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The original data, from SWAPI, the Star Wars API, https://swapi.py4e.com/, has been revised to reflect additional research into gender and sex determinations of characters.

Usage

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Format

A tibble with 87 rows and 14 variables:

name

Name of the character

height

Height (cm)

mass

Weight (kg)

hair_color,skin_color,eye_color

Hair, skin, and eye colors

birth_year

Year born (BBY = Before Battle of Yavin)

sex

The biological sex of the character, namely male, female, hermaphroditic, or none (as in the case for Droids).

gender

The gender role or gender identity of the character as determined by their personality or the way they were programmed (as in the case for Droids).

homeworld

Name of homeworld

species

Name of species

films

List of films the character appeared in

vehicles

List of vehicles the character has piloted

starships

List of starships the character has piloted

Examples

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#> # A tibble: 87 × 14
#>    name      height  mass hair_color skin_color eye_color birth_year sex  
#>    <chr>      <int> <dbl> <chr>      <chr>      <chr>          <dbl> <chr>
#>  1 Luke Sky…    172    77 blond      fair       blue            19   male 
#>  2 C-3PO        167    75 NA         gold       yellow         112   none 
#>  3 R2-D2         96    32 NA         white, bl… red             33   none 
#>  4 Darth Va…    202   136 none       white      yellow          41.9 male 
#>  5 Leia Org…    150    49 brown      light      brown           19   fema…
#>  6 Owen Lars    178   120 brown, gr… light      blue            52   male 
#>  7 Beru Whi…    165    75 brown      light      blue            47   fema…
#>  8 R5-D4         97    32 NA         white, red red             NA   none 
#>  9 Biggs Da…    183    84 black      light      brown           24   male 
#> 10 Obi-Wan …    182    77 auburn, w… fair       blue-gray       57   male 
#> # ℹ 77 more rows
#> # ℹ 6 more variables: gender <chr>, homeworld <chr>, species <chr>,
#> #   films <list>, vehicles <list>, starships <list>