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Billy Dee Williams Embraces Gender Fluidity

Billy Dee Williams

Billy Dee Williams, the actor best known for playing Lando Calrissian in Star Wars, has revealed that he is embracing gender fluidity by using both he/him and she/her pronouns. Williams, 82, will be reprising his role as Calrissian for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in December. Ahead of his return to the franchise, he spoke to Esquire about his gender expression. “I never tried to be anything except myself,” he said. “I think of myself as a relatively colourful character who doesn’t take himself or herself too seriously.” He later elaborated on his pronouns, explaining: “I say ‘himself’ and … Read more

TRAILER: Star Wars – The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars trailer

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

Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker

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

Meet the Spider Named After Stormtroopers

Stormtrooper Spider - Live Science

White-armored Stormtroopers in the “Star Wars” movies are practically identical and nearly impossible to tell apart. That uncanny similarity recently inspired a team of scientists who had discovered a new spider genus; the arachnids were so alike each other in size and markings that the researchers named them after the helmeted troops, calling the creatures Stormtropis. These eight-legged Stormtroopers belong to a family dubbed bald-legged spiders, which are native to South America and Central America. Like the Stormtroopers, the spiders “are very similar to each other, with some capacity for camouflage”; the sci-fi soldiers and the newfound spiders are also alike … Read more

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

Oscar Isaac

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

Lando Calrissian

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

Queer Eye for the Jedi

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

STAR WARS: Oscar Isaac Endorses Idea of Finn-Poe Romance

Oscar Isaac

A bisexual Star Wars fan got actor Oscar Isaac to ‘full endorse’ the theory that Poe Dameron hooks up with ex-Stormtrooper Finn. The rumor of a romance between Finn (John Boyega) and Poe (Isaac) was ignited in The Force Awakens, after they were seen gazing at one another. Disappointingly, their rumored romance was not addressed in follow-up Star Wars: The Last Jedi. But one fan wanted to get to the bottom of it in the hope that the pair lock lips by the end of the trilogy. Madeline, 16, caught wind that Isaac would be appearing on WABC’s Live With … Read more

TRAILER: Solo, A Star Wars Story

Solo

During the Super Bowl, Disney teased the teaser for the upcoming Star Wars spin-off Solo, which follows Han Solo before he joins the Rebellion, starring Alden Ehrenreich and Donald Glover as the young Han Solo and Lando Calrissian, respectively. The film was directed by Ron Howard and written by Lawrence Kasdan (The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: The Force Awakens,) and his son Jon. John Williams is scoring it. The clip also features a young Chewbacca, an untarnished Millenium Falcon, and Woody Harrelson. Donald Glover, Emilia Clarke, Thandie Newton, Paul Bettany, and Joonas Suotamo also star. … Read more

How Star Wars Gave Us the Least Impressive Gay Couple Yet

Porg

Yes, there is a gay couple in “The Last Jedi.” But it’s so on the down low, most folks will never know. Gay Star News explains: The internet can’t handle the revelation of a secret gay couple in the latest Star Wars movie, The Last Jedi. Twitter user ikolism took to social media to explain: ‘Only male porgs have orange plumage around their eyes, and both snuggling porgs have those markings. ‘Gay porgs, folks. TLJ [The Last Jedi] is a gift that keeps on giving,’ they wrote. Then they uploaded a gif from the movie of two male porgs nuzzling. only male porgs … Read more