Josh Gad on His Chris Farley Movie, the Reylo Debate, and Star Wars Oreo Cookies
27When you think of Star Wars, what's the first thing to come to mind? Is it characters like Yoda and Darth Vader? Anakin (Hayden Christensen) and Obi-Wan's (Ewan McGregor) fateful duel on Mustafar that we can quote word for word? Rey (Daisy Ridley) and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) teaming up in Snoke's (Andy Serkis) throne room, thus forever altering my brain chemistry? If you're Josh Gad, then the first thing you think of is...OREO cookies. The actor shared a video on his Instagram today, celebrating the iconic cookie's Star Wars collaboration, and in honor of that event, I got the chance to sit down and chat with Gad about all things Star Wars, OREO, and of course, one of my favorite topics: Reylo.
But before we dove into any of that, I had to ask: I'd heard that Gad had a theory that Star Wars and OREO had always been connected, and I needed to know just what that theory was. Gad replied, "It's not so much a theory as it is fact," adding:
"So when you watch the Star Wars films, it becomes readily apparent that there's not a lack of Oreo cookies represented in this universe, whether it's the Galactic Senate, or whether it's the Stormtrooper masks’ breathing apparatuses with little Oreo cookies in them, or whether it's a ship you may know as the Millennium Falcon, but those of us in the know call it the Oreo Cookie Millennium Falcon. You can't have cookies without Star Wars and you can't have Star Wars without cookies. It's a theory that I think I've diligently proven to be true. So, yeah, I look forward to other Star Wars sleuths going frame by frame and seeing what I've seen. But I'm confident that this is the intention of the filmmakers behind Star Wars."
I might not see the vision the way Gad does, but one thing the two of us have in common is a love of Star Wars villains. As his OREO collaboration announcement video proved, Gad has an affinity for the Dark side — the mystery packs of OREOs come in either Light Side blue or Dark Side red, and feature cover art from Star Wars poster artist Greg Hildebrant — so I had to know who his favorite Dark Side characters were. He made his picks from all across the Star Wars timeline, saying:
"Man, that is a really good question. I guess it's Sidious. I mean, you can't spell “insidious” without Sidious, and I feel like that's reason enough. I also do love me some Kylo. He's very temperamental, but I can relate. Being stuck in space makes you moody — I wouldn't tell my father, but it makes you moody. So, I relate probably the most to them. Plagueis. The guy lived forever or was gonna live forever until he didn't. Until he was struck down by his disciple. There's some good ones to pull from."
Does Josh Gad Ship Reylo? You Bet He Does.
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