. Therefore, in the Star Wars universe, it seems there were merely men and women...then for just a moment, that wasn't true...then it was back to the cervix-or-scrotum system. Maybe the they's couldn't figure out how to reproduce. Or nonbinary folk fierily arose but were immediately extinguished by Imperial white cis supremacists.
Another possible explanation: Like Luke and Leia's adoptive guardians, original story reporter George Lucas concealed the truth -- calamitously, he was cutting-edge-crotch phobic.
Whatever the case, "Tales of the Empire" isn't wholly breaking new franchise ground. It's at least the second project to include a character who -- put in poultry terms -- despite pecker or breast is neither rooster nor hen. In honor of Transgender Day of Visibility 2021, comic book “Star Wars: The High Republic" featured Terec and Ceret -- labeled by Lucasfilm as "trans nonbinary Jedi." How might a person be transgender -- the state of having changed sexes -- as well as nonbinary, the condition of being neither sex? Perhaps you must begin a transgender transition...then precisely halfway through, bail. By dint of a perfect, midpoint abandonment, you won't be one any more than the other.
In promotion of the comic, Disney/Lucasfilm posted the following online:
In honor of #TransDayOfVisibility we're proud to unveil an exclusive cover highlighting Terec and Ceret... We support trans lives and we are passionate and committed to broadening our representation in a galaxy far far way #TDOV
Star Wars may emanate from long ago, but Disney is keeping up with the trends:
'New Scientific Evidence': World Health Organization Discovers There Are More Than Two Sexes
In the Beginning, God Created 'Hir' and 'Zir': Christian University Converts to Pronounism
'SNL' Hires Its First Nonbinary Cast Member
Biden Launches Gender 'X' Passports — You Can Now Travel as Neither Man Nor Woman
Three's Company: Modern Sexual Identity Advances to 'Trigender'
'Nonbinary Gender Affirming' Doctors Offer Sexual 'Nullification' Surgery
And, with a space theme:
Education on the Rocks: Taxpayers Help Children Realize They're 'Moongender' and 'Rockgender'
Back to "Tales of the Empire," the show presents a complex combo of wokeness and compassion. The nonbinary warrior's enemies choose for him her [insert correct description here] to die; the foes say exactly as much. Yet even as they have no respect for his/her/eir/pers life -- and are even out of (f)aer/vis/xyr earshot -- they still insist on respecting hir/zir/Jedi-self's pronouns:
So goes modern -- and, evidently, past galactic -- morality: Wokeness isn't just life; it's more important than life.
It's a force with which to be reckoned.
For any of you whose underwear identify as outer-space empty...may the Force be with you.
-ALEX
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