Episode 20 - "You're Doing Drag!"
Mon Mothma's Fashion Crimes
Sources
Onscreen Media
•Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977)
•Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
•Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)
•Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
•Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
•Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
•Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
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•Lost Stars by Claudia Gray
Comics
•Return of the Jedi – The Rebellion (2023) – #1
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•The Gender Knot: Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacy by Allan G Johnson
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•The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
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•Our Lady in White—Mon Mothma in Focus by various on eleven-thirtyeight.com
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•Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Finally Achieved Onscreen Gender Parity, Still Needed More Women of Color by Rebecca Harrison on themarysue.com
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•Michael Wilkinson Talks Costumes in ‘Andor’ by Rachel Leishman on themarysue.com
•‘Andor’ Costume Designer Breaks Down Looks of Mon Mothma, Luthen Rael and Imperial Prisoners by Jazz Tangcay on variety.com
•Men Are Complaining About Playing As Girls In Video Games Again, This Time In Star Wars by Tessa Kaur on thegamer.com
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