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    Historic same-sex kiss in 'The Rise of Skywalker' polarizes 'Star Wars' fans, gets censored overseas

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    Warning: This post contains major spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

    It's the kiss heard 'round the galaxy. No, not the long-awaited smooch between Ben Solo (Adam Driver) and Rey Palpatine... uh, Rey Skywalker at the end of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. While that was a "for #Reylo fans only" moment, the more consequential, and controversial, lip-lock happens in the final scenes of the film. As the Resistance is celebrating its triumph over the Palpatine-led Final Order, Commander Larma D'Acy (Amanda Lawrence) — previously seen in The Last Jedi as a Vice Admiral Holdo loyalist — finds her girlfriend, an X-Wing pilot, among the crowd and the two share the franchise's first on-camera same-sex kiss...

    Historic same-sex kiss in '''The Rise of Skywalker''' polarizes '''Star Wars''' fans, gets censored overseas (spoilers)

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    It's discrimination against aliens....why didn't she kiss a Wookie


    Hope the movie is a giant flop

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    Homosexuality in outer space. Sounds like Sci-Fi but is instead, the very essence of Hollywood.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FireBrand View Post
    Homosexuality in outer space. Sounds like Sci-Fi but is instead, the very essence of Hollywood.
    Coming to every TV program and movie near you.

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    Can you imagine the uproar if one of the major characters in the franchise became a Christian?

    Liberal heads would explode.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fuego View Post
    SPOILERS!!!


    Warning: This post contains major spoilers for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

    It's the kiss heard 'round the galaxy. No, not the long-awaited smooch between Ben Solo (Adam Driver) and Rey Palpatine... uh, Rey Skywalker at the end of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. While that was a "for #Reylo fans only" moment, the more consequential, and controversial, lip-lock happens in the final scenes of the film. As the Resistance is celebrating its triumph over the Palpatine-led Final Order, Commander Larma D'Acy (Amanda Lawrence) — previously seen in The Last Jedi as a Vice Admiral Holdo loyalist — finds her girlfriend, an X-Wing pilot, among the crowd and the two share the franchise's first on-camera same-sex kiss...

    Historic same-sex kiss in '''The Rise of Skywalker''' polarizes '''Star Wars''' fans, gets censored overseas (spoilers)
    Well, there's one movie I don't need to go and see now.

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    Not surprised - Not surprised at all -

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    Saw the movie yesterday. The scene involving Palpatine at the beginning is as close to an old school horror movie as it gets, the only difference is the ending isn't similar. Makes me wonder what kind of activitities Palpatine and the other siths engage in when we're not watching, apart from extinguishing civilizations of sentient beings. The kiss makes the world of the Rebellion seem imperfect - which it already was to begin with.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bookman View Post
    Can you imagine the uproar if one of the major characters in the franchise became a Christian?

    Liberal heads would explode.
    I suppose that's impossible in a sci-fi movie since its world has its own rules. Ben Solo's repentance, death from being Kylo Ren, immediate service as a Jedi and selfless sacrifice of his own life to heal his fellow Jedi resembles Christianity a lot though.

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    I remember when Christians were told that Star Wars glorified Buddhism so we shouldn't go see it. I miss those days.

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