9/19/2023 0 Comments Star wars fighter pilot![]() Let’s go to the Sequel Trilogy, aka the closing trilogy of the Skywalker Saga, and the spinoff films. Skipping the entire “Star Wars” Prequel Trilogy because, well. Though his character may not have lived long enough to see the end of the war, he will long recognize him for breaking the color barrier and as a pioneer for what will be more AAPI representation in future “Star Wars” films. ![]() And remember, this is specifically just Rebel/New Republic/Resistance fighter pilots.Īs aforementioned, Lieutenant Gureni Telsij (Eiji Kusuhara) is the first Asian to appear on screen in a Star Wars film. The purpose of this piece came about when Paul Sun-Hyung Lee’s made a surprise cameo appearance as Captain Carson Teva in “The Mandalorian.” But before we get to him, we will start listing all of the Asian and Pacific Islander X-wing pilots that have appeared in the films, from the beginning, meaning the original trilogy, and go on from there. Rather than do another piece that encompasses AAPI representation across the board, I’ll be taking a look at AAPIs as Rebel/Resistance fighter pilots from the films and “The Mandalorian.” Of course, the following will contain minor spoilers – especially for those who have not watched the most recent episode of the “The Mandalorian,” specifically “Chapter Ten: The Passenger.” While other sites have already brilliantly covered AAPI representation in “Star Wars” in a broad sense, I will be taking a slightly different approach with this piece. There’s also Iden Versio (Janina Gavankar) from “Star Wars: Battlefront II.” And we can’t forget about “Star Wars Rebels” characters like Commander Sato (voice of Keone Young) or Sabrine Wren (voice of Tiya Sircar). There are now TV shows, novelizations, and video games where AAPI plays characters like Princess Padame lookalikes (Keisha Castle-Hughes) and Mandalorians like Jango Fett (Temuera Morrison) to Imperial cargo pilots like Bohdi Rook (Riz Amhed) pilots or galactic assassins like Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen). Years later, just like the films, AAPI representation would grow and expand. It’s just that it lacked a certain kind of representation that allowed me to myself in those lightsaber-wielding galactic peacekeepers.īut in “Return of the Jedi” I saw Y-Wing pilot Lieutenant Gureni Telsij (Eiji Kusuhara), who is being overwhelmed by a fleet of Imperial Tie Fighters, shouting, “There’s… too many of them.” This was the first time that I saw myself in a character that existed within the “Star Wars” universe.Īlthough Telsij, who then shouts, “I’m hit,” as his fighter is shot down, this wouldn’t be the last time we see AAPI representation in Star Wars films. ![]() Not that I follow the Dark side or that the Jedi mythology isn’t interesting. Looking back at my history of watching Star Wars, I didn’t connect with the Jedi. ![]() Not only because it allows minorities to see themselves in the characters that appear onscreen, but it also shows the world – or for the purposes of this piece, the galaxy that they exist. ![]()
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