Charlie Barnett’s shirtless scene from ‘The Acolyte’ has Star Wars gays hot & bothered
longer time ago in a galaxy far, far away… the Jedi had to iron their robes, just like the rest of us!Disney+’s new Star Wars prequel series The Acolyte is here, set roughly 100 years before the events of the “Skywalker Saga” movie series during the “High Republic” era when Jedi Masters helped maintain order and peace with the power of The Force.And though there are plenty of new characters to meet, and a mystery involving an unknown assailant picking off Jedi one by one, the moment from this week’s two-episode premiere that’s been getting the most chatter (at least in our neck of the woods) is a shirtless scene for Jedi Knight Yord Fandar, played by gay heartthrob Charlie Barnett, of Russian Doll fame.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.Telling him to put his clothes back on was a hate crime.
And in Pride Month, no less?!?! #TheAcolyte pic.twitter.com/1jqniTuvq9Well, alright then! The Force is strong with this one—emphasis on the strong.The moment comes in episode one, “Lost/Found,” after *spoiler alert* a cloaked attacker who looks an awful lot like Padawan Osha Aniseya (Amandla Stenberg) kills Jedi Master Indara (Carrie-Anne Moss), leading her former teacher Sol (Lee Jung-jae), his new student Jecki Lon (Dafne Keen), and Barnett’s Yord to search for answers.When Sol first sees Yord on his ship, he’s shirtless while steaming his Jedi robe.
Because, yes, even galactic heroes have to worry about wrinkles!But the topless moment stands out—and not just because Barnett looks completely jacked: For as storied and expansive as the Star Wars universe is, it’s not exactly one known for showing skin, or any sexy moments for that matter.That’s something the actor seemed to be acutely aware of:“I’m not gonna lie,” Barnett tells Decider. “I was dreading [the scene] because I was like, ‘How much is the fandom gonna eat this apart?