Target is learning much the same right now.
A recent Star Wars novel trilogy is LOADED with gay characters. It's author Chuck Wendig went on an insane tirade against Christians and others who didn't like it. Incidentally his novels are HORRIBLE. Has nothing to do with the "diversity", they are just very bad novels. But to say that aloud is invite condemnation of being a homophobe (that's what the author and others have implied).
It wasn't as prominent in the third novel which just came out. Maybe Disney got a clue. If they do ANYTHING to jeopardize the BILLIONS they make from Star Wars merchandising by insulting the families with children, they deserve to go down.
I don’t intend to see Disney go down in flames, that’s why I seek to reform it, and I may have to do it by force if necessary.
As far as the Aftermath trilogy, no kidding there, especially when I’ve seen some of the writing from excerpts, and it... sorry, but it was less than impressive, and that’s from the first book. And the third book arguably spat on Palpatine’s character as well (let’s just say that, spoiler alert, Palpatine’s last wish is to have the entire galaxy commit suicide due to his dying). I get it, he’s a megalomaniacal ruler, but from the films that I’ve seen (and that’s ignoring Legends, BTW), not once did I EVER get the impression that Palpatine would have been the type to be so petulant and selfish as to actually have the galaxy be obliterated just because he died and thus obviously can’t rule over it any more. Don’t forget, this was the same guy who literally tried to goad Anakin and Luke Skywalker in Revenge of the Sith and Return of the Jedi, respectively, into outright killing him in cold blood just to guarantee that they turn to the Dark Side at all (and the former case had even higher stakes against Palpatine as well, since not only had he not even become Emperor yet or formed the Empire, but he hadn’t even gotten a replacement Sith Apprentice yet), and in the former movie when about to duel with Yoda, he freely acknowledges that Vader will become far more powerful than even himself with apparent excitement. Heck, one of the Marvel Comics post-Disney acquisition even has Palpatine outright admit that the reason he saved Vader on Mustafar was because he was an integral part of his Empire. If he was perfectly willing to lose his life and certainly any degree of control over the Galaxy just for the prospect of getting a new adherent to the Sith, not to mention saving Vader even with the risk of Vader overthrowing him while in his armor, do you seriously think he would have been the type to have a contingency plan in the event of his death to essentially have the galaxy commit suicide out of what was essentially a temper tantrum?