Star Wars Producers Confirm the Franchise’s First Openly Gay Onscreen Couple | Vany Fair

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• STAR WARS JT REVEALED THE FRANCHISE’S FIRST OPENLY GAY COUPLE
• STAR WARS PRODUCERS CONFIRM THE FRANCHISE’S FIRST OPENLY GAY ONSCREEN COUPLESTAR WARS RISTANCE, WHICH AIRS ON THE DISNEY CHANNEL, FEATUR TWO CHARACTERS NAMED ORKA AND FLIX. BOBBY MOYNIHAN, WHO VOIC ORKA, PUT LIKE THIS: “ALL I N SAY IS THAT WHEN FLIX SAYS, ‘I LOVE YOU,’ ORKA SAYS, ‘I KNOW’.... THEY’RE THE CUTT.”BY LRA BRADLEYOCTOBER 1, 2019COURTY OF DISNEY CHANNEL.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEAT LONG LAST, THE STAR WARS UNIVERSE FEATUR AN OPENLY GAY UPLE—AND APPARENTLY THEY’VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE. FANS OF THE ANIMATED SERI STAR WARS RISTANCE HAVE SPECTED THAT TWO CHARACTERS, ORKA (VOICED BY BOBBY MOYNIHAN) AND FLIX (JIM RASH), ARE A PAIR EVER SCE A SEASON-ONE EPISO, “DANGERO BS,” WHICH AIRED JANUARY AND FEATUR THE TWO VISG FLIX’S MOTHER. AND NOW, THE SHOW’S PRODUCERS HAVE NFIRMED THE ROMANCE ON THE PODST COFFEE WH KENOBI.EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JT RIDGE TOLD THE PODST, “I THK ’S SAFE TO SAY THEY’RE AN EM, ABSOLUTELY,” RIDGE TELLS PRS. “THEY’RE ABSOLUTELY A GAY UPLE, AND WE’RE PROUD OF THAT. WE LOVE FLIX AND ORKA.” MOYNIHAN ALSO CHIMED : “I HAVE HAD A SENTENCE PREPARED FOR A YEAR AND A HALF,” HE SAID. “IF SOMEONE WOULD FALLY ASK ME, I WOULD SAY, ‘ALL I N SAY IS THAT WHEN FLIX SAYS, ‘I LOVE YOU,’ ORKA SAYS, ‘I KNOW’…. THEY’RE THE CUTT.”THE NEWS IS EXCG FOR FANS, BUT ALSO BTERSWEET: STAR WARS RISTANCE WILL END AFTER S SEND SEASON, WHICH BUTS ON OCTOBER 6. BUT AS MOR AS THE PROGRS IS A ANCHISE AS LONG AND EXPANSIVE AS STAR WARS, IS AT LEAST PROGRS. IT’S STRIKG THAT DISNEY WOULD RPORATE A GAY UPLE TO ANY OF S PROJECTS, BUT FEELS PECIALLY RONANT THAT ’S HAPPENG ON A CHILDREN’S SHOW. THEN AGA, ANIMATED SERI HAVE GIVEN SOME OF TV’S MOST NEEDLE-PHG MOMENTS SO FAR WHEN TO QUEER REPRENTATN YOUTH MEDIA—SO REALLY, STAR WARS IS SIMPLY JOG A GROWG TRADN.AS DEADLE NOT, THIS STAR WARS NEWS IS ALSO JT THE LATT EXAMPLE OF DISNEY SHORG UP S LGBTQ+ REPRENTATN. AS ANNOUNCED THIS PAST SUMMER, THE UPG THOR: LOVE AND THUNR WILL FD TSA THOMPSON’S VALKYRIE SEARCHG FOR “HER QUEEN”—AND THAT A CHARACTER OM THE UPG MARVEL FILM ETERNALS WILL ALSO BE GAY. SO SEEMS WE’VE MA SOME PROGRS SCE THAT “EXCLIVELY GAY MOMENT” BETY AND THE BEAST—BUT PECIALLY WH RISTANCE G TO AN END SOON, THERE’S ALWAYS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR MORE.MORE GREAT STORI OM VANY FAIR— APPLE LEARNS OM ONE OF NETFLIX’S BIGGT MISTAK— WHAT THE REAL-LIFE SPIRATN FOR HTLERS THKS OF J. LO’S PERFORMANCE— REMEMBERG SHAWSHANK REMPTN, 25 YEARS AFTER S BUT— A SPRKLE OF MEGHAN MAGIC CAPE TOWN— IMPEACHMENT FERVOR IS G A CK AT FOX NEWS— FROM THE ARCHIVE: THE DRAMA BEHD REBEL WHOUT A CSE AND A YOUNG STAR’S ATHLOOKG FOR MORE? SIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY HOLLYWOOD NEWSLETTER AND NEVER MISS A STORY.MOST POPULARPRCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE’S HEART OF INVICT NETFLIX DOC GETS A TRAILER AND RELEASE DATEBY KASE WICKMANMILLIE BOBBY BROWN IS READY FOR THE END OF STRANGER THGSBY CHRIS MURPHYFIRST LOOK: PL ML AND SAOIRSE RONAN FACE A DANGERO FUTURE FOEBY DAVID CANFIELDLRA BRADLEY
• STAR WARS NOW OFFICIALLY HAS S FIRST EVER OPENLY GAY UPLE AND WE’RE SO PROUD
• 'STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER' FEATUR FIRST GAY KISS A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY
• ‘STAR WARS’ CHARACTERS ARE ‘ABSOLUTELY A GAY UPLE,’ PRODUCER NFIRMS
• STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER HAS ANCHISE'S FIRST GAY KISS

