Still reeling from Rise of Skywalker’s two-second introduction of the series’ first gay characters? Never fear. Leslye Headland has arrived to bring balance to the Force.Headland has signed on to showrun the mystery-thriller The Acolyte, one of several new Star Wars series coming to Disney+.
In a new interview with The AV Club, Headland spoke about how her own experience as a gay woman informed her interpretation of the classic films, and the importance of having a queer storyteller wade into the series.“Well, I love that interview that Mark Hamill [did], where he says, ‘If Luke is gay to you, then of course he’s gay,'” Headland said of the so-called “queer reading” of Star Wars. “That’s such a strong, beautiful thing for him to say.