Ladybusiness | Ewan McGregor's Stupid Beautiful Face: A History of Han/Luke and Star Wars Slash

Loved this essay. And how much of it came from Fanlore.

“[The year was 1996].   Perhaps now it was the right time for Star Wars fandom to reclaim its slash bonafides, with public attitudes towards queerness improving in general in the nineties. As Star Wars and other fandoms slowly lurched online, the barriers for both participating in fandom and distributing fanfiction were lowering. After so long underground, could Han/Luke finally have its day in the sun?

There was only one thing standing in their way of becoming the slash ship du jour of the franchise.

That thing? Ewan McGregor’s stupid beautiful face”.