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So a lot people are upset and being rather transphobic about Sister, the transgender clone trooper from 2022 now recently getting official art. I'm just going to make a short post to air my own grievances about the complaints.
"Kaminoans would turn her into protein paste for being defective"
Clone Trooper 99 was defective and was still utilized. He died with honor while fighting alongside his brothers.
"Kaminoans would never use defective clone troopers"
Chances are you never watched the Bad Batch or paid attention to anything outside the pew pews.
"All clones are male"
Omega from Bad Batch
"Clone troopers are all made to be the same and not be distinct"
Literally in the first episode of the Clone Wars series, Yoda points out how despite being clones, each one is unique. This is pre-Disney buyout of Lucasfilm, no excuses here. (0:38 seconds in)
I'm not trans or in the LGBTQ community so take what I say next with a grain of salt (I'm your basic cishet male).
If anything, my only complaint is that I feel the color on her armor is a bit too on the nose. I had a similar problem with The Acolyte with Osha being all "Is he, or they, with us?". Just keep it to the point and natural and ask "Are they with us?"
I just feel the colors are a bit too on the nose are these are earth trans-flag colors (or close to it). While purples and blues are one of my favorite color schemes, why are we using earth-trans colors? Or perhaps a short backstory for the significance of these colors to Sister?
Just keep it in plain sight without having to draw it out. The trans Twi'lek from Book of Boba Fett is a good example.
But yeah if you're misgendering her and referring to her as "it", then you're a pos and can go jump in a Sarlacc pit.
That is my take on the current Star Wars discourse going on. Transphobia sucks and those complaining about this haven't really paid attention to the messages in Star Wars whatsoever.