Is there any subject in Star Wars you would refuse to write about?
This is a complicated answer because it ties into my feelings wrt representation and who gets to tell what story/their OWN stories. So, like, kinda?
For example, I have had multiple people ask if I would do a Shmi book if it was offered, and my answer is no, because I donāt think the first book to be *truly about* slavery in Star Wars should be 1. by a white lady and 2. about a white lady. Thatās the reason PadmĆ© and SabĆ© failĀ in Queenās Shadow. Theyāre trying, but they did basically no homework and theyāre completely outside of their culture, and yeah, maybe they made tiny steps, but they didnāt askĀ first (or they would have found out about the emancipation movement before SabĆ© blew her cover). I do, 100%, think that SOMEone should address the slavery/trafficking aspects of the SW galaxy (and how, like Palpatine NEEDED IT for the Empire to function), but I donāt think Iām that person.
Iām also not super interested in most of the bad guys, which I feel is pretty well known. ;)
And, while weāre talking about representation, as much as I love love love Enfys Nest, I hope LIKE HECK they hire a First Nation/Native American writer for her story. (Do I think that, as with Latinx In Space, the inverted-coding for her and the Marauders was accidental? Yes. Do I think they should FREAKING RUN WITH IT ANYWAY? I do.)
Itās a complicated topic (which is why Iām pleased, for example, that Rebecca Roanhorse was hired to write a ānormalā SW book first I HOPE THEY HIRE HER AGAIN SHE IS REALLY GREAT), but at the end of the day: I want more people at this table, and if thereās ANY WAY I can get more chairs added, I am going to do it.
