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That’s because there’s a long history of media franchises panicking when fans notice queer subtext, and course-correcting by introducing a straight love-interest. While an ex-girlfriend doesn’t rule out Poe being queer, Zorii may wind up inspiring backlash among Finn/Poe shippers and fans who want more LGBTQ representation in Star Wars.

Oscar Isaac and John Boyega have both discussed their characters’ romantic subtext in interviews, and Isaac is an outspoken supporter of fan theories that Poe is in love with Finn, expressing regret that their story didn’t follow a “natural progression” into romance for the final film. Ever since The Force Awakens, a significant contingent of fans have wanted Poe and Finn to end up as a couple-or at the very least, for Poe to be canonically queer. That interview led to speculation about a Poe/Zorii romance, an idea with complicated baggage in Star Wars fandom. I think the entrance of Zorii is there to describe more of who he was, y’know, in a very intimate way and a familiar way, and the friends are sort of like, ‘What do you mean, you know him?’” Is Zorii Bliss Poe Dameron’s ex-girlfriend? “She has a little bit of a checkered past and maybe some questionable morals, but she’s really an old friend of Poe’s. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Oscar Isaac had this to say to say about Zorii Bliss: The canonical role of “spice” has never been fully explained in the main Star Wars movies, and probably won’t be while Disney controls the franchise, but let’s be real here: It’s drugs. She’s the human leader of the Spice Runners of Kijimi, a gang of smugglers including Babu Frik, the tiny alien who grabbed fans’ attention during one of the Rise of Skywalker trailers. Like Han Solo during his younger days, Zorii remains politically neutral during a time of war, thriving in the galaxy’s criminal underbelly. At that point, Keri Russell wasn’t allowed to reveal anything else, but we now know a little more-including Zorii’s connection to one of the film’s lead characters.

She’s described as a rogue and a scoundrel, pictured in the Thieves’ Quarter of Kijimi, a mountainous planet that will make its first appearance in the new movie.

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Abrams from her time starring in his TV show Felicity), Zorii was first announced in Vanity Fair’s Rise of Skywalker photo series back in May. Clad in a maroon catsuit and a Daft Punk-looking helmet, we know a little about her role from interviews, but she hasn’t appeared in any of the trailers. Zorii Bliss is an intriguing new figure in The Rise of Skywalker, introduced with the two essential traits for any memorable Star Wars character: a cool name, and an awesome costume.

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