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Is this the gayest thing ‘Star Wars’ has ever done?
Welcome back to our queer film retrospective, “A Gay Old Time.” In this week’s column, to celebrate Star Wars day—May the 4th be with you!—we’re looking back at 1978’s campy Star Wars Holiday Special.Star Wars is one of the most culturally influential and ever-present franchises in entertainment history. Before Marvel superheroes took over every screen of the theater complex, or Games Of Thrones claimed Sunday night appointment television, the space opera created by George Lucas was one of the first pieces of pure genre storytelling that bled into every corner of society.