1. Disability Representations In…

4. Anakin Skywalker: burn victim with extensive limb differences
“The Chosen One”, utilizing rhetoric of the wondrous
Anakin’s transition to the Dark Side aligns with his becoming disabled
Covers up entire body, never to be shown again until final installment of original saga
Darth Vader’s incredible control of the force, similar to trope of other senses becoming stronger when one is lost
No adjustment shown, but understood because of time lapse between trilogies

6. Luke Skywalker clip cut shows how comically they brush over his limb difference
Lost opportunity to show adjustment
Mark Hammil actually got in car accident during filming, differences covered up extensively, reflecting how his character was treated (some real scars were eventually written in though)

7. Physical Diversity in Star Wars

8. BUT
Main characters mostly human (conforming), able-bodies (or at least portrayed as such
Atypical characters often placed into tropes
Jar-Jar: disability used to invoke pity
Darth Maul, Palpatine, Jabba, etc: disability as evil
Yoda: disability as wizened, oracle figure
Able-bodied human characters typically given much wider character arcs

9. FOR DISABILITY REPRESENTATION???

10. Luke’s prosthetic as plot point? uncovered?? significant???

11. How much responsibility does a non-realistic science-fiction saga set in a galaxy far, far away have to set the standard for disability representation
Plot theories revolving disabilities? (new robotic prosthetic!)
Is having a sense of The Force (or not having one) a disability?
How would the story have changed if they’d given more attention to the abundant disabilitites?