![]() If the Empire has the technology to create clones on the other end of the gender spectrum, there could be opportunities for, say, Rey to somehow clone a daughter using Kylo’s DNA, or ex-clone trooper Captain Rex to train a squad of female clone troopers like a Star Wars Dora Milaje. There’s also the possibility that Omega was genetically engineered to be female, and it wasn’t just a mutation like the Bad Batch. It’s unlikely we’ll see any of them on screen, but the effects are wide-reaching. ![]() ![]() If clones have the ability to genderswap through a mutation, there could be female Palpatine clones wandering the universe much like Rey’s dad. Though Carano was later fired, the only trans representation in the entirety of the Star Wars fandom so far are two nonbinary Jedi introduced in The High Republic comic books.Ī trans character being featured in The Bad Batch would also have huge implications for the future of the franchise. After Mandalorian actress Gina Carano openly mocked the practice of displaying pronouns on social media, trans Star Wars fans weren’t hopeful about the future of trans representation. Star Wars’ relationship with trans representation is mixed. If any of these characters are revealed to be the source of Omega’s DNA, it still means her gender got changed up somewhere along the way and she now presents as female. There’s the obvious pick in Jango, along with a few dark horse candidates including Palpatine, Count Dooku, Obi-Wan Kenobi. While it’s not clear who exactly Omega is a clone of, the leading options are all male. It may not be the same definition of the term we encounter here on Earth, but on Kamino, if a clone is intended to be identical to a cisgender male and is later shown presenting as female, that’s enough to be considered trans representation. Because her “source” as a clone is likely male, this would technically make her transgender. So if she’s a clone, maybe part of her “enhancement” is the fact she’s a girl. She doesn’t look like the rest of the clones, but why would she? She’s young, seemingly aging at a normal rate like Boba Fett (instead of the genetically engineered accelerated rate), and (like the rest of the enhanced clones) her appearance may have been changed by the cloning process. Much like the rest of the Bad Batch, Omega is an “enhanced clone” who, intentionally or not, differs from the identical replication of the millions of Jango Fett clones we see throughout Star Wars. Is Omega a trans clone? One episode in, the Bad Batch’s latest member is already sparking an exciting new Star Wars debate. In The Bad Batch, an animated series about a team of “mutated” clone troopers which premiered May 4 on Disney+, one new character could redefine this galaxy in unexpected ways. But the newest Star Wars show could finally give the franchise its first true LGBT+ representation. Star Wars may have its first trans character.įor 44 years, LGBT+ representation within the franchise has been limited to spinoff comics and a same-sex kiss in the background of The Rise of Skywalker.
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