Luke Skywalker GAY? Pandering 'Star Wars' star Mark Hamill leaves it up to fans



It's official: Luke Skywalker is gay. At least, he's not not gay — which is really the same thing, if you think about it.

Take it from the guy who plays him.

'It's whatever you want.'

"So if you want him to be gay, he is," said Mark Hamill in a recent phone interview with Polygon. "If you don't want him to be, he's not. It's whatever you want."

Fan service

According to the 74-year-old actor, speculating about Skywalker's sexuality is just part of being a fan.

"When they talk about the movies, they relate it to how they saw it," Hamill said.

"They personalize it, in a way. And you realize it's wonderful to be part of something that's important to their childhood. Because now they're grown-ups with kids of their own, and it's sort of a generational thing. They pass it on."

This is not the first time Hamill has played fast and loose with "Star Wars" canon in the name of fan service.

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A little 'force'd?

In 2016 Hamill told the Sun that fans had been writing and asking about the Jedi knight's proclivities.

This came as director J.J. Abrams — who took over the franchise for Disney in 2015-2019 iterations — said he welcomed a gay character in the franchise.

In response, Hamill also said the role was "meant to be interpreted" by the viewer.

"If you think Luke is gay, of course he is. You should not be ashamed of it. Judge Luke by his character, not by who he loves."

Of course, fans have always judged Skywalker by his character — even looking the other way when he was caught kissing his sister.

The real problem with Hamill's "anything goes" theory is that Luke Skywalker married Mara Jade in "Star Wars Legends" continuity.

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Gay or nay

Reimagining older works to be gay has been an incredibly popular method of pushing modern politics on fans of original films. In the last few years, several writers have retroactively changed the interpretation of their movies and claimed they were always representations of gender politics.

For example, "X2: X-Men United" co-writer David Hayter happily agreed when the movie was described as "the gayest film he'd ever worked on."

This followed the claim by "The Matrix" creators, who said the movie was a "trans metaphor," but only after the brothers both came out as transgender years later.

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The 'Malcolm in the Middle' reboot is so woke even Hollywood hates it



Life is not only unfair in the new "Malcolm in the Middle," but it is also very oppressive.

The beloved 2000s series that went for seven seasons received a four-episode reboot on Disney+ recently, aptly titled "Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair."

However, it was likely the viewer who felt most mistreated.

'I was like, 5, when I started feeling wrong.'

The series went live April 10 with all four episodes available simultaneously. It was the finale though that got the most traction, but for the wrong reasons.

'They' live

In this iteration of the show, Frankie Muniz — now a race car driver — returns as adult Malcolm and has since become a father to a teenage girl. Unfortunately, the mother abandoned her family just three days after the child's birth, according to the show's Wiki page. The mother's name is Dreamer.

Nonetheless, Malcolm has a new girlfriend, Tristan, who accompanies him through a reconciliation with his family and eventually to the 40th anniversary party of his parents, Hal and Lois. This is where the real woke magic happens.

The finale takes viewers on a whirlwind tour of progressive gender and sexuality obsessions. What garnered the most attention online was a speech by the family's sixth child (still in utero at the time the original series ended), Kelly, a new "nonbinary" character referred to as "they."

Ok, Boomer

Played by actress Vaughan Murrae — who purports to be nonbinary herself — Kelly is included in a video tribute to Hal where each sibling says what they love about their father. Kelly's portion instead explains her gender epiphany, saying, "I was like, 5, when I started feeling wrong. I thought I was great at hiding it, because you guys never said anything."

"I knew that he knew and had always known," she said about Hal, lovingly pointing out his acceptance.

Executive producer Tracy Katsky revealed in an interview with Deadline that the character was very much intentional in its messaging.

"It's a really important thing to us. Three out of four of our kids are queer," Katsky claimed. Her husband, Linwood Boomer, is the creator of the show. "Without making it a thing and without making an issue, I think it's really nice to have a character that, that's just a facet of their personality as opposed to the entire story. So we're really happy."

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Didn't ask, don't tell

Several other characters in the show are inexplicably gay as well. For example, Stevie, Malcolm's best friend with one lung, is now gay and has since adopted a baby with his husband, Glen.

