Даже я, уж сколько этой темой интересуюсь, не сразу понял, насколько важным шагом в политике диверсификации Lucasfilm является скорый выход онгоинга
Doctor Aphra. А ведь, оказывается, это первый ЗВ-проект в истории, протагонистом которого является
бисексуальная женщина-азиатка. И, судя по всему, это также первый Marvel-комикс с ЛГБТ-персонажем в главной роли.
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Marvel is past due for another woman lead, especially in an ongoing series. Since the publication of Star Wars #1 in January 2015, only three storylines have positioned a woman front-and-center: the Princess Leia miniseries, the Shattered Empire miniseries, and the “Rebel Jail” arc of the Star Wars series. For comparison, Marvel has published six miniseries altogether and its four ongoing series have netted twelve story arcs between them.
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Marvel has been more willing to share time in the limelight with its characters of color. Shara Bey’s son, Poe Dameron, has his own ongoing series, as did Kanan Jarrus (his series ended earlier this year). Lando Calrissian also starred in a miniseries. Still, until Aphra, Shara Bey stood alone as the only woman of color to helm a Marvel series. In fact, Aphra and Shara Bey are the only women of color in the starring role in any Star Wars media. Only Ciena Ree of Lost Stars comes close, and she shares top billing with her love interest, Thane Kyrell.
Not only is Aphra a woman and a person of color, she’s also queer. This is where Doctor Aphra truly breaks ground—its focus on a queer woman’s story told in her own series. There has never been, in the history of the Star Wars franchise, a book or comic or video game to make a queer character its main character. The pre-reboot EU only had three queer characters, all of whom were supporting characters. Since 2014, Del Rey has introduced Sinjir Rath Velus, a gay man and one of the Aftermath trilogy’s ensemble cast, as well as a handful of queer supporting and background characters.
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From a cynical perspective, this move could be taken as a bone thrown to women, people of color, and queer people who would otherwise be uninterested. But that view ignores that there are already people with a variety of identities in fandom. Moreover, the majority of people talking about Aphra’s sexuality and her status as first queer Star Wars lead are already fans, and started the conversation about Aphra’s identity of their own volition.
More likely is that fans genuinely like Aphra; they find her engaging, like her humor, and enjoy her dark-Indiana Jones vibe. That she happens to be a woman, or a person of color, or queer, is probably incidental for many folks. Some of them are excited specifically because of those facets of her identity, and some take it as just part of a character they happen to like.