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Contents:
- GAY STAR WARS CHARACTERS? I'D LOVE , SAYS JJ ABRAMS
- STAR WARS IS GAY! 7 CANONILLY QUEER AND NON-BARY CHARACTERS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT
- ROGUE ONE: ARE THE THE GAY STAR WARS CHARACTERS WE’VE BEEN LOOKG FOR?
- ARE THE THE GAY STAR WARS CHARACTERS WE’VE BEEN LOOKG FOR?
- ‘STAR WARS’ UNIVERSE GETS S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
GAY STAR WARS CHARACTERS? I'D LOVE , SAYS JJ ABRAMS
Abrams recently said that “of urse” gay characters would soon be seen the “Star Wars” galaxy. And Mark Hal said that Le Skywalker uld be gay.
STAR WARS IS GAY! 7 CANONILLY QUEER AND NON-BARY CHARACTERS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT
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Earlier this year, Avengers: Endgame featured Marvel’s first openly gay character. “We’ve done four of the films and was credibly important to to have a gay character reprented somewhere one of the four movi. Aga, the moment was highly touted by director Bill Condon, who lled an “exclively gay moment a Disney movie.
ROGUE ONE: ARE THE THE GAY STAR WARS CHARACTERS WE’VE BEEN LOOKG FOR?
It seemed the Star Wars universe might troduce s first gay characters 2016’s Rogue One wh Chirt (Donnie Yen) and Baze (Jiang Wen); however, their relatnship was kept platonic.
Marvel’s The Eternals is said to have a gay character and Thor: Ragnarok‘s Tsa Thompson has said she pched and played her character as bisexual, as she is the ics; however, none of her appearanc Marvel films th far have portrayed her this way. JJ Abrams has said that would be “untertuive” not to have a gay character the Star Wars director of Star Wars: The Force Awakens has rpond to fans llg for more diversy wh the anchise and says that might be on the way. So seems sanely narrow-md and untertuive to say that there wouldn’t be a homosexual character that world.
ARE THE THE GAY STAR WARS CHARACTERS WE’VE BEEN LOOKG FOR?
“When I talk about clivy ’s not excludg gay characters, ” Abrams said.
”The suggtn follows news that this summer’s sci-fi sequel Inpennce Day 2 will clu a gay married uple and a female have already speculated that new characters Fn and Poe, played by John Boyega and Osr Isaac, are havg a gay relatnship.
This year Star Wars has said would celebrate Pri month by lettg gay and trans artists “pay homage to some of the LGBT+ characters habg a galaxy far, far away” a special le of ic book vers. Sjir Rath Vel is the first major hero a Star Wars story to be gay.
‘STAR WARS’ UNIVERSE GETS S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
Author Chuck Wendig troduced the first gay ma character to the Star Wars universe the Imperial turnat Sjir Rath Vel. Sjir Rath Vel, troduced Star Wars: Aftermath, was the first gay protagonist a Star Wars story.
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He's even married to fellow Mandalorian warrr, Medr Vasur, makg them the first openly gay uple Star Wars history. In 2013, Sansweet was ved to participate a vio for the Gay Fay Valu blog, which featured the mega-Star Wars fan and his hband of more than 37 years, Bob.