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Star Wars Queeries @starwarsqueeries.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

16-year-old Silinese Rhos is genderfluid. Sitia says "little brother" when he's wearing silver, "little sister" when she's wearing gold. He's euphoric when Jecki recognizes and acknowledges his gender shifted. To avoid spoilers, I won't describe Rhos/Lio's romance trajectory. Buy/check it out! 5/5

Text from chapter 9 of "Star Wars: The Acolyte: The Crystal Crown" by Tessa Gratton @tessagratton.bsky.social‬:

Jecki grinned and added, “A little too fast to fully appreciate, though.”

Sitia laughed. “You’ll get to see me plenty.” She pulled Rhos around from behind her. “You remember my little sister Rhos?”

Jecki blinked, and Yord frowned, but they both recovered swiftly. Jecki said, “Of course we do. You fought well, too, Rhos. It was interesting watching your technique especially, as a fellow short person.”

Rhos smiled bashfully, the same expression she’d worn when given compliments last night. Everything about her seemed the same, and Jecki wondered how Sitia knew about the gender shift. Was there a pattern to something Rhos did with her wardrobe or hair or something? Rhos’s jumpsuit matched Sitia’s, even being black and purple. Her ears were studded with gold today instead of silver. Maybe that was it. Or maybe it was an ephemeral sibling thing. Or maybe, Jecki thought, slightly amused at herself, Sitia simply asked.

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Star Wars Queeries @starwarsqueeries.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

"Star Wars: The Acolyte: The Crystal Crown" by Tessa Gratton @tessagratton.bsky.social has a Star Wars first: a nonbinary/nonbinary romance between Lionine "Lio" Graf (they/them) and Rhos Arthyst (he/him, she/her). Another NB character is Rap Arcon (they/them). GET THIS BOOK NOW. 1/5

Cover art by J.D. Paulsen (credited as Julian Paulsen) for "Star Wars: The Acolyte: The Crystal Crown". The artwork depicts Jecki Lon with her green-bladed lightsaber and Yord Fandar with his yellow-bladed lightsaber. The characters described in this thread are not in this image.

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Star Wars Queeries @starwarsqueeries.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

The book also has profiles for background characters: - Sage Kinzem, they/them, investigator and new Jedi Knight - Umbaran wives Asala Suro and Cosa Simo, seen in Olega City - Bihun and Basko's species is interesting not-really-genders-wise; text in alt (TY again, @jessicamumford.bsky.social)!

Two aliens in plated armor have five bumps around their heads, greenish skin, widely-spaced eyes, and no nostrils. Under the text heading "BIHUN AND BASKO" is this paragraph:
"Wrosidians are semi-plant-based life-forms that start life as buds on a singular stalk. This reproduction method has led Wrosidian culture to have no direct equivalents of familial or gender identities when compared to most other galactic communities. Bihun (left) and Basko (right) are "relatives" from the same stalk but are not exactly siblings."

Labels point to parts of the image:
- "Crown of sensitive atmospheric filter organs"
- "Basko has a friendly visage"
- "Corrugated bellow-plates aid with breathing"

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Star Wars Queeries @starwarsqueeries.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Star Wars: The Mask of Fear by Alexander Freed introduces non-binary point-of-view character Chemish Runazha, who I won't say much about to avoid spoiling their specifics. They're human, Imperial, with "browned skin", "bright-green eyes", "runner's shoulders concealed beneath the gaudy jacket". 1/3

Cover of "Star Wars: The Mask of Fear", artwork by Marko Manev, written by Alexander Freed and the first of book of "Reign of the Empire". Mon Mothma is a tiny figure in white, lit from above by a spotlight, and surrounded by the nearly-black chamber of the Galactic Senate.

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Star Wars Queeries @starwarsqueeries.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Star Wars: The Acolyte: Wayseeker by @justinaireland.com has a new, incidental non-binary character: "Master Niko Jiro, a slim human with pale skin and a halo of wild, dark curls, was the only other Jedi High Council Member in attendance. They gave Indara a kind smile of encouragement." 1/2

The cover of the book "Star Wars: The Acolyte: Wayseeker" written by Justina Ireland; the artwork is by Tomasz Majewski. Two Jedi with the likenesses of the actresses who portrayed them in the TV series The Acolyte: Vernestra Rwoh (Rebecca Henderson but bald and green) poses with her purple lightsaber in front of Indara (a younger Carrie-Anne Moss) with a green lightsaber.

