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New Mutants Director Calls Out Star Wars for Pitiful LGBTQ+ Representation

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The New Mutants director Josh Boone has slammed Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker for its weak attempt at LGBT+ representation. The Star Wars sequel, released in 2019, featured two unnamed female characters kissing in the background of a celebratory scene. It was widely seen as a sign of progress for a franchise that had never featured an LGBT+ storyline. But many fans were left disappointed by the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment, with some questioning why the franchise had failed to offer meaningful representation. Josh Boone, director of X-Men spin-off The New Mutants, lambasted the moment in an interview with TooFab, calling … Read more

TV: Queer Woman to Head New Star Wars Series

The next Star Wars TV series will be spearheaded by a gay woman, Russian Doll creator Leslye Headland. Headland will serve as writer, executive producer, and showrunner for the new live-action series coming to the Disney Plus, an exciting addition to a franchise that has often been criticised for its lack of representation. She’s one of only two women to have been appointed to helm a live-action Star Wars project in the franchise’s 43-year history, along with Deborah Chow, who is taking the reins on an upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi spin-off. Chow was the first woman to ever direct a live-action … Read more

Lego Star Wars Helmets to Die For

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It’s time to suit up for “Star Wars Day” — that annual May the Fourth (be with you) fan celebration that happens on Monday. Luckily, Lego has three new helmet sets to help you get in the right mood. Supporters of the Empire can choose to build any or all of the following Lego sets: a Boba Fett helmet, a Stormtrooper helmet or a TIE fighter pilot helmet. While the helmets are not wearable, they would look great on a bookshelf or with other items in your “Star Wars” collection. The dimensions are diminutive enough to fit on most furniture, … Read more

Mark Hamill Ships Finn & Poe in Poem

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Star Wars actor Mark Hamill has penned poetry to lament the fact that Finn and Poe did not end up together in The Rise of Skywalker. Despite Disney executives talking up the potential of a gay romance between the two characters, the Star Wars sequel trilogy drew to a close without any such love story materialising. Oscar Isaac, who plays Poe, has already made his disappointment known – and now Luke Skywalker actor Mark Hamill has also spoken out to lament the lack of gay pairing. Taking to Twitter, Hamill wrote: “Luke never met either Finn or Poe/So what they … Read more

FILM: J.J. Abrams Explains That Lesbian Kiss…

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Director JJ Abrams gave Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker the franchise’s first same-sex kiss, a fleeting moment between two inconsequential female characters near the end of the film. Abrams, who has been accused of tokenism and pandering to the franchise’s LGBTQ fans with a moment that didn’t involve real characters, was asked by Moviezine why he included it. Said Abrams: “I just felt like in this one scene of celebration, it felt like an opportunity to show – without it being, you know, heavy-handed or too loud of a deal – it was sort of part of the whole experience to … Read more

TRAILER: Star Wars – The Rise of Skywalker

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How does one being to an end 42 years of Star Wars storytelling? We will soon find out, but here’s a tease of it. Director JJ Abrams told EW last month: “This is about bringing this thing to a close in a way that is emotional and meaningful and also satisfying in terms of actually answering [as many] questions as possible. So if years from now, someone’s watching these movies, all nine of them, they’re watching a story that is as cohesive as possible.” Added Abrams: “While there were many things that were planned for and discussed—George Lucas himself said … Read more

TRAILER: Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker

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The final installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy finally has a name. During a panel at Star Wars Celebration today, Lucasfilm debuted the first trailer for Episode IX, which will officially be called Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The film will be directed by J.J. Abrams, who kicked off Disney’s Star Wars efforts with The Force Awakens back in 2015. According to Abrams, the new installment takes place sometime after Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi. Full Story: Joe.My.God

FILM: Oscar Isaac Wants to Keep Poe’s Love Life ‘Fluid’ in Star Wars

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Oscar Isaac is talking about his Star Wars character’s love life again. In a recent interview, he said he wants to keep Poe’s love life ‘as fluid as possible’. While speaking with the Huffington Post, he broached the topic of a favorite fan theory: that Poe is not only a great Resistance hero, but queer as well. Pablo Hidalgo’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi ― The Visual Dictionary, the official guidebook to the film, revealed a fun fact about Poe. He wears a ring on a necklace, given to him by his mother. The guidebook says he’s ‘waiting to share … Read more

FILM: Writers Say Lando Calrissian is Pansexual

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Lando Calrissian, one of the heroes in Solo: A Star Wars Story, is pansexual, according to one of the movie’s writers. Calrissian, played Donald Glover, is one of Han Solo’s associates in the upcoming Star Wars tale and was first introduced played by Billy Dee in The Empire Strikes Back.  Talking to the Huffington Post, the movie’s father-son writing duo Lawrence and Jonathan Kasdan confirmed that the character was pansexual. There’s a fluidity to Donald and Billy Dee’s [portrayal of Lando’s] sexuality,” said Jonathan Kasdan. “I mean, I would have loved to have gotten a more explicitly LGBT character … Read more

TV: Queer Eye for the Jedi

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Tired of no LGBTI people in Star Wars movies? Well the Queer Eye guys are here to take on the galaxy. Vulture has done a hilarious video mashing up scenes from Netflix’s Queer Eye with scenes from the Star Wars movies. Bobby (poor Bobby) is replaced by Yoda, and Jonathan Van Ness is ready to give Luke some moisture to that dusty beard. C-3PO wanders in during some of the interstitial scenes. Also Jabba the Hut (in a Nascar) hat gets a much needed makeover. By Joe Morgan – Full Story at Gay Star News