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- IS ZIRO THE HUTT THE FIRST GAY ALIEN IN 'STAR WARS' HISTORY?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY SHAWN ADLERAUGT 12, 2008/5:30 PMBY SHAWN ADLERAUGT 12, 2008 / 5:30 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IS ZIRO THE HUTT THE FIRST GAY ALIEN IN 'STAR WARS' HISTORY?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2008-08-12T21:30:57.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2008-08-12T21:30:57.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"SHAWN ADLER","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OK, LET’S BE STRAIGHT FOR A SEND: JABBA’S UNCLE, ZIRO THE HUTT, A NEW CHARACTER TRODUCED SPECIFILLY FOR THE UPG ANIMATED SERI, IS A GAY STEREOTYPE THAT MAK WHAT JAR JAR BKS REPRENTED TO THE ISLAND OF JAMAI LOOK SUBTLE BY PARISON. IT’S NOT THE LOOK OR SIGN THAT PH OVER THE TOP TO STEREOTYPE, OF URSE, BUT THE VOICE (PERFORMED BY COREY BURN), A LISPY, HIGH-PCHED TWANG PURPOSIVELY REMISCENT OF TMAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO HOW DID A CHARACTER WHO WASN’T EVEN SUPPOSED TO SPEAK ENGLISH WD UP SOUNDG LIKE THAT? BEE GEE LUS SISTED ON , "CLONE WARS" DIRECTOR DAVE FILONI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"ZIRO, JABBA'S UNCLE, ORIGALLY SPOKE HUTT-E, LIKE JABBA AND THEN HE HAD A DIFFERENT SLUGGISH VOICE JT LIKE JABBA, AND THEN GEE ONE DAY WAS WATCHG AND SAID 'I WANT HIM TO SOUND LIKE TMAN CAPOTE.' HE ACTUALLY SAID THAT AND WE WERE LIKE 'WOW!' " FILN REVEALED. "IT'S A HYBRID OF BUT THE SPIRATN IS FELY THERE ON CAPOTE. IT'S ONE OF THOSE THGS THAT TAK HIM OM BEG AN TERTG CHARACTER AND I THK REALLY DO PUT HIM OVER THE TOP AND DO SOMETHG. HE'S A FAVORE AMONG THE CREW HERE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHETHER HE BE A FAN FAVORE, OR A CHARACTER REVILED ALONG THE L OF JAR JAR, REMAS TO BE SEEN, OF URSE, ALTHOUGH 'LL NO DOUBT BE THE LATTER IF NVERSATN AMONG JOURNALISTS AFTER A SCREENG OF THE FILM SUNDAY NIGHT IS ANY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT JT BEE ZIRO THE HUTT IS A STEREOTYPE, THAT DON’T ACTUALLY MAKE HIM THE FIRST GAY "STAR WARS" CHARACTER, FILN SISTED. HE’S ACTUALLY NOT STRAIGHT EHER, BUT BLOGILLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(AND, BY THE WAY, MARK THIS DOWN AT NUMBER ONE THE FOLR LABELED "CONVERSATNS I NEVER THOUGHT I'D HAVE ABOUT 'STAR WARS' CHARACTERS."){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE'S OF QUTNABLE [SEXUALY] AT LEAST AS A SLUG. THEY TELL ME THAT THE SLUGS N BE EHER MALE OR FEMALE PENDG. THAT'S SOMETHG I GUS THAT SLUGS AND SNAILS DO," FILN SAID. "I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT BUT I HAVE NTUY EXPERTS THAT TELL ME THE THGS AND I'M LIKE. I GUS JABBA IS [HIS SON’S] MOTHER AND FATHER OM A CERTA POT OF VIEW. IT’S TERTG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE SEEN (OR HEARD) SO FAR, DO ZIRO THE HUTT SOUND LIKE A NEW FAN-FAVE TO YOU? LET KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS THE MENTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- IS ZIRO THE HUTT OM "STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS" A ROGATORY GAY STEREOTYPE?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LYLE MASAKIAUGT 14, 2008/1:54 PMBY LYLE MASAKIAUGT 14, 2008 / 1:54 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IS ZIRO THE HUTT OM \"STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS\" A ROGATORY GAY STEREOTYPE?