Sunday, December 17, 2017

Fashion Fail, Star Wars Girls' Shirts Overlook Diversity

I know this is probably a ridiculous thing to complain about especially with the terrible state of the world. But as a Star Wars fan, I get so tired of looking at shirts like this that only feature these same four human female characters: Leia Organa, Jyn Erso, Sabine Wren and Rey. I don't understand why Rose Tico (a new character from The Last Jedi) and Padme Amidala are also never included in these rebel/girl power compilation t-shirts?


But what stands out to me even more is that non-human female characters such as Ahsoka Tano and Hera Syndulla were not included? Are they not rebels or does the title only pertain to those that are human.

Since all the various shirts like this that I have seen are geared towards little girls, I think it's a missed opportunity not to have included non-human female rebel characters. The visual aspect of seeing the diversity with human and non-human characters together along with either the girl power or rebel slogans would reinforce the positive things that the rebels stand for.

Below are additional shirts that illustrate my point:

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