As the concluding chapter in the nine-film, 42-year-old Skywalker saga, “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” was always destined to make cinema history at just about the biggest scale imaginable. But it turns out that the movie, written by J.J. Abrams and Chris Terrio and directed by Abrams, makes film history in just about the smallest way possible, as well. (Warning: The following paragraph contains a spoiler for the end of “The Rise of Skywalker.”)
In the final minutes of the movie, Commander D’Acy (Amanda Lawrence), a minor supporting character who first appeared in 2017’s “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” walks up to another woman in the Resistance and kisses her on the lips. The moment marks the first same-sex kiss ever in a “Star Wars” movie, and a rare example of any kind of romantic same-sex affection expressed in a global tentpole.
It is also just that: a moment,...
In the final minutes of the movie, Commander D’Acy (Amanda Lawrence), a minor supporting character who first appeared in 2017’s “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” walks up to another woman in the Resistance and kisses her on the lips. The moment marks the first same-sex kiss ever in a “Star Wars” movie, and a rare example of any kind of romantic same-sex affection expressed in a global tentpole.
It is also just that: a moment,...
- 12/20/2019
- by Adam B. Vary and Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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