There was a lot of interest a few weeks ago when it was revealed that the Star Wars universe was getting its very first officially LGBT characters – or at least the first one it was going to openly admit wasn’t straight (apparently, despite there being thousands of planets with aliens on them, they’re all straight, except one person).
Now though a rumour has surfaced – and it has to be said that it is very much a rumour at this stage – that the new, lesbian character Moff Mors won’t just appear in Paul S. Kemp‘s novel Star Wars: Lords of the Sith, but will also pop up int the planned Star Wars movie spin-off, Rogue One, which Godzilla’s Gareth Edwards is set to direct.
Cinelinx has the rumour, and as this stands it’s difficult to know whether they have got the inside scoop or not. In the last few weeks they’ve dropped a few Star Wars titbits, but so far they’re all unconfirmed.
Moff Mors has been described as ‘an Imperial who has made some very serious mistakes but she is an incredibly capable leader and spends much of the book working hard to prevent absolute failure. She also happens to be a lesbian.’
It would be great if she does appear in Rogue One, and that if she does they acknowledge her sexuality. However I have a horrible feeling that Moff Mors won’t be in Rogue One at all, and that like Star Trek, properly LGBT characters will be left to the expanded universe where only a few will know they even exist.
If you do want to get to know her, Moff will definitely be in Paul S. Kemp‘s upcoming novel Star Wars: Lords of the Sith, which is due to be published soon. Whether she also appears in the Rogue One movie when it arrives December 2016 is yet to be seen.
It’s believed that Rogue One will be set between Episodes III and IV, and will follow a group of bounty hunters/pirates who set out to steal the plans to the Death Star.
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