Contents:
- 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
- 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
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
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.
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.
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
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. 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. Star Wars didn’t get a nfirmed gay uple until the 2006 novel Bloodl, and even after that reprentatn was sorely lackg (the character Juhani om 2003’s Knight of the Old Republic is *technilly* the first LGBTQ+ character Star Wars, as you uld romance her while playg as a female Revan, however, this pairg is non-nonil as Revan is nonilly male and had a relatnship wh Bastila Shan).
Most people are likely faiar wh the pathetilly hidn (and wardly removed some regns) gay kiss om the Rise of Skywalker, which was more of a slap the face to reprentatn than anythg else.