“Put a chick in it and make it lame and gay,” said South Park’s Eric Cartman dressed as Disney/Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy.
While Matt Stone and Trey Parker were satirizing the direction Kennedy was taking the Star Wars brand, Kennedy wasn’t joking. She really was going to put more women in it, and as a recent interview with “Star Wars: The Acolyte” showrunner Leslye Headland proved, she’s making Star Wars is gayer than ever.
In an interview with The Wrap, Headland and lead actress Amandla Stenberg were only too happy to celebrate the new LGBT direction Star Wars has taken, with Stenberg saying that “nerds are gay” and Headland claiming that R2-D2 is canonically a lesbian. All the while, Headland continued a Kamala-like cackle.
We are happy to report that #TheAcolyte is “arguably the gayest #StarWars” yet. 🌈 Happy Pride Month! 😉 pic.twitter.com/3oJSykc4Kq
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