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Will J.J. Abrams Keep His Promise to Add Gay Characters to ‘Star Wars?’

posted 7 years ago by Satan2016 (23933)
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/will-jj-abrams-keep-his-promise-to-add-gay-characters-to-star-wars

It’d be great to see not only a woman, POC or an LGBTQ director join Lucasfilm, but until then, we have to rely on Abrams to keep his promise. Kennedy and Boyega have teased a romance for Finn and Poe, and Abrams has said that there will be an LGBTQ character in the universe at some point. If not those two in Episode IX, the sky is the limit. It’s sci-fi and Kennedy and Abrams are crafting this universe themselves, calling all the shots. There’s no studio head above them to keep gay characters out of Star Wars, it’s just a matter of whether or not they want to make the effort.

[–] mitzibishi (1641) 5 years ago

Who cares what sexuality or race the actors or characters are.

You seemed to care more about that than bringing a good story.

So what, you see a gay character or actor on screen, nod once, then what?

The rest of the films garbage, oooh but it was LBTG friendly!!!

It will bring all of that LBGT money out and create a 40 year fan base because they showed same sex characters and sort of inferred that they may be in a relationship.