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If you thought losing hundreds of millions of dollars would deter The Walt Disney Company from continuing its embrace of leftist politics, think again.On Saturday, Disney’s Lucasfilm released “Star Wars: Tales of the Empire,” an anthology series highlighting different characters from across the Star Wars universe. While the show is clearly marketed to children, that didn’t stop showrunners from featuring a character using “they/them” pronouns.In one of the episodes, the Galactic Empire dispatches two Inquisitors — force-wielding dark-side users — to hunt down a Jedi spotted on a distant world. Upon arriving at the planet, one of the Inquisitors asks a young boy where she can find the Jedi. The boy eventually tells her “they” are hiding in the mountains, giving viewers the impression that there is more than one Jedi.After the two Inquisitors make their way to the top of the mountains, they encounter a single Jedi — and the show’s writers make it very obvious that this Jedi uses “they/them” pronouns. ...The program’s showrunner, Leslye Headland — who identifies as a “queer woman” — told media in 2021 that her experiences would be reflected in the show and, as described by Game Rant, “believes her queerness will come through in the show, even if it happens to be on a subconscious level.”“[T]here’s just no way that me being a queer woman is not going to be reflected in my work,” Headland said. ...