STAR WARS JT REVEALED THE FRANCHISE’S FIRST OPENLY GAY COUPLE

Star Wars Ristance has been nfirmed to feature the saga’s first ever openly gay uple.

Though there have been LGBT+ characters expand media such as novels – check out Star Wars: Aftermath, for example – there haven’t been any gay relatnships the saga on screen to date.

STAR WARS PRODUCERS CONFIRM THE FRANCHISE’S FIRST OPENLY GAY ONSCREEN COUPLESTAR WARS RISTANCE, WHICH AIRS ON THE DISNEY CHANNEL, FEATUR TWO CHARACTERS NAMED ORKA AND FLIX. BOBBY MOYNIHAN, WHO VOIC ORKA, PUT LIKE THIS: “ALL I N SAY IS THAT WHEN FLIX SAYS, ‘I LOVE YOU,’ ORKA SAYS, ‘I KNOW’.... THEY’RE THE CUTT.”BY LRA BRADLEYOCTOBER 1, 2019COURTY OF DISNEY CHANNEL.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEAT LONG LAST, THE STAR WARS UNIVERSE FEATUR AN OPENLY GAY UPLE—AND APPARENTLY THEY’VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE. FANS OF THE ANIMATED SERI STAR WARS RISTANCE HAVE SPECTED THAT TWO CHARACTERS, ORKA (VOICED BY BOBBY MOYNIHAN) AND FLIX (JIM RASH), ARE A PAIR EVER SCE A SEASON-ONE EPISO, “DANGERO BS,” WHICH AIRED JANUARY AND FEATUR THE TWO VISG FLIX’S MOTHER. AND NOW, THE SHOW’S PRODUCERS HAVE NFIRMED THE ROMANCE ON THE PODST COFFEE WH KENOBI.EXECUTIVE PRODUCER JT RIDGE TOLD THE PODST, “I THK ’S SAFE TO SAY THEY’RE AN EM, ABSOLUTELY,” RIDGE TELLS PRS. “THEY’RE ABSOLUTELY A GAY UPLE, AND WE’RE PROUD OF THAT. WE LOVE FLIX AND ORKA.” MOYNIHAN ALSO CHIMED : “I HAVE HAD A SENTENCE PREPARED FOR A YEAR AND A HALF,” HE SAID. “IF SOMEONE WOULD FALLY ASK ME, I WOULD SAY, ‘ALL I N SAY IS THAT WHEN FLIX SAYS, ‘I LOVE YOU,’ ORKA SAYS, ‘I KNOW’…. THEY’RE THE CUTT.”THE NEWS IS EXCG FOR FANS, BUT ALSO BTERSWEET: STAR WARS RISTANCE WILL END AFTER S SEND SEASON, WHICH BUTS ON OCTOBER 6. BUT AS MOR AS THE PROGRS IS A ANCHISE AS LONG AND EXPANSIVE AS STAR WARS, IS AT LEAST PROGRS. IT’S STRIKG THAT DISNEY WOULD RPORATE A GAY UPLE TO ANY OF S PROJECTS, BUT FEELS PECIALLY RONANT THAT ’S HAPPENG ON A CHILDREN’S SHOW. THEN AGA, ANIMATED SERI HAVE GIVEN SOME OF TV’S MOST NEEDLE-PHG MOMENTS SO FAR WHEN TO QUEER REPRENTATN YOUTH MEDIA—SO REALLY, STAR WARS IS SIMPLY JOG A GROWG TRADN.AS DEADLE NOT, THIS STAR WARS NEWS IS ALSO JT THE LATT EXAMPLE OF DISNEY SHORG UP S LGBTQ+ REPRENTATN. AS ANNOUNCED THIS PAST SUMMER, THE UPG THOR: LOVE AND THUNR WILL FD TSA THOMPSON’S VALKYRIE SEARCHG FOR “HER QUEEN”—AND THAT A CHARACTER OM THE UPG MARVEL FILM ETERNALS WILL ALSO BE GAY. SO SEEMS WE’VE MA SOME PROGRS SCE THAT “EXCLIVELY GAY MOMENT” BETY AND THE BEAST—BUT PECIALLY WH RISTANCE G TO AN END SOON, THERE’S ALWAYS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR MORE.MORE GREAT STORI OM VANY FAIR— APPLE LEARNS OM ONE OF NETFLIX’S BIGGT MISTAK— WHAT THE REAL-LIFE SPIRATN FOR HTLERS THKS OF J. LO’S PERFORMANCE— REMEMBERG SHAWSHANK REMPTN, 25 YEARS AFTER S BUT— A SPRKLE OF MEGHAN MAGIC CAPE TOWN— IMPEACHMENT FERVOR IS G A CK AT FOX NEWS— FROM THE ARCHIVE: THE DRAMA BEHD REBEL WHOUT A CSE AND A YOUNG STAR’S ATHLOOKG FOR MORE? SIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY HOLLYWOOD NEWSLETTER AND NEVER MISS A STORY.MOST POPULARPRCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE’S HEART OF INVICT NETFLIX DOC GETS A TRAILER AND RELEASE DATEBY KASE WICKMANMILLIE BOBBY BROWN IS READY FOR THE END OF STRANGER THGSBY CHRIS MURPHYFIRST LOOK: PL ML AND SAOIRSE RONAN FACE A DANGERO FUTURE FOEBY DAVID CANFIELDLRA BRADLEY