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2008-08-14T17:54:02.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2008-08-14T17:54:02.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LYLE MASAKI","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GEE LUS OFFEND RACIAL MORI THE PHANTOM MENACE WH THE JAR JAR BKS CHARACTER. AND NOW LOOKS LIKE THE UPG CGI FILM THE CLONE WARS (WHICH LEADS TO A TV SERI ON THE CARTOON NETWORK) IS GOG TO GIVE GAYS A CHANCE TO SHARE THAT EXPERIENCE. ONE OF THE NEW CHARACTERS TRODUCED CLONE WARS IS ZIRO THE HUTT (JABBA'S UNCLE) WHO IS, AS MTV MOVI' SHAWN ALR PUT , "A GAY STEREOTYPE THAT MAK WHAT JAR JAR BKS REPRENTED TO THE ISLAND OF JAMAI LOOK SUBTLE BY PARISON."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SADLY, SOUNDS LIKE THE STEREOTYPG IS LIBERATE:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO HOW DID A CHARACTER WHO WASN’T EVEN SUPPOSED TO SPEAK ENGLISH WD UP SOUNDG LIKE THAT? BEE GEE LUS SISTED ON , CLONE WARS DIRECTOR DAVE FILONI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“ZIRO, JABBA’S UNCLE, ORIGALLY SPOKE HUTT-E, LIKE JABBA AND THEN HE HAD A DIFFERENT SLUGGISH VOICE JT LIKE JABBA, AND THEN GEE ONE DAY WAS WATCHG AND SAID ‘I WANT HIM TO SOUND LIKE TMAN CAPOTE.’ HE ACTUALLY SAID THAT AND WE WERE LIKE ‘WOW!’ ” FILN REVEALED. “IT’S A HYBRID OF BUT THE SPIRATN IS FELY THERE ON CAPOTE. IT’S ONE OF THOSE THGS THAT TAK HIM OM BEG AN TERTG CHARACTER AND I THK REALLY DO PUT HIM OVER THE TOP AND DO SOMETHG. HE’S A FAVORE AMONG THE CREW HERE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WORSE, FILONI SAYS THE CHARACTER IS PROBABLY ASEXUAL AND, THEREFORE, NOT GAY. SO, THE CLOST THE STAR WARS FILMS HAVE GOTTEN TO HAVG ANY GAY CHARACTERS IS A VILLA MEANT TO SOUND LIKE AN EFFEMATE GAY MAN ... SO CLONE WARS GETS TO PLAY TO HOMOPHOBIA WHOUT ACTUALLY HAVG ANY GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MY DAYS AS A STAR WARS FAN END 1999 WHEN I SAW THE PHANTOM MENACE. HONTLY, I WAS A LTLE B TIRED OF STAR WARS BY THEN; THE HYPE WAS A LTLE TOO PABLE FOR A LTLE TOO LONG FOR ME. I WAS HOPG THAT SEEG A REALLY OL MOVIE WOULD REKDLE MY FONDNS FOR THAT "LONG AGO" AND "FAR AWAY" WORLD BUT THAT HOPE STARTED FADG THE FIRST TIME JAR JAR SPOKE WH HIS STEREOTYPIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I WAS OFFEND BY THE STEREOTYPG, BUT WORSE, THEY KILLED THE WONR OF STAR WARS, WHERE ALIENS PREVLY FELT LIKE ALIENS AND NOT CHARACTERS BASED ON A CERTA TYPE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DO THIS NEWS AFFECT ANYONE'S PLANS TO SEE THE MOVIE? WAS ANYONE PLANNG ON SEEG THE FIRST PLACE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- 4 BIZARRE GAY STEREOTYP OF THE STAR WARS UNIVERSE
IS ZIRO THE HUTT THE FIRST GAY ALIEN IN 'STAR WARS' HISTORY?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY SHAWN ADLERAUGT 12, 2008/5:30 PMBY SHAWN ADLERAUGT 12, 2008 / 5:30 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IS ZIRO THE HUTT THE FIRST GAY ALIEN IN 'STAR WARS' HISTORY?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2008-08-12T21:30:57.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2008-08-12T21:30:57.