A galaxy far, far away’s most eligible bachelor, Lando Calrissian is “pansexual” says Jonathan Kasdan, son of legendary Star Wars scribe Lawrence Kasdan and co-writer of the upcoming “Solo: A Star Wars Story” (Polygon has an error in the headline which they’ve corrected):
Lando Calrissian is pansexual, says original Star Wars co-writer. https://t.co/0x6h6U3VuO pic.twitter.com/NSZpYGwGFx
— Polygon (@Polygon) May 17, 2018
This means Lando is “not limited in sexual choice with regard to biological sex, gender, or gender identity.” But we certainly don’t remember this in the original:
Ok well he never looked at Han the way he looked at Leia but whatevs. https://t.co/8MAlgchH8S
— Jackie Goss (@Jgoss1971) May 18, 2018
As for the reboot of Lando, is pansexuality limited to humans or are Wookies fair game as well? Lot of lonely nights on the Falcon as they travel through hyperspace…
"And uuuuh chewie is bi." he continued https://t.co/ybFFisYoas
— Bob Chipman measured my skull (@gokunaruto73) May 17, 2018
Hot take @SirSethamus. Finally get some sweet Lando/Chewie sex scene. https://t.co/BIYiGY5fWg
— Dan Anthony (@TheDanMato) May 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/DryChrisVII/status/997250671169728512
Or any number of hot alien creatures they might encounter could be fair game:
No duh, imagine living in a space opera universe with twi'leks and wookies and sexy gungans and only wanting to have sex with humans of the opposite gender smh https://t.co/92bDDXz3zT
— Josh Ling / Tactful (@tactful) May 18, 2018
And watch out C-3PO!
Most of the criticism we’ve seen, however, sees this is a cop out if they don’t show any hot Lando pansexual action in the movie:
See this is what I mean: writer claims something about the character they wrote while including nothing in the actual medium itself that proves his statement true. https://t.co/KGpkQo6nhq
— Yargh! (@PirateJhon216) May 18, 2018
If queer representation was actually shown in the movie, the writer wouldn't be talking about it before release. Not having this lip service. https://t.co/oNrMGJXiLj
— Steve Streza (@SteveStreza) May 18, 2018
IS IT EXPLICITLY STATED/SHOWN IN THE MOVIE THO??? ??? https://t.co/CxRl4lsWdq
— What they call a Cello Slut // IG: jefmphotography (@SpikeGhost) May 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/DirectorGeeky/status/997590693668323328
And it’s being compared to J.K. Rowling declaring that her character Dumbledore was gay although it never came up in any of the books or films:
jk rowling wrote Solo??? https://t.co/KzuSfFxi7O
— chai goth, a hit 2000s reality show Survivor fan (@Abid_ism) May 17, 2018
Dumbledore is gay 2.0, amazing https://t.co/Aoa7SyCqS6
— GRIP|Skarfelt (@SkarfeltSSB) May 18, 2018
“Solo” opens May 25 in theaters everywhere.
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