And no, it’s not the one we’ve been waiting for…
Ever since the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, fans have been calling for a gay romance between Stormtrooper Finn, and Resistance pilot Po Dameron. And although producers ruled out the possibility of a romance between the pair in The Last Jedi, it seems that they did decide to put in a different gay couple.
And as it turns out, the secret couple in question are something else that Star Wars fans have been freaking out over: the adorable Porgs.
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Twitter user ikolism uploaded a gif showing two male Porgs nuzzling each other. They then explained: “Only male porgs have orange plumage around their eyes, and both snuggling porgs have those markings.”
only male porgs have orange plumage around their eyes, and both snuggling porgs have those markings. gay porgs, folks. tlj is a gift that keeps on giving pic.twitter.com/yxDO6HJ3iD
— meng yao's defense attorney (@guangmeow) February 2, 2018
A quick cursory glance on Wookieepedia – which is the Star Wars version of Wikipedia – confirms this, saying that males are “slightly larger than females, and males also had orange plumage around the eyes.”
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And for anyone who believed that this could have been a simple oversight, ikolism was able to counter that with an image of a heterosexual Porg couple from an official Star Wars app.
"maybe it's just an oversight" no, look. these are heterosexual porgs from the official star wars app. they knew what they were doing. amen. pic.twitter.com/f1Ljwev4sM
— meng yao's defense attorney (@guangmeow) February 2, 2018
Although the Porgs may not have been the gay couple we were hoping for, we are all for it!
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