Kenneth George “Kenny” Baker was an English actor and musician. He was well known for portraying the character R2-D2 in the popular science-fiction movie franchise Star Wars. He passed away today at the age of 83.
Josh Yehl is petitioning Disney and Lucasfilm to dedicate an out LGBT character to his friend, Christopher “Drew” Leinonen, who was killed at Pulse. Yehl hopes that having a gay character either inspired by or named after Leinonen could counteract some of the hate and homophobia in the world. There’s a Change.org petition but it still needs help.