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Star Wars Queeries @starwarsqueeries.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

The newest Star Wars: The High Republic book is Into the Light by Claudia Gray, with gorgeous cover art by @coreybrickley.bsky.social (see textless: www.instagram.com/p/DBfMuS9RseH) Several LGBTQIA+ characters reappear but that aspect never comes up in this story and there aren't any new ones.

Art by Corey Brickley (@coreybrickley.bsky.social)
A young, brown-haired man-- probably Jedi Knight Reath Silas-- is wearing a gold-accented cloak and tunic, white pants, and brown boots. He's in the middle of thick, vine-covered roots and there's some kind of scattered technological debris. He holds his ignited green lightsaber in both hands as he looks warily at his surroundings, which are lit up green by his lightsaber where they aren't lighted by sunlight breaking through.

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Star Wars Queeries @starwarsqueeries.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

And then February 2021, Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures #1, @djolder.bsky.social and Harvey Tolibao, introduced Lula Talisola and Zeen Mrala, and their stories were woven together from the very start 🥹

Two girls face the viewer, each in one panel. On the left is Lula, a Black teenage girl, whose thoughts in a blue box are "... We have no choice!" Someone off-panel says: "And Padawans... may the Force be with you!" In the right panel, Zeen is a teenage alien girl with pink skin and purple tendrils instead of hair, and a blond boy behind her points up and says, "Look!"

Lula is dressed in brown Jedi garb with other Jedi behind her, using lightsabers to block red blaster bolts. Zeen watches them in awe, with her thoughts in pink boxes. Seeing the Jedi using the Force to help people makes her question if she can be like them.

Zeen and Lula are in two panels facing the viewer. They are having the same thoughts, conveyed by using a pink-to-blue gradient in boxes containing those thoughts: as they sense destruction, the power of the Force rises in them, and they rise with it. Lula and two other Jedi continue use lightsabers while Zeen lifts her hands towards the sky.

Zeen's pink hand reaches upward towards gravel and stones; she says: "Can't... hold it..." Next to hers, Lula's brown hand rises as she says, "Hold on!" Zeen is stunned as she looks at Lula, who smiles and says, "We got you."

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Star Wars Queeries @starwarsqueeries.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

But then: @chuckwendig.bsky.social's Aftermath! - Esmelle and Shirene, wives and GOOD people! - Incidental mention: Iggs had two fathers - Sinjir Rath Velus, aforementioned DISASTER gay, thoroughly developed before he meets and falls in love with Conder Kyl in 2016's Aftermath: Life Debt

Sinjir Rath Velus, another disaster, is a gay man with wavy brown hair, a trimmed mustache, and scruffy beard. He flings cards across a table while his other hand rests on a blaster. Illustrated by Javier Garrón @javiergarron.bsky.social on Jango Fett #4, Pride variant cover.

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Star Wars Queeries @starwarsqueeries.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

It's WEDDING SPECTACULAR day for Lula and Zeen in a Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures special, by Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social & Harvey Tolibao! This is a big Star Wars first! Other queer couples married off-page/screen in-between stories.🧵

Ella Poworoznik @cherriielle.bsky.social cover for THE WEDDING SPECTACULAR special issue of Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures. Lula Talisola, a young Black human woman with her hair in bantu knots, smiles at Zeen Mrala, a young alien woman with pink skin and tendrils instead of hair. Lula wears a white and blue wedding gown and Zeen wears blue and teal; they both have matching silver bracelets. Confetti falls around them.

Pris Bampoh @bampshi.bsky.social cover for THE WEDDING SPECTACULAR special issue of Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures. Lula Talisola, a young Black human woman with her hair in bantu knots, embraces and touches foreheads with Zeen Mrala, a young alien woman with pink skin and tendrils instead of hair. Lula wears a white and blue wedding gown and Zeen wears blue and teal. Everything is warm-toned and they're surrounded by purple and pink flowers.

Akinobu Hara/5health cover for THE WEDDING SPECTACULAR special issue of Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures. Zeen Mrala, a young alien woman with pink skin and tendrils instead of hair, smiles widely and touches foreheads with Lula Talisola, a young Black human woman who stands behind her and holds her hand. Zeen wears a blue and teal wedding gown and Lula wears white and blue; they both have matching silver bracelets. Flower petals and floral arches frame them.

