Spoilers ahead for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker!
There have been several complaints from fans with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker since the film has come out. While it was unrealistic for the film to satisfy everyone, one opportunity that seems to be missed by Disney was a romance between Finn and Oscar Isaac’s Poe Dameron. Oscar Isaac has been openly championing for a romance between Finn and Poe since Disney’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Instead, we got LGBTQ+ representation with a quick kiss between two female resistance fighters at the end of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. In an interview with IGN, Oscar Isaac shared his displeasure with Disney not being ready for a prominent gay relationship in Star Wars:
“I think there could’ve been a very interesting, forward-thinking – not even forward-thinking, just, like, current-thinking – love story there, something that hadn’t quite been explored yet; particularly the dynamic between these two men in war that could’ve fallen in love with each other. I would try to push it a bit in that direction, but the Disney overlords were not ready to do that.”
You can watch the Oscar Isaac interview with IGN in the video below:
Do you wish we got a romance with Finn and Oscar Isaac’s Poe? Do you think we will see a prominent gay couple in a future Disney Star Wars film? Comment below!
Here is the synopsis for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker:
Lucasfilm and director J.J. Abrams join forces once again to take viewers on an epic journey to a galaxy far, far away with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the riveting conclusion of the seminal Skywalker saga, where new legends will be born and the final battle for freedom is yet to come.
Directed by J.J. Abrams, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker stars Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran, Joonas Suotamo, Billie Lourd, Naomi Ackie, Richard E. Grant, Keri Russell, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Ian McDiarmid, and Billy Dee Williams. Carrie Fisher will appear as General Leia Organa through the use of previously unreleased footage shot for Star Wars: The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is now playing in theaters.
Source: IGN
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The film will also be set in Central City.