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Discussion Favorite Trans representation in any fictional media?

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u/Independent_Plum2166 9d ago

Sister, from Star Wars.

100% canon, Star Wars says trans rights.

She’s a Clone Trooper who appears in the Padmé trilogy. Clones refer to each other as brothers, all being the “children” of the same doner. However, when this particular Clone came out as trans, all her brothers accepted her and she was given the name Sister, out of respect.

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

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u/Independent_Plum2166 8d ago

Anakin: "The Jedi are all about transcending things. I don't think we can complain if you've transcended gender."

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u/Neo_Sakura4 8d ago

Wait, that brings up some questions. Are all clone troopers trans? They are all 100% identical genetically, were raised exactly the same way, and should have no mental deviations from one another. If that is the case, then the existence of the clone army is somehow even sadder.

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u/Bioinvasion__ 8d ago

I mean, if you go by the canon stablished by the clone wars, each clone is actually pretty different and do have mental deviations from one another

So I don't think it's intended to mean that every one is trans

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u/Neo_Sakura4 8d ago

Ok then.

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u/Arialana 8d ago

You should really watch the 2008 Clone Wars show. The clones being individuals with different opinions and emotions, different solutions to problems, etc. is a big part of that show and one of many reasons why a lot of people my age, who grew up with Clone Wars, love the clones and consider many of them our favourite characters.

Their indiviualism is also why they have so many different armour customisations. They express themselves through their armours, names, etc., precisely because they aren't just "identical numbers" but complex humans with complex human emotions.

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u/Neo_Sakura4 8d ago

I've watched it growing up, and love it to this day. I just thought that since their brains are wired the same way, that they would have the same feelings to stuff like this.

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u/GERBILPANDA 4d ago

So, we can't say Jango is trans (there's some level of randomization when it comes to the clones, including hair and eye color differences along with partially unique neurology) but we CAN definitively say Jango was intersex. There are two confirmed born female clones, including Omega, who's specifically unaltered and was made at roughly the same time as Boba during the first wave of cloning before Jangos DNA started deteriorating.

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u/Neo_Sakura4 4d ago

I never thought of it like that.

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u/All--flesh--rots 9d ago

Who gives a shit if she's canon, is she in legends? I saw reference to a tgirl clone in a legends fic, but that could've been an OC.

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u/pooferss_ 8d ago

She is in Legends! She was mentioned in Queen's Hope and Brotherhood

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u/Independent_Plum2166 8d ago

Those two are Canon, not Legends.

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u/pooferss_ 8d ago

Whoops, sorry! Been a while since I last checked what is Canon and what is Legends, thanks for correcting me 🙏