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Star Wars Queeries @starwarsqueeries.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The Battle of Jakku 5/Republic Under Siege 1 has multiple LGBTQIA+ characters but no content showing they are. Star Wars Queery: will Luke Skywalker ever get to be bi/pan on-page again (or be a-spec!) or will other stories pretend not to see it?

A woman (Rynn Zenat) with a bandaged cheek aims a blaster pistol at a frowning redhead and says, "I don't take kindly to that. It makes me MAD." Luke Skywalker, styled as in Return of the Jedi, is to the left with a determined expression.

From the confusingly-named-and-numbered "Star Wars: The Battle of Jakku (5 of 12): Republic Under Siege (1 of 4)", artist Stefano Raffaele and color artist Alex Sinclair.

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Star Wars Queeries @starwarsqueeries.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Did their genetic manipulation include differing sexes? Was a gender imposed at birth, parallel to IRL experiences of intersex people? Were they raised as the same gender but someone transitioned? For instance, raised as brothers but Am is a trans woman or as sisters but Karre is a trans man.

Screenshot from anime short film "THE TWINS". Two light-skinned people with light blond hair duel with red-bladed lightsabers. Am is on the left and Karre on the right.

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Star Wars Queeries @starwarsqueeries.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Were Am and Karre always twin sister-and-brother in-universe? Flashbacks in reverse chronological order include 2 embryos sharing a container, 1 zygote before that, suggesting Am and Karre are monozygotic/identical twins. (Alas, I can't take screencaps or images would include those!)

Anime still image with stylized red lighting. Two people in dark helmets and armor, in front of a large, glowing crystal held within equipment. Presumably Am is the feminine-presenting figure on the left and Karre is the masculine-presenting figure on the right, corresponding to the armor Am wears in the present.

Image file via https://www.cap-that.com/starwars/visions/103/?page=3

Anime still image with stylized red lighting. Two children or adolescents with faces either heavily shadowed or masked. They have light skin and hair in blunt bobs and the same dark-and-light clothes, making them nearly identical. They are surrounded and possessively held by people with concealed faces and black hooded cloaks. Two people carry a large crystal in a sealed container.

Image file via https://www.cap-that.com/starwars/visions/103/?page=3

Anime still image with stylized red lighting. Two identical, pale children are wearing breathing apparatuses as they float in containers full of liquid. They're observed by people with concealed faces and black hooded cloaks.

Image file via https://www.cap-that.com/starwars/visions/103/?page=4

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Star Wars Queeries @starwarsqueeries.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Am and Karre from the 2021 Star Wars: Visions short "THE TWINS" are described as twins and clones, dubbed in English by a queer pair: Am is Alison Brie (she/her, bi, came out 2023) and Karre is Neil Patrick Harris (he/him, gay). Not "canonical" LGBTQIA+ but 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ fans noticed and had QUEERIES... 🧵

Anime screenshot of a woman with light skin, platinum blonde hair, and purple eyes showing through her blunt bangs. She wears black-and-red armor and is gritting her teeth in anger and concentration.

Anime screenshot of a man with light skin, platinum blonde hair in a short bob, and blue eyes. He is wielding blue-bladed weapon (a lightsaber) in both hands to block beams of red light.

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Star Wars Queeries @starwarsqueeries.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Only 4 Pride variant covers for Star Wars in June 2024, down from 7 in 2023 & 2022 and 6 in 2021. 1. Cair San Tekka and Xylan Graf, husbands from rival families 2. Ruu, trans masc Jedi 3. Sinjir Rath Velus, gay man (minus husband Conder Kyl) 4. Doctor Aphra, disaster lesbian, always has a cover

Cair San Tekka and Xylan Graf are husbands, and they both have light brown skin and dark hair. Xylan has especially fashionable clothes and drapes his arm on Cair's shoulder. Illustrated by Paulina Ganucheau @paulinaganucheau.bsky.social on The High Republic (2023/Phase III) #8.

Ruu is trans masc and he's wearing a helmet and cape as he dramatically poses with a lightsaber over his head. Illustrated by Phil Jimenez on Star Wars (2020) #47.

Doctor Aphra is an Asian disaster lesbian running from blaster fire and falling rocks. She brought this on herself. Illustrated by Rachael Stott @rachaelstott.bsky.social on Darth Vader (2020) #47.

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