Is The Acolyte The Gayest Star Wars Ever? Amanda Stenberg And Creator Discuss
Star Wars’ newest live-action series, The Acolyte, takes place roughly 100 years before the events of The Phantom Menace. The series has been earning steadily high marks, due to its fresh take on the Star Wars Universe, but the show has been given a certain moniker that has confused showrunner Leslye Headland: “the gayest Star Wars yet.”
Talking to The Wrap, Headland, and star Amandla Stenberg (who plays twins on the show), explained how The Acolyte is far from the gayest Star Wars installment and how the franchise is pretty gay already.
“No, I don’t think so,” Headland said. “Yet people have told me it’s the gayest Star Wars and I’m frankly…”