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"SHAWN ADLER","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OK, LET’S BE STRAIGHT FOR A SEND: JABBA’S UNCLE, ZIRO THE HUTT, A NEW CHARACTER TRODUCED SPECIFILLY FOR THE UPG ANIMATED SERI, IS A GAY STEREOTYPE THAT MAK WHAT JAR JAR BKS REPRENTED TO THE ISLAND OF JAMAI LOOK SUBTLE BY PARISON. IT’S NOT THE LOOK OR SIGN THAT PH OVER THE TOP TO STEREOTYPE, OF URSE, BUT THE VOICE (PERFORMED BY COREY BURN), A LISPY, HIGH-PCHED TWANG PURPOSIVELY REMISCENT OF TMAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO HOW DID A CHARACTER WHO WASN’T EVEN SUPPOSED TO SPEAK ENGLISH WD UP SOUNDG LIKE THAT? BEE GEE LUS SISTED ON , "CLONE WARS" DIRECTOR DAVE FILONI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"ZIRO, JABBA'S UNCLE, ORIGALLY SPOKE HUTT-E, LIKE JABBA AND THEN HE HAD A DIFFERENT SLUGGISH VOICE JT LIKE JABBA, AND THEN GEE ONE DAY WAS WATCHG AND SAID 'I WANT HIM TO SOUND LIKE TMAN CAPOTE.' HE ACTUALLY SAID THAT AND WE WERE LIKE 'WOW!' " FILN REVEALED. "IT'S A HYBRID OF BUT THE SPIRATN IS FELY THERE ON CAPOTE. IT'S ONE OF THOSE THGS THAT TAK HIM OM BEG AN TERTG CHARACTER AND I THK REALLY DO PUT HIM OVER THE TOP AND DO SOMETHG. HE'S A FAVORE AMONG THE CREW HERE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHETHER HE BE A FAN FAVORE, OR A CHARACTER REVILED ALONG THE L OF JAR JAR, REMAS TO BE SEEN, OF URSE, ALTHOUGH 'LL NO DOUBT BE THE LATTER IF NVERSATN AMONG JOURNALISTS AFTER A SCREENG OF THE FILM SUNDAY NIGHT IS ANY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT JT BEE ZIRO THE HUTT IS A STEREOTYPE, THAT DON’T ACTUALLY MAKE HIM THE FIRST GAY "STAR WARS" CHARACTER, FILN SISTED. HE’S ACTUALLY NOT STRAIGHT EHER, BUT BLOGILLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(AND, BY THE WAY, MARK THIS DOWN AT NUMBER ONE THE FOLR LABELED "CONVERSATNS I NEVER THOUGHT I'D HAVE ABOUT 'STAR WARS' CHARACTERS."){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE'S OF QUTNABLE [SEXUALY] AT LEAST AS A SLUG. THEY TELL ME THAT THE SLUGS N BE EHER MALE OR FEMALE PENDG. THAT'S SOMETHG I GUS THAT SLUGS AND SNAILS DO," FILN SAID. "I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT BUT I HAVE NTUY EXPERTS THAT TELL ME THE THGS AND I'M LIKE. I GUS JABBA IS [HIS SON’S] MOTHER AND FATHER OM A CERTA POT OF VIEW. IT’S TERTG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE SEEN (OR HEARD) SO FAR, DO ZIRO THE HUTT SOUND LIKE A NEW FAN-FAVE TO YOU? LET KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS THE MENTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Ok, let’s be straight for a send: Jabba’s uncle, Ziro the Hutt, a new character troduced specifilly for the upg animated seri, is a gay stereotype that mak what Jar Jar Bks reprented to the island of Jamai look subtle by parison. "Whether he be a FAN favore, or a character reviled along the l of Jar Jar, remas to be seen, of urse, although 'll no doubt be the latter if nversatn among journalists after a screeng of the film Sunday night is any jt bee Ziro the Hutt is a stereotype, that don’t actually make him the first gay "Star Wars" character, Filn sisted. And now looks like the upg CGI film The Clone Wars (which leads to a TV seri on The Cartoon Network) is gog to give gays a chance to share that experience.
One of the new characters troduced Clone Wars is Ziro the Hutt (Jabba's uncle) who is, as MTV Movi' Shawn Alr put , "a gay stereotype that mak what Jar Jar Bks reprented to the island of Jamai look subtle by parison. ”Worse, Filoni says the character is probably asexual and, therefore, not gay. So, the clost the Star Wars films have gotten to havg any gay characters is a villa meant to sound like an effemate gay man...
So Clone Wars gets to play to homophobia whout actually havg any gay days as a Star Wars fan end 1999 when I saw The Phantom Menace.
