Club Jade буквально пару часов назад сделал репост весьма интересной статьи - "Yes, There Are Gays in Space: Queer Star Wars Fandom" И, ей богу, не могу с ней не согласиться: миру "Звездных войн" определенно нужно перешагнуть через консервативные каноны сюжетостроения и облика героев, и официально объявленный "перезапуск" проекта с выходом на новый виток развития - отличная возможность это сделать; как в новых фильмах, так и в альтернативных произведениях новообразованной Единой Вселенной. И этот процесс определенно должен быть шире (и умнее), чем редкие подачки ЛГБТ-сообществу в играх Bioware. Данная тема заслуживает куда более качественного освещения и исследования, чем маргинальные слэш-фанфики, и новое поколение ЗВ-авторов (тем более, что Lucasfilm сейчас активно привлекает молодых и незашоренных творцов) вполне могло бы это осуществить.

, книгу не читали.

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orson krennic things from the novels (mainly about galen erso, because of course)

[Catalyst]

he and Galen were classmates in college, “when he’d drawn Galen into his circle and recognized with wonder - not jealousy - but unadulterated wonder - the galaxy-changing potential of the man’s genius”. they met soon after Galen was orphaned.
he “had originally dismissed Galen as the kind of retiring kid who typically would have been bullied or harassed mercilessly, but little by little, he became fascinated by his unique spirit”.
he was Galen’s protector in fights during college.
his “nocturnal carousing” was “legendary in the program”.
he got Galen a job and a free apartment.
when Galen first told him that he had fallen in love with Lyra, he thought it was a joke, and was shocked when they wed. he’s perpetually resentful of Lyra; “the thought of Galen’s genius being undermined by some grasping creature drove him to distraction”.
he personally rescues the Ersos from Seperatists, even though he could have sent someone else instead.
he never remembers Jyn’s name, always calling her “the child”.
he gives Galen his first kyber crystal, possibly the same one Galen carries with him at all times.
when Galen invites him to a family dinner, he arrives “without stormtroopers but in full-dress uniform and with wines for the occasion – both dinner and dessert vintages”.
after Galen escapes from him, he shouts his name twice into the sky, “as if orphaned”.
after they escape, Lyra warns Galen that Orson will never stop looking for him, because “you’re in his blood, crystal research or no. He’s never going to let go of you entirely”.

[Rogue One]

he intended to spare Lyra out of courtesy to Galen, and it may have taken months for him to recover from being shot by her.
he brings Lyra’s body back to Coruscant for a proper funeral.
he’s so affected by Galen’s betrayal that he cracks his datapad and makes himself bleed after finding out.
waking up following the attack on Eadu, he imagines seeing Galen’s dark hair and feels his old blaster wound from Lyra, so he asks about Galen immediately. he’s almost physically ill upon learning of Galen’s death.
Eadu makes him think of his own mortality; he had never expected Galen to die there.
as he lies dying on Scarif, he “searches his memories for a time before he had met Galen Erso” and can’t go back any further than that. Galen was a central part of nearly his entire life.