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| An alien in the Empire? |
I'd been planning on writing a post about ethnicity and Xenophobia in Star Wars for a while, but recent news made this a higher priority for me. In particular,
ForceCast Episode #276 had an interesting discussion of xenophobia in the Empire. The discussion was sparked by the picture on the right, which shows an
Imperial Inquisitor from the upcoming
Star Wars: Rebels animated series.
What's wrong with this photo? Well, the Inquisitor is an alien, a
Pau'an to be precise. However, the Empire as depicted in the Original Trilogy clearly had strains of xenophobia. Imperial ships were only staffed with human crews. White, male humans. Hearkening back to my posts on
Images of Power, the Empire was clearly not a friendly place for aliens.
