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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 POPULAR25 PERFECT TV EPISOS FROM THE LAST 25 YEARSBY HILLARY BISFIRST LOOK: ANTE BENG SWIMS TOWARD THE ROLE OF A LIFETIME NYADBY DAVID CANFIELDCHARLIZE THERON DENI PLASTIC SURGERY RUMORS: “BCH, I’M JT AGG!”BY SAVANNAH WALSHLRA BRADLEY
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