Welcome to Screen Gems, our weekend dive into queer and queer-adjacent titles of the past that deserve a watch or a re-watch.The month of May brings a host of holidays: Memorial Day, Mother’s Day, and our personal favorite, Star Wars Day.
Actually, some fans even like to celebrate Star Wars Days with May the 4th and Revenge of the 6th. Series creator George Lucas also turned 77 this week.Hey, we always like a reason to play with our lightsaber.With that in mind, we offer up one of this week’s helpings: Rogue One.
The story, set in the days leading up to the original film, follows a group of misfit bandits led by Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) on a dangerous mission to steal plans for the evil Galactic Empire’s new superweapon, the Death Star..