IS ZIRO THE HUTT OM "STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS" A ROGATORY GAY STEREOTYPE?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LYLE MASAKIAUGT 14, 2008/1:54 PMBY LYLE MASAKIAUGT 14, 2008 / 1:54 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"IS ZIRO THE HUTT OM \"STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS\" A ROGATORY GAY STEREOTYPE?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2008-08-14T17:54:02.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2008-08-14T17:54:02.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LYLE MASAKI","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GEE LUS OFFEND RACIAL MORI THE PHANTOM MENACE WH THE JAR JAR BKS CHARACTER. AND NOW LOOKS LIKE THE UPG CGI FILM THE CLONE WARS (WHICH LEADS TO A TV SERI ON THE CARTOON NETWORK) IS GOG TO GIVE GAYS A CHANCE TO SHARE THAT EXPERIENCE. ONE OF THE NEW CHARACTERS TRODUCED CLONE WARS IS ZIRO THE HUTT (JABBA'S UNCLE) WHO IS, AS MTV MOVI' SHAWN ALR PUT , "A GAY STEREOTYPE THAT MAK WHAT JAR JAR BKS REPRENTED TO THE ISLAND OF JAMAI LOOK SUBTLE BY PARISON."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SADLY, SOUNDS LIKE THE STEREOTYPG IS LIBERATE:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO HOW DID A CHARACTER WHO WASN’T EVEN SUPPOSED TO SPEAK ENGLISH WD UP SOUNDG LIKE THAT? BEE GEE LUS SISTED ON , CLONE WARS DIRECTOR DAVE FILONI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“ZIRO, JABBA’S UNCLE, ORIGALLY SPOKE HUTT-E, LIKE JABBA AND THEN HE HAD A DIFFERENT SLUGGISH VOICE JT LIKE JABBA, AND THEN GEE ONE DAY WAS WATCHG AND SAID ‘I WANT HIM TO SOUND LIKE TMAN CAPOTE.’ HE ACTUALLY SAID THAT AND WE WERE LIKE ‘WOW!’ ” FILN REVEALED. “IT’S A HYBRID OF BUT THE SPIRATN IS FELY THERE ON CAPOTE. IT’S ONE OF THOSE THGS THAT TAK HIM OM BEG AN TERTG CHARACTER AND I THK REALLY DO PUT HIM OVER THE TOP AND DO SOMETHG. HE’S A FAVORE AMONG THE CREW HERE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WORSE, FILONI SAYS THE CHARACTER IS PROBABLY ASEXUAL AND, THEREFORE, NOT GAY. SO, THE CLOST THE STAR WARS FILMS HAVE GOTTEN TO HAVG ANY GAY CHARACTERS IS A VILLA MEANT TO SOUND LIKE AN EFFEMATE GAY MAN ... SO CLONE WARS GETS TO PLAY TO HOMOPHOBIA WHOUT ACTUALLY HAVG ANY GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MY DAYS AS A STAR WARS FAN END 1999 WHEN I SAW THE PHANTOM MENACE. HONTLY, I WAS A LTLE B TIRED OF STAR WARS BY THEN; THE HYPE WAS A LTLE TOO PABLE FOR A LTLE TOO LONG FOR ME. I WAS HOPG THAT SEEG A REALLY OL MOVIE WOULD REKDLE MY FONDNS FOR THAT "LONG AGO" AND "FAR AWAY" WORLD BUT THAT HOPE STARTED FADG THE FIRST TIME JAR JAR SPOKE WH HIS STEREOTYPIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I WAS OFFEND BY THE STEREOTYPG, BUT WORSE, THEY KILLED THE WONR OF STAR WARS, WHERE ALIENS PREVLY FELT LIKE ALIENS AND NOT CHARACTERS BASED ON A CERTA TYPE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DO THIS NEWS AFFECT ANYONE'S PLANS TO SEE THE MOVIE? WAS ANYONE PLANNG ON SEEG THE FIRST PLACE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Reviewers of The Clone Wars film om some media outlets cricized Ziro as an anti-gay stereotype, but Dave Filoni nsired Ziro's sexualy ambiguo. 1 Is Ziro The Hutt The First Gay Alien In 'Star Wars' History?
I recently heard others scribe Ziro as “worse than Jar Jar” and “an offensive gay stereotype”, but I was unr the imprsn that Ziro’s voice is jt an impersonatn of Tman Capote. Tman is an LGBT man, so I’m havg trouble seeg how Ziro is an offensive stereotype when he is an imatn of a real gay man’s voice. 3 The Only Gay Couple Ran Wh Boba Fett.
4 BIZARRE GAY STEREOTYP OF THE STAR WARS UNIVERSE
From the handful of gay men Star Wars only two were a uple: Goran Bevi and Medr Vasur, om the Legacy of the Force novels.