"I just read online that JJ is very much open to that. And Mark Hamill had this to say about Luke Skywalker possibly being gay in the Star Wars franchise. Abrams did reveal in February that future Star Wars movies will feature gay and lesbian characters, although he wouldn't offer any specifics. Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J.
That story takes place after Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, so it isn't known if there are plans to bring Moff Mors or other LGBT characters into the Star Wars movie canon. Last year, the Star Wars novel Lords of the Sith introduced the first ever gay character in the Star Wars canon, an Imperial official named Moff Mors, who is a lesbian. Recent official novels in the franchise featured lesbian and gay characters that could also be easily written into the stories." 2015's The Force Awakens has introduced a new and diverse central trio, which allows the creators opportunity to tell fresh stories as they develop their backstory. "As sci-fi projects have the special opportunity to create unique worlds whose advanced societies can serve as a commentary on our own, the most obvious place where Disney could include LGBT characters is in the upcoming eighth Star Wars film. Here's an excerpt from GLAAD's new report, courtesy of Variety. The report also reveals that only two studios, Disney and Paramount, featured no gay characters in any of their movies released last year. While GLAAD did praise the movie's ethnic diversity, the organization wants Disney to go even farther, by introducing gay and lesbian characters in Star Wars: Episode VIII. Star Wars: The Force Awakens was praised by many for having a diverse trio of heroes including a strong young woman, Daisy Ridley's Rey, an African-American male, John Boyega's Finn and a Latino male, Oscar Isaac's Poe Dameron. A new report surfaced today raises an interesting point about diversity amongst the cast, since it features no confirmed gay characters, something the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Discrimination ( GLAAD) wants to change in Star Wars: Episode VIII. Still, the movie wasn't without its detractors, with some fans upset that the story was much too similar to Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. Star Wars: The Force Awakens was by far the biggest movie of last year, taking in over $2 billion worldwide, becoming just the third movie to accomplish that feat, behind Titanic and Avatar.