Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker se two gay characters share a kiss, markg a tone anchise history. Here's what that moment means.
Contents:
- STAR WARS IS GAY! 7 CANONILLY QUEER AND NON-BARY CHARACTERS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT
- STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER’S GAY CHARACTERS EXPLAED
- STAR WARS: 'LE AND HAN SOLO WERE GAY AND A UPLE ALL ALONG' SAYS SCREENWRER
- WHY SOME 'STAR WARS' FANS THK THE TWO CHARACTERS ARE GAY
STAR WARS IS GAY! 7 CANONILLY QUEER AND NON-BARY CHARACTERS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT
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Sjir Rath Vel is the first major hero a Star Wars story to be gay.
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER’S GAY CHARACTERS EXPLAED
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.
STAR WARS: 'LE AND HAN SOLO WERE GAY AND A UPLE ALL ALONG' SAYS SCREENWRER
The novel also troduced two background characters who are gay. 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.
WHY SOME 'STAR WARS' FANS THK THE TWO CHARACTERS ARE GAY
Although Bevi and Vasur were Star Wars’ first gay uple, none of their appearanc the novels explicly noted that they were married. 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.