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badstarwarspuns · 6 months ago

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As a HR fan and an FNV fan I can't help but see Vernestra being Aro/Ace and kicking ass as a Jedi as a parallel to "Bisexuals do 20% more damage to everyone" in FNV.

Getting another aroace rep out there while first post is doing well.

Did you guys know we're getting a canonically aroace character in live action Star Wars THIS SUMMER

Vernestra Rwoh from the High Republic era was confirmed to be being played by Rebecca Henderson in the new show Acolyte coming out this year.

Vernestra was confirmed aroace by her main writer Justina Ireland (writer of Dread Nation, a great read!) And the word aromantic was used in her section of the High Republic characters encyclopedia.

The High Republic in general is full of queer, women and non white characters, the authors are so nice and so is the fandom.

I was at Celebration when Vernestra was announced to be in live action and I cried so much I can't wait for more people to know her.

A little background info, Vernestra is the current known youngest Jedi to be knighted, she was 15!

Her former master Stellan Gios is one of the marshals of Starlight Beacon and for a little bonus rep is implied to be in love with two of his best friends (the authors do drop hints to this, it's not just fans).

Her next appearance is in Defy the Storm by Justina Ireland and Tessa Graton coming out next month, I can't wait to see what happens.

#does the narrative ever explicitly say being aroace makes her a better jedi? no #but like think about it #if the Jedi's whole thing is avoiding attachment #specifically attachment so intense it overrides your judgement in the way romantic feelings often do #there's a case to be made that aroace people make better jedi because that's not something they have to deal with #hell Verbestra still struggles #but she struggles specifically with being put in a leadership role as a jedi Knight when she's so young.#she cares immensely for her friends #but she doesn't have the issue a lot of jedi do of catching feelings and having to deal with that.#basically Vernestra is rad #although I'm not sure I like her being bald in Acolyte #it's an odd choice given how distinct her hair is in the novels

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