Gee Lus a rare terview admted that the popular C-3PO character was origally based on his gay iend, Josh Templar, who helped him sign some of the Star Wars characters at the time.
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‘THE SIMPSONS’ LANDMARK GAY EPISO KEEPS THE FAY
To his dismay, Hal is forced to play the part as Le Skywalker and sg a song lled "Le, Be a Jedi", a parody of "Luck be a Lady Tonight" an advertisement for the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con, C-3PO and R2-D2 are scribed as "the gay robots om Star Wars" and shown a tag-team wrtlg match wh two Cylons om Battltar of the atten at the 'Con is stumed as a Rebel soldier (om The Empire Strik Back) ridg a Homer fights Louie, Hal advis him to "Use the forks!
C-3PO WAS BASED ON GEE LUS’S “GAY FRIEND”
It's the mighty robots om Battltar Galacti vs the gay robots om Star Wars. The gay robots of Star Wars.
And while ’s a historil moment for Smhers, ’s also a full-circle one for longtime seri wrer Rob LaZebnik, whose son, Johnny, spired Smhers’ big, gay g-out episo 2016.