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It would have been tough to top the “lesbian space witches” scene in Episode 3, but “Star Wars: The Acolyte” at least made the effort in Episode 4 with a nod to preferred pronouns.
The Disney+ streaming series sparked a fresh wave of outrage after the Tuesday evening release of Episode 4, which includes a dialogue over the pronouns of Bazil, a Tynnan tracker who looks like a small rodent.
“Who is that?” asks Osha, a main character played by Amandla Stenberg.
“That’s Bazil,” replies Jecki Lon, played by Dafne Keen.
Osha responds: “Is he, or they, with us?”
Screenwriter Claire “CK” Kiechel said it was “obviously a joke” after being accused on X of “injecting modern woke politics” into the show.
“It was a joke about the pronouns of a large fictional beaver creature? No politics involved,” said Ms. Kiechel on X, adding, “Not sure [about] the upset on this one.”