'Star Wars' universe gets s first gay character | CNN

Contents:

• ‘STAR WARS’ UNIVERSE GETS S FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• STAR WARS RISTANCE NFIRMS ORKA AND FLIX AS OPENLY GAY UPLE
• ‘STAR WARS’ CHARACTERS ARE ‘ABSOLUTELY A GAY UPLE,’ PRODUCER NFIRMS
• J.J. ABRAMS: STAR WARS WILL INCLU GAY CHARACTERS, GET OVER IT
• IN A GAY GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY: 9 ‘STAR WARS’ CHARACTERS WHO WE’VE DECID ARE QUEER

‘STAR WARS’ UNIVERSE GETS S FIRST GAY CHARACTER

Crisp’s young Han Solo trilogy, kept a mistrs to imprs his Imperial lleagu and to hi the fact that he was not terted women, leadg to fandom speculatn that the character was meant to be terpreted as gay. But even if Juhani’s relatnship wh a female Revan was nsired non-non, her sexualy remaed unchanged: part of Juhani’s arc the first game impli that she prevly had a relatnship wh a childhood iend and fellow Jedi iate, Belaya, and briefly fell to the Dark Si part due to her ep feelgs for Belaya gog agast the Jedi Co of would take a few more years for Star Wars to receive s first gay character, but wh would e another important step the anchise’s history: the first queer married uple.

Although Bevi and Vasur were Star Wars’ first gay uple, none of their appearanc the novels explicly noted that they were married.

STAR WARS RISTANCE NFIRMS ORKA AND FLIX AS OPENLY GAY UPLE

In 2009—years before TOR would release 2011—fom muny manager Sean Dahlberg was forced to apologize after fendg the choice for the game’s fan foms to filter “gay” and “lbian” as banned terms by argug that they are terms “that do not exist Star Wars. But many felt Makeb was beg treated as “the gay pla, ” and that players terted queer romanc and characters were not beg given equable all s false starts, TOR would eventually improve.

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

Most notably, the trilogy add the “first non” gay characters, the form of ex-Imperial Sjir Rath Vel— who fected om the Empire after the battle of Endor and beme a major pot-of-view character the first book the seri—and his boyiend, a New Republic Slicer named Conr wasn’t jt the new, post-Return of the Jedi timele that the Disney age brought LGBTQ reprentatn to. When ers began noticg that the terms “gay” and “lbian” were banned om beg ed at all the muny, muny manager Sean Dahlberg rpond that the reason was that the were “terms that do not exist” the Star Wars universe.

This led many to dub Makeb 'The Gay Pla, ' the only place the galaxy where queer love was allowed to exist. Abrams stated that “ seems sanely narrow-md and untertuive to say that there wouldn’t be a homosexual character that world.

J.J. ABRAMS: STAR WARS WILL INCLU GAY CHARACTERS, GET OVER IT

But as the quote was wily reported at the time wh headl like “Gay Characters Comg to Star Wars, ” was one which many at the time terpreted as a sign that there was the possibily of a queer love story to e Abrams’ story. She was also very, very gay. The vio game Star Wars Squadrons troduc multiple queer characters, cludg the gay Imperial manr Varko Grey, and the nonbary Mirialan Rebel pilot Keo Venzee.

Jt Simien, the wrer and producer of the upg Lando televisn seri, me out as a gay man himself 2014. 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. 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.

IN A GAY GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY: 9 ‘STAR WARS’ CHARACTERS WHO WE’VE DECID ARE QUEER

The novel also troduced two background characters who are gay.

Abrams went on a whirlwd prs tour to tout the first gay kiss all of Star Wars. Flix and Orka are a fully nonil gay uple.