There could be a very interesting story about the horror of gaining self-identity while being a literal clone of someone else, one of millions, and grappling with that intense dysmorphia
But nah we get "what if the fascist foot soldier was trans" instead
It's not shitty because there's a Trans character. It's shitty because that's fucking garbage writing. Clone troopers are expendable drones. They don't have a gender identity. Also, they're fascist scum. The last thing any Star Wars fan, especially Trans fans, want is their real world community to be represented by space nazis. Star Wars has truly been fucked in every orifice and left bleeding behind a dumpster by the Mouse.
This is like that tweet that was like "Trans people belong in Ohio." You're not quite sure if it's being accepting or denigrating trans people because it's Ohio. It's like "how dare you imply trans people belong in Star Wars???"
Can't wait to hear the inlaws whinge about this lmao
Thanksgiving is almost here and at so many dinner tables will be chud relatives whining about how everything is too political these days!
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the clones are actually basically child soldier victims groomed since birth and kept in line with violence (and having to all fit within a perfect effective and singular identity) so one of them being trans fits perfectly within their themes
Edit: later on they are forced to commit war crimes with literal mind control chips. I can't imagine how that would feel
It was never a Vietnam allegory. There are no story beats that match any moment of the Vietnam War. Lucas just wanted to sound intellectual, like he didn't just write pew pew space lasers.
Fun fact: Anakin Skywalker created the word transgender in the star wars universe
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It's the trans version of saying "what is this, some kind of Star War?"
I think it's kind of adorable, like a writer with good intentions but who's kinda naive to discourse and still figuring things out lol
tbf like... it's better, so much better than trying to lampshade it
My comment prediction:
After 20 years of clones with every color and pattern of armor, behold as the dorks suddenly realize en masse that brightly colored armor is impractical
The very same fash nerds who got pissed off by an Asian actress being in TLJ will blow a gasket over this while completely ignoring the fact that the SW galaxy has literal bio-engineering and aliens, but no a trans person and an Asian person would NEVER exist in this universe.
a different ethnicity of regular human being pissing them off while there's scenes like the mos eisely cantina and that 'death sticks' club in the prequels that are basically "look how many different beings there are, don't forget this is an intergalactic story with untold trillions of inhabited planets" was so bizarre. peanut-brained.
I can’t wait to see the unhinged rage. I don’t care much about Star Wars these days but the angry tears flowing over this is going to be glorious.
"muh treats are woke!" 
