Queer Representation in
Star Wars
Episode 2 | ft. QueerSWatch
Sources
Onscreen Media
•Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)
•Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
•Star Wars: Episode VI – The Return of the Jedi (1983)
•Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003)
•Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (2004)
•Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
•Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) – S2 Ep11, Lightsaber Lost
•Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011)
•Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015)
•Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
•Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi (2017)
•Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
•Star Wars Resistance (2018) – S1 Ep13, Dangerous Business
•Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (2019)
•Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
•Star Wars: Squadrons (2020)
•Star Wars: Andor (2022-) – S1 Ep5, The Axe Forgets, S1 Ep9, Nobody’s Listening!
•Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (2023)
•The Young Jedi Adventures (2023) – S1 Ep2, Nash’s Race Day
Reference Books
•Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious by Pablo Hidalgo
Novels
•The Hutt Gambit by A.C. Crispin
•Boba Fett: A Practical Man by Karen Traviss
•Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice by Karen Traviss
•The Last of the Jedi: The Desperate Mission by Jude Watson
•Aftermath by Chuck Wendig
•Aftermath: Life Debt by Chuck Wendig
•Aftermath: Empire’s End by Chuck Wendig
•Ahsoka by E.K. Johnston
•Leia, Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray
•Bloodline by Claudia Gray
•Last Shot by Daniel José Older
•Alphabet Squadron by Alexander Freed
•Shadow Fall by Alexander Freed
•Victory’s Price by Alexander Freed
•Doctor Aphra by Sarah Kuhn
•Black Spire by Delilah S. Dawson
•Visions: Ronin by Emma Mieko Candon
•From A Certain Point of View by Various
•Queen’s Hope by E.K. Johnston
•Brotherhood by Mike Chen
•Padawan by Kiersten White
•Jedi: Battle Scars by Sam Maggs
•Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule
•The Fallen Star by Claudia Gray
•Out of the Shadows by Justina Ireland
•Midnight Horizon by Daniel José Older
•Path of Deceit by Tessa Gratton and Justina Ireland
•Path of Vengeance by Cavan Scott
•Convergence by Zoraida Córdova
•Cataclysm by Lydia Kang
•Quest for Planet X by Tessa Gratton
Comics
•Star Wars (1977) – #35
•The Bounty Hunters: Aurra Sing (1999)
•Star Wars (2015) – #19, #61
•Darth Vader (2015) – #3
•Doctor Aphra (2016) – #16, #19
•Bounty Hunters (2020) – #3
•Doctor Aphra (2020) – #31, #35
•Star Wars (2020) – #31
•The High Republic (2021) – #2
•The High Republic Adventures (2021) – #13
Web Sources
•LGBT ‘Star Wars’ Characters: A Brief History by Phil Owen on thewrap.com
•The Queer history of Star Wars: A comprehensive timeline by Alex Jaffe on thepopverse.com
•Check Out All of Marvel's Star Wars Pride Month Covers - Exclusive on StarWars.com
•Marvel and Lucasfilm Celebrate Pride Month with Special Star Wars Covers on StarWars.com
•Celebrate Pride Month with Sana Starros and Other Marvel Star Wars Covers on StarWars.com
•Leox | Star Wars Databank on StarWars.com
•[Spoiler] Gay Romances in SWTOR by u/fox1440 on reddit.com/r/swtor
•SWTOR Romance Guide on swtorista.com
•‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’: Finn and Poe Aren’t Boyfriends, but J.J. Abrams Hints at LGBTQ •Representation by Adam B. Vary on variety.com
•Star Wars lesbian kiss scrubbed from ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ in Singapore by Ebony Bowden on nypost.com
•The one Rise of Skywalker scene that's being censored by Abbey White on looper.com
•Praise for The Rise of Skywalker’s Queer Representation Is Unmerited by Kaila Hale-Stern on themarysue.com
•“In honor of #TransDayOfVisibility we're proud to unveil an exclusive cover highlighting Terec and Ceret…” by @StarWars on Instagram.com
•“So let’s start our deep dive at @pablohidalgo’s Scum and Villainy…” by @JoinTheSchwarz on twitter.com | Mirror
•Star Wars Resistance Season Two Press Day Coverage on coffeewithkenobi.com
•"For those talking about the subject, note that Cassie Cryar and Ione Marcy..." by @PabloHidalgo on twitter.com (Wookieepedia screenshot, post since deleted)
•Alec Guinness's gay side revealed by John Ezard on theguardian.com
•“@LelalMekha @antinezushi In my mind Ferus and Roan were married…” by @judymblundell on twitter.com
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