Lesbian Kiss In ‘Rise Of Skywalker’ Cut For Middle East Release

It seems that the “woke” empire that is Disney only cares about LGBTQ representation so long as it doesn’t impact the bottom line. In the United States, the studio is happy to oblige the proddings of GLAAD by shoehorning into the “Star Wars” franchise a brief one-second lesbian kiss between two characters nobody cares about; in the Islamic-majority Middle East, however, Disney has allowed that scene to be left on the cutting room floor.

“The first ever same-sex kiss in Star Wars history happens in ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,’ but fans in the Middle East won’t be able to see it,” reports ScreenRant. “One aspect which was given away very early on in production was that the film was set to reveal the first true display of homosexual affection in the ‘Star Wars’ universe, something which had gone unrepresented in films up until now. While the full version of ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ does indeed feature a kiss between two members of the same sex, it’s beginning to look as if not every country saw the same cut.”