Saturday, February 11, 2023

Disney turns Luke Skywalker into an LGBTQ+ character | News | westernstandard.news

Luke Skywalker is listed on the "LGBTQ+ individuals" page of the Star Wars fan encyclopedia Wookieepedia.

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Category:LGBTQ%2B_individuals

The reason Skywalker is now LGBTQ+ comes from "a recent short story by activist writer Sam Maggs," according to Bounding Into Comics.

In a 2016 Vanity Fair article, JJ Abrams said that Star Wars needed more non-straight characters.

Mark Hamill, the actor who portrayed Skywalker, suggested in the Vanity Fair story that Skywalker "of course" is gay.

"Fans are writing and ask all these questions, 'I'm bullied in school ... I'm afraid to come out,'" said Hamill.

"They say to me, 'Could Luke be gay?' I'd say it is meant to be interpreted by the viewer ... If you think Luke is gay, of course, he is. You should not be ashamed of it. Judge Luke by his character, not by who he loves."

https://www.westernstandard.news/news/disney-turns-luke-skywalker-into-an-lgbtq-character/article_f3664f6a-a949-11ed-8b27-57687608b00d.html

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