Evolution of Vernestra Rwoh art
April 2020: concept art reveal (art by who? i haven't been able to find out).
Notably, her lightsaber is blue in this art. Her hair is ambiguously black/purple and tied in a bun.
January 2021: first appearance (cameo in Light of the Jedi and main cast in A Test of Courage) - pictured on AToC cover and interior art by Petur Antonsson.
Vernestra is wearing her concept art clothing but her lightsaber has her final purple color. Her hair is purple as well and in a distinctive long ponytail.
February to May 2021: The High Republic comic appearances as a minor character, with art by Ario Anindito.
Her tattoos are present in the previous art but more visible here. She is wearing her hair similar to her original concept art. This is also the first time we've seen Vernestra in the brown outer robes.
June 2021: variant cover of The High Republic issue 6 by Marco Turini.
July 2021: cover of Out of the Shadows by Ario Anindito and Grzegorz Krysiński.
Vernestra's hair seems pinker here, though it's probably because of her lightsaber's reflection.
December 2021: Vernestra's story in The High Republic Adventures Annual 2021. Cover by Stefano Simeone and variant by Derek Charm, art by Yael Nathan.
This story takes place an undefined number of years before the main book plot, and lets us see Vernestra's Padawan braid. Her hair is a lot purpler on the covers and blacker in the comic. She is also wearing a Stellan-style white cloak over her robes.
January 2022: Mission to Disaster with art by Petur Antonsson.
She looks similar to the illustrator's previous work on A Test of Courage, though we get a good look at her outer robes this time.
February 2023: the reference book Chronicles of the Jedi with art by Yihyoung Li.
Here we see Vernestra in ceremonial Jedi robes, standing next to her taller student, having a hyperspace vision, and wielding her lightwhip. All iconic aspects of her character.
April 2023: new concept art at Star Wars Celebration.
The colors are a lot more vibrant than in the original art. It is also one of the very few times we see her smiling instead of calmly focused or in combat.
April 2023: YA boxset cover art by Tara Phillips.
This is the closest close-up we've seen of Vernestra, showing her tattoos in detail.
October 2023: Japanese edition of Out of the Shadows, with art by 5Health.
The cover art especially makes her eyes look blue-ish.
November 2023: phase 3 concept art by Ario Anindito.
Big change! First time we've seen her outside of Jedi clothing. Her hair is very purple, and obviously shorter.
March 2024: cover art for Defy the Storm by Corey Brickley.
First canon appearance of her phase 3 look, closely following the concept art.
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Seen some people asking where Yoda is in The Acolyte trailer and I feel now is the best time to explain that The High Republic was basically Yoda's sabbatical. Getting into drama in this time, he was not. Fucking off to the middle of nowhere and smoking weed, he was.
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lately i have been a bit miffed by the lack of awareness when it comes to queer characters, and more specifically sapphic characters, in the Star Wars canon. so, in my capacity as the patron saint of lesbian visibility, i've decided to quit whining about it and be the one to spread some knowledge
without further ado.....a very long and obnoxious lesson
now let me tell you about them. in detail. through very specific categories
you don't have anything else to do, right?
CATEGORY ONE: GAY. ON. SCREEN.
they're gay. on screen.
CATEGORY TWO: THE A WORD
Doctor Aphra and her web of lesbianity
CATEGORY THREE: HANDGAYDENS
Padme Amidala and her gay handmaidens
CATEGORY FOUR: THE HIGHLY GAY REPUBLIC
all the many, many queers of the golden age of the jedi
CATEGORY FIVE: VIDEO GAYMES
queers from the Jedi games and related media
CATEGORY SIX: GAY FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW
characters created for or made queer in the From a Certain Point of View books
CATEGORY SEVEN: COMICALLY QUEER
wlws from comics not involved with Aphra
CATEGORY EIGHT: BOOKED AND GAY
characters who are gay in books, even if nowhere else
whew. still here?
thank you for scrolling all the way through this. if you are interested in talking about any of these people or want to know how to learn more about them on your own, my inbox is always open!!
and seriously folks, if you’re interested in any of them i implore you: read their stories, write fic, make art!!! the more we show that these characters are appreciated and talked about, the more likely we are to get more like them, and hopefully more that are even better and more visible rep
that’s all from me. have a gay day
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