Table 2.

The themes and subthemes established to answer the research question: ‘How is gender portrayed in a Star Wars animated television series?’

Theme	Sub-theme	Unit of data
Multifaceted masculinities	Toxic/stereotypical masculinity	Hera: ‘Zeb. The pig! Scare it’ Z: ‘What? How?’ H: Just be you.’ (E11, unit 53)
	Mentor/leader	Kanan: ‘We’ll draw them away! Get spectre-2 and Trayvis to the hatch’ (E12, unit 78)
	Mentee	Kanan: ‘Stunts like that put us all in jeopardy. That is exactly why you need Master Luminara to teach you discipline’ (E5, unit 60)
	Emotional vulnerability	Kanan: ‘Your emotions clouded the vision. It takes…’ (E12, unit 108)
Strong female figures	Leader/mother figure	Hera: ‘Positions, everyone. We’re going in’ (E14, unit 86)
	Action girl	Hera: ‘Sabine, man the nose gun!’ (E2, unit 21)
Gender(ed) co-operation	Hierarchies	Hera: ‘So, how’s the Jedi training going with Kanan?’ Ezra: ‘Jedi training? Never heard of it.’ Hera: ‘We’ll see about that’ (E3, unit 51)
	Heteronormative tones	Hera: ‘You’re welcome, dear’ [they hug]’ (E15, unit 113).