The upcoming Star Wars novel Lords of the Sith by Paul S. Kemp will feature the canon's first LGBT character.
Kelly Shapiro, the editor at Star Wars book publisher Del Rey confirmed the addition of Moff Mors, a gay character, during an interview with Big Shiny Robot Friday.
Mors, a lesbian, is described as being an "incredibly capable leader" who works hard to prevent "absolute failure."
Shapiro said the character will be the first gay "character in canon" adding that other characters have been described, but not labeled as LGBT in the past.
"There was a gay Mandalorian couple, so it's not brand new. It's not something I really think about, it just makes sense," said Shapiro.
"There's a lot of diversity -- there should be diversity in Star Wars. You have all these different species and it would be silly to not also recognize that there's a lot of diversity in humans. If there's any message at all, it's simply that Star Wars is as diverse (or more so because they have alien species) as humanity is in real life and we don't want to pretend it's not. It just felt perfectly natural."
Kemp's Lords of the Sith will be out for sale on April 28.
GMT 11:32 2018 Sunday ,07 October
Syria is writing the last chapter in the war against terrorismGMT 13:58 2017 Thursday ,26 October
Russian exhibition honours first victims of Bolshevik ruleGMT 10:41 2017 Wednesday ,05 April
Michelangelo crucifix gets pride of place in FlorenceGMT 13:21 2017 Monday ,27 March
Shia LaBeouf anti-Trump art project shut down after threatsGMT 07:37 2017 Friday ,10 February
Gaza's 'Spider-Man' contortionist enters record booksGMT 17:29 2017 Friday ,03 February
John Hurt's strangest role in cat filmGMT 10:04 2017 Monday ,09 January
Google Honors Native American AuthorGMT 12:25 2016 Thursday ,01 December
Scorsese and Pope Francis swap 'hidden Christians' storiesMaintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©
Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©
Send your comments
Your comment as a visitor