Wednesday, March 11, 2015

New Star Wars novel to feature first lesbian character

‘It just fit with my conception of her,’ says author Paul S Kemp of Moff Mors, an Imperial leader in Lords of the Sith ‘who just happens to be a lesbian’

A new hope … a still from the forthcoming film Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
A new hope … a still from the forthcoming film Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Photo: Allstar/Disney/Lucasfilm
The Star Wars universe is nothing if not diverse, incorporating everthing from the slug-like Hutts to the teddy bearish Ewoks and the irritating Gungans. Next month, it will also be able to boast its first official gay resident, thanks to the author Paul S Kemp, who is including a lesbian character in his forthcoming Star Wars novel, Lords of the Sith.

The character, Moff Mors, “is an Imperial who has made some very serious mistakes but she is an incredibly capable leader and spends much of the book working hard to prevent absolute failure. She also happens to be a lesbian,” revealed the site Big Shiny Robot.

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