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In 2013, Sansweet was ved to participate a vio for the Gay Fay Valu blog, which featured the mega-Star Wars fan and his hband of more than 37 years, Bob. There are now officially gay characters the new Star Wars April 2014, Lusfilm announced they were relegatg all the existg "Expand Universe" material to "Legends" stat, makg way for a pletely tegrated and nonil Star Wars ntent landspe. While this new non is still evolvg, we've already been troduced to a bunch of officially lbian and gay characters—which is awome!

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER’S GAY CHARACTERS EXPLAED

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Abrams is nvced we'll see gay Star Wars characters the asked if he se room for gay characters a galaxy far, far away, The Force Awakens director J. When I talk about clivy ’s not excludg gay characters. Abrams recently said that “of urse” gay characters would soon be seen  the “Star Wars” galaxy.

And Mark Hal said that Le Skywalker uld be gay.

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Juhani (right), a lbian thar alien, was featured the vio game “Knights of the Old Republic” 2004, and was the first nfirmed and openly gay character Star Wars. Lord Cytharat is a gay Sh troduced “Star Wars: The Old Republic” 2013, and was the first character the long-nng onle game who uld share a kiss wh a player character of the same is a bisexual woman troduced “Star Wars: The Old Republic” 2013.

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Disney actually removed the kiss om The Rise of Skywalker natns wh strict laws surroundg homosexual relatnships. In Sgapore, male homosexual acts are technilly illegal. Female homosexual acts are legal, but the The Rise of Skywalker's gay kiss was removed anyway, so that the film uld mata s PG-13 ratg.

TOM HOLLAND’S THE CROWD ROOM GAY SEX SCENE SPARKS APPALLG HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH

Dubai cut the kiss too, as all homosexual relatnships are agast the law  Uned Arab Emirat.

‘STAR WARS’ UNIVERSE GETS S FIRST GAY CHARACTER

On the other end of the spectm, The Rise of Skywalker's gay kiss also me unr cricism for not gog far enough. But sce dienc had no attachment to the characters, there was no emotnal payoff to this quick reprentatn for gay characters.

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

Marvel touted their first-ever gay character leadg up to Avengers: Endgame. That reprentatn only end up beg -director Joe Rso meog as a gay man who discs an upg date. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker's gay kiss was a baby step the right directn, but not enough to be nsired legimate LGBTQ reprentatn.

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More: Onward’s Gay Character Prov Disney’s Reprentatn Problem. Abrams went on a whirlwd prs tour to tout the first gay kiss all of Star Wars.

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

Flix and Orka are a fully nonil gay uple. The game’s 2009 release mak Juhani one of the first openly gay characters (that didn’t get retnned) the Star Wars universe.

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‘Star Wars’ characters are ‘absolutely a gay uple,’ producer nfirms.

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