Star Wars adding its first lesbian character in new book 'Lords of the Sith'

LONDON — The forthcoming Star Wars novel, Lords of the Sith, due out at the end of next month, will include a lesbian character — the first to appear in the series

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Series Editor Shelly Shapiro, who works for UK-based science fiction and fantasy publisher Del Rey, told Big Shiny Robot there should be diversity in Star Wars

"This is certainly the first character in canon," Shapiro told the site. "But there was a gay Mandalorian couple, so it's not brand new. It's not something I really think about, it just makes sense. There's a lot of diversity–there should be diversity in Star Wars Read more...

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