Malcolm's trio of nerdy, male friends have a child together made possible by some sort of scientific experiment, but the show fails to provide specifics. When Malcolm asks if it happened through surrogacy, the men trail off. They do take a shot at the Department of Defense though, saying they got contracts before they graduated college and are doing a lot of "crazy s**t."

The child later makes an appearance as his three fathers are dancing (embarrassingly so), and one asks the boy to come dance with "dada, dada, and dada," referring to all three fathers.

To add in a creepiness factor, Malcolm's daughter, Leah, purported to be around 14 or 15 years old, sends a photo of herself from the event to her crush. She then gets a response that reads, "Show me your boobs."

The teen tells the camera, "What a creep! My first crush is a creep."

The attempted lesson at phone decorum still comes across as unnecessary, given that an adult wrote the scene.

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Reboot rebut

For good measure, the show also takes a gratuitous swipe at Christianity: Francis, the eldest brother, finds out during the anniversary party that his nitwit friends accidentally sawed off the head of a Jesus statue outside of a church. They are later arrested.

TV critic Christian Toto told Blaze News he felt "the reboot was either written several years ago or comes from a creative team eager to relive the woke era."

"Fans crave reboots for the nostalgia factor. The original show's edge came from its humor and singular take on family, not for any culture war broadsides," he continued.

The writer added, "The new 'changes' reflect a modern viewpoint that doesn't align with anything legitimately subversive or fresh. If anything, it's the most predictable way to take a reboot."

While some critics welcomed the reboot's manic energy, most noticed an emptiness beneath its progressive "updates" — even if they didn't name them as such.

Screenrant said the show "underwhelms by wasting too much time to fully bring the family back together."

The New York Times said the reboot "never has a chance to develop."

The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and New York Magazine all scored the show a 4/10, while the Telegraph provided possibly the most simple yet accurate takeaway:

"It is, sadly, a disappointing reunion."

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WNBA commissioner accuses reporter of sexist question — and no one is buying it



WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert managed to steal the focus away from her league on draft night.

The WNBA received premium treatment by airing on ESPN's flagship channel in prime time on Monday night, but it was actually the pre-draft press conference that has made a lasting impression with viewers online.

'As women, we get asked different questions than men do.'

With just one simple question from New York Post reporter Madeline Kenney, Engelbert went viral for her odd response.

"How much longer do you anticipate to be in this role?" Kenney asked.

Engelbert immediately attacked the premise:

"I do crack up how everybody's focused on me," the commissioner began. "And you should be focused on the hundreds of amazing women and thousands of women who run this league outside of myself ... my whole team of, you know, diverse women and men who are working hard every day to get the 30th season tipped off by May 8," she went on.

Bizarrely, Engelbert then asked if the reporter would dare question a male commissioner the same way.

"I wonder whether you would ask that of a man, by the way. But I realize, as women, we get asked different questions than men do."

"I would," the reporter quickly affirmed.

However, those siding with Engelbert were few and far between online, with fans and reporters alike pointing out how often major sports commissioners do receive questions about their tenure and even face calls for resignation.

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"Its [sic] always asked of men. Like, all the time," one fan responded on X.

"Has she not seen people calling for the heads of every commissioner of every sport?" a Brooklyn Nets fan wrote.

A New York Yankees fan replied, "There is literally nothing wrong with asking that. Give me a break."

Sports journalists did not offer much solace for the commissioner either. Even Jemele Hill, a reporter from the Athletic known for her frequent political commentary from the left, chimed in:

"If a man had her track record, absolutely" he would be asked, Hill wrote.

There was really no shortage of sports reporters who disagreed with the WNBA boss, including female reporters.

"This would be asked of a man and has," wrote Front Row Sports' Annie Costabile. "Her response was a failed attempt at diverting from the discussions about her job security."

As well, NBC Sports' Nicole Auerbach noted that "male pro sports commissioners get asked questions about their future all the time." Auerbach called it a "totally valid question" that garnered a "fascinating, super-defensive response."

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Greg Wyshynski, senior NHL writer at ESPN, wrote on X that NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman "gets asked this question so often that he's taken to preemptively answering it before it’s asked."

Less than a month ago, Bettman was asked directly whether he had plans to step down.

"Absolutely not," Bettman said, per Sports Illustrated. "You keep trying to get rid of me. No such luck."

In February, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver faced calls to be fired, while NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is routinely asked if he will step down, typically following an embarrassing incident in his league.

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