Stormtroopers' gay love story in Spanish film festival
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 9:35AM
Pink News reports that this year's Notodo Film Festival is featuring a short film depicting a lover's quarrel between two stormtroopers stationed on the Death Star during a rebel assault:
The film, which is subtitled in English, stars two well-known Spanish actors: Jordi Sanchez and Ivan Jara, who provides voices for the Spanish language versions of Dexter, The Big Bang Theory and Six Feet Under.
‘Love Wars’ eavesdrops on a conversation between two gay stormtroopers who are forced to hide their relationship from the rest of the imperial army.
Also designed to comment on current civil unrest, one stormtrooper criticises the “anarchy” of the Rebel Alliance fighting outside their window, drawing a parallel between the fiction fighters and real-life political dissenters in modern Europe.
His companion says that if there were anarchy in the world, their relationship would not have to be played out in secret and suggests they run away from the Death Star and its oppressive regime.
But the first argues he does not need social recognition to know they love each other.
I can't seem to get the embedded video to work, but Pink News did. Follow the link to watch the film.
Pink News: Star Wars soldiers' gay tale in Spanish film festival