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ice on 27 February 2016

Two months and two billion box office dollars later, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has reaped huge returns for Disney with its most progressive episode yet. Now that Daisy Ridley’s Rey and John Boyega’s Finn have given the Star Wars franchise its first female Jedi and black lead, respectively, does its fearless director J.J. Abrams see a future for a gay character in the galaxy?

“Of course!” Abrams said Thursday night at his Bad Robot HQ, where he hosted the US-Ireland Alliance’s annual Oscar Wilde Awards ahead of Sunday’s Oscars, where The Force Awakens is nominated in five categories. “When I talk about inclusivity it’s not excluding gay characters. It’s about inclusivity. So of course.” 

By Abrams’ logic, the sprawling Star Wars universe couldn’t possibly exist without a gay populace—even if we haven’t seen a single character identified as gay thus far. “I would love it,” he said. “To me, the fun of Star Wars is the glory of possibility. So it seems insanely narrow-minded and counterintuitive to say that there wouldn’t be a homosexual character in that world.”

Amid the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, Abrams has been vocal about the need for Hollywood to not just talk about but take action in the name of diversity.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/26/j-j-abrams-gay-characters-coming-to-star-wars.html

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vivster on 27 February 2016

Of course because people only believe that you're not racist, sexist or homophobe when you overrepresent every tiny minority.

I just hope he will also include a Jedi with down syndrome or else it would mean that he hates people with down syndrome.



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gintama on 27 February 2016

is it essential to the story ? i don't think so



RenCutypoison on 27 February 2016

Emo Ren something something.
OT : If gay characters are newsworthy in Hollywood, there is indeed a problem.



KingofTrolls on 27 February 2016

I am really tired of this shit already.



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IkePoR on 27 February 2016
vivster said:
Of course because people only believe that you're not racist, sexist or homophobe when you overrepresent every tiny minority.

I just hope he will also include a Jedi with down syndrome or else it would mean that he hates people with down syndrome.

Because there's only 8 billion people and MOST of them aren't another race, women or gay.  Jeez.  Such a small, tiny, small minoity.



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TheLastStarFighter on 27 February 2016

He doesn't say they are coming, he says they should come. Title is misleading.



Mr_No on 27 February 2016

There's a part of me that dislikes when they want to include more LGBTT characters on movies just because. However, the other part of me is okay with that as long as the character is not blatant and obvious, and contributes greatly in the story.



Wright on 27 February 2016

There's already gay characters in Star Wars. Just because Disney doesn't want to acknowledge them doesn't suddenly make them non-existant.



JWeinCom on 27 February 2016
KingofTrolls said:
I am really tired of this shit already.

I concur.  I hate it when writers and directors acknowledge the existence of gay people.