Fans probably uldn’t have predicted who the first SW gay uple would be, though, as ’s a pair of aliens remblg a pig and an owl. They’re absolutely a gay uple and we’re proud of that. ” Of urse, a lot of fans are hopg that Flix and Orka aren’t the only Star Wars gay uple we’ll get this year.

At long last, the Star Wars universe featur an openly gay uple—and apparently they’ve been here for a while. “They’re absolutely a gay uple, and we’re proud of that. It’s strikg that Disney would rporate a gay uple to any of s projects, but feels pecially ronant that ’s happeng on a children’s show.

STAR WARS NOW OFFICIALLY HAS S FIRST EVER OPENLY GAY UPLE AND WE’RE SO PROUD

As announced this past summer, the upg Thor: Love and Thunr will fd Tsa Thompson’s Valkyrie searchg for “her queen”—and that a character om the upg Marvel film Eternals will also be gay. So seems we’ve ma some progrs sce that “exclively gay moment” Bety and the Beast—but pecially wh Ristance g to an end soon, there’s always plenty of room for Great Stori om Vany Fair— Apple learns om one of Netflix’s biggt mistak— What the real-life spiratn for Htlers thks of J.

'STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER' FEATUR FIRST GAY KISS A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY

Star Wars now officially has s first ever openly gay uple and we’re so proud. Orka and Flix have been nfirmed as the first ever gay uple the Star Wars Universe (Picture: Lusfilm via Getty Imag)Star Wars Ristance fans have had their theori nfirmed that the duo of Orka and Flix are an out and proud gay uple.

‘STAR WARS’ CHARACTERS ARE ‘ABSOLUTELY A GAY UPLE,’ PRODUCER NFIRMS

This is the first stance the Star Wars Universe that the existence of LGBT+ characters have been openly announced and the two (voiced by Saturday Night Live’s Bobby Moynihan and Communy’s Jim Rash rpectively) are now officially the first ever gay uple the Star Wars Universe.

‘They’re absolutely a gay uple, ’ Brandon Auman agreed. For now, Orka and Flix may be the first official Star Wars gay uple, but fans are hopg that soon they’ll get live-actn unterparts too. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker may not have Baby Yoda, but do feature the first-ever gay kiss the 40-pl year history of the anchise.

"Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" will feature the anchise's first gay kiss. "They're absolutely a gay uple and we're proud of that.

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER HAS ANCHISE'S FIRST GAY KISS

And 2013's Star Wars: The Old Republic, we meet Lord Cytharat, a gay Sh, and the bisexual character Lemda. Sjir Rath Vel om the Aftermath trilogy is gay and a relatship wh slicer (basilly a hacker) Conr Kyl. The Lando ics clu Aleks and Pavol, two gay mercenari love who planned to raise a child together.