After Solo bombed, it was mysteriously revealed that an actress deleted her instagram account, reportedly due to harassment - assuming that is true, virtually no one who objected to The Last Jedi and the behavior of LucasFilm were involved, would not have been involved, and didn't even know she had an instagram account. But now, you see the narrative has nothing to do with whether or not she was actually harassed - but that Star Wars fans don't like the current movies because they are all evil bigots and any criticism therefore has no validity. Sort of like if you disagreed with anything Obama said or did, it was due to racism - even if you opposed the same policies purely on their merits before you had ever even heard of Obama, it was still racism.
Rose Tico was a terribly written character - but now if you had that opinion that means you engaged in, or supported, harassment of the actress (as though we believe it is her fault she was given a character with no development because she has Asian ethnicity).
If they can’t take the heat...they should get out of the kitchen.
But make us a sandwich first.
The Star Wars fandom always loved Princess Leia.
I wonder if the longevity and quality of life depends on the characters in the star wars “franchise”....just thinkin’
This viral marketing didn’t work for Lady Ghostbusters either.
Black Panther has an even more serious problem!
So does any movie with Hugh Grant!
They don’t understand that they are paid to entertain, not to tell people what to think.
the problem Lucas films has is militant liberals using the franchise to spout off. another problem they have is employees who go on social media and attack there fan base for not liking the movies.....this is a PR problem that Kathleen Kennedy created and would not be there if she had told her employees to not engage the fan base over there hatred of ‘The last Jedi”
The producers and directors of Star Wars hate their own fans, and want to appeal to a completely different crowd. When Jar Jar Abrams said “Star Wars fans hate women” because they don’t like it that Luke Skywalker is now a defeated, sniveling coward to make way for the feminist movement, I decided never to pay actual money for another Star Wars movie.
Lucas big mistake was selling all the rights to Disney he should have never done this. Could have even created his own studio.
Black Panther was an enormous hit, Lando was beloved, people love Zoe Saldana in mega hits, they loved the Asian actress playing Mantis, Samuel L Jackson in Avengers, many others. The problem was the movie.
What a bunch of dribble. Ruin a successful franchise and blame white males for it.
The fact that the author of this tripe felt compelled to add up the speaking parts and to assume that there somehow must be a 50/50 balance in speaking parts between men and women tells you all you need to know.
Likewise with some kind of “need” to have “more diversity”. If it fits then fine but that there should be some kind of quota as she clearly thinks there should is ridiculous.
Next, a huge chunk of the fans of this franchise do happen to have a white penis. If a lot of that very large cohort doesn’t like what Disney has taken the franchise, then yes, it has a problem with the entire fanbase. Ask any business if they’re prepared to just write off half or more of their customers.
She then goes on to spew angry bile at anybody who has a white penis. Get over it toots. Nobody cares about your daddy issues.
Not for long.
20th Century Fox, Lucas, and a host of entertainment industries made bank on a fun, funny, action-filled, and romantic movie. They took a simple story of good vs. evil, set it among the stores, gave it an equally mesmerizing soundtrack, and left politics out.
It was a movie for everyone. And everyone loved it.
Now its in the hands of SJWs and propagandists. They sucked the joy out of it like vampires and turned it into a series of two-hour admonishments to eat your vegetables and play nice with the neighborhood bully.
We watched the original Star Wars to get away from all that. Not to run headlong into it.
ok- this has becoem blataNT racism agaisntr white people- Enough already-
The point seems to be that white males should be counted upon to finance the endless continuation of the once universally appealing but now universally appalling franchise ...but not be heard.
I have a suggestion. Maybe they can add a new character Han2 solo2. He has two of everything. He can serve two females at as time. In different sectors of the empire...
Disney should hire me as a scriptwriter!!! Did I mention that my skin is glow in the dark fluorescent chartreuse with purple ellipsoidal polkadots and that I actually have three yes three of everything yes everything??? Yes, I can give 3 young nubile female disney sjw type executive producers multiple happy endings at the same time. In different Disney cruise ships. For the right compensation of course. Ahh... The wonders of modern augmented reality... female disney sjw type executive producers, contact me through my agent listed on my IMDb pro web page... you are welcome... lol...
I never liked Star Wars. It started “in a galaxy far far away” and right there they lost me. Like a cowboy movie set on the Russian Steppes, why should I care?
They’re certainly entitled to that opinion. They’re ALSO entitled attempting to exist without the vast amounts of money that the reviled ‘white male fandom’ has pumped into the franchise over the years.
If the ticket sales for ‘Solo’ are any indication, they may just have to, as Jabba the Hutt might say: ‘learn to appreciate’ their white, male audience.