LUCASFILM DIVERISTY WHITEBOARD - REACTION

[@thepugman6398]

"No single main character" explains why the Kenobi show was the Reva show

[@hydrakn]

I think they were thinking about Game of Thrones and how following many unique character stories can be good content (especially books and TV, whereas I think main character and supporting cast might be perceived as best utilized in film)

[@hydrakn]

That said Reva didn't need airtime, Vader sending his nameless minions after Jedi works far better

[@crazyralph6386]

Her annoying character made that show unwatchable

[@jordanposvar3616]

It was the everyone BUT kenobi show lol

[@Jetse_Dv]

Reva was amazing! I hope she'll come back for the second season

[@matthewhibbard9807]

That white board is where the “writers” throw out words/phrases, and then AI spits out a script. Then they all congratulate each other on how amazing they are.

[@ArmedandDangerous918]

AI could put some pretty good scripts i don’t think they are using it

[@matthewhibbard9807]

@@ArmedandDangerous918 they’re probably using some bunk, low level Disney AI.

[@greendusk93]

That's an insult to AI. a machine makes better shit than the turd brains from liberal writers.

[@jacklang4114]

@@matthewhibbard9807nah they probably use ai but then make changes so no one notices making 10x worse😂😂😂😂

[@matthewhibbard9807]

@@jacklang4114 absolutely. The AI probably had some amazing ideas brewing. Lame Disney people ruined it like they do everything.

[@rememberstayangry2366]

Where is good vs evil. Where is morality. Where is cool characters. Where is consistency. Where is heroic.

[@MP-in4or]

The democrats/liberals good vs evil is white normal sexually "behaving" men vs everyone else. They hate men. Hate men who don't "behave" gay or trans. And they hate whites.

[@Skater6453]

With evil people running things now, you arent going to have good vs evil anymore. Now it's so much more "braver" for the evil people to just win the whole thing.

[@rememberstayangry2366]

@@ThespianPrince13 Those stories only appeal to more dedicated starwars fans. People who are interested in the who, what, where and why of specific characters. If you want to appeal to the more casual fan or general audience. You need the other elements. Take out good vs evil, cool characters, and heroic and the original trilogy no longer exists.

[@TheHaydenAlexander]

these priorities... I didn't see "good story" on that list 💀

[@kayne8222]

Just slap an actual ending with diversity/representation, maybe insert a dinosaur BOOM

[@toplay1764]

I think that train has passed long ago ... good stories died with the old people and books. Nowdays writting itself is a shitshow. I mean we got Joker 2 right now with a perfect example on why movies dont need sequels or more movies. But since its all about money well we know how it goes.

[@viefcheesecake]

​@toplay1764 there's still a ton of great works coming out. Unfortunately it doesn't really matter the quality when it comes to Disney & etc

[@aidans1028]

​@toplay1764 this was a planning meeting for a series of books

[@petrmiros9908]

Imagine a person making 90k whos only job is to say "diversity" twice in a day long story session :p

[@rojaws1183]

A diverse cast of many different aliens would be nice.

[@WillieHoule]

Lol yeah, that's a diversity missing from star wars, too many humans character

[@bobulationnation]

Diversity of idea's and good stories would be nice

[@TheNefastor]

Love the Ro-Jaws profile pic 😀

[@bobulationnation]

@TheNefastor I'd love see a good series of the ABC Warriors

[@douglascarriere6451]

@@WillieHoulethis whiteboard is for the High Republic, which does have an absolute ton of aliens

[@macwelch8599]

Diversity should never come at the expense of storytelling or character development

[@ROB_LAW98K]

Exactly

[@ashtonhaggitt216]

Diversity shouldn't come before anything that's skill based. Let the best at whatever it is get the spot, role, job etc.

[@macwelch8599]

@@ashtonhaggitt216 indeed

[@francesoxberry6816]

But it doesn't..

[@ROB_LAW98K]

@@francesoxberry6816 not sure what planet you’re living on, but it isn’t earth

[@keroseno-po1pw]

"not pro-war" SW is about the eternal war between good and evil - light and dark

[@anthonyguadagnanoify]

theres a difference between a moral battle between good and evil and being pro-war. STAR WARS is inherently anti war because the goal of our heroes is peace.

[@shoopoop21]

@@anthonyguadagnanoify The emperor wants peace, its just evil and tyrannical in nature. Complete domination doesn't condone rebellion. You don't know what you are talking about.

[@viefcheesecake]

​@anthonyguadagnanoify Star wars is not inherently anti war. The scenes in the movie often glorify war. Not that the movies are bad. Just because the narrative is rebels taking up arms against an oppressive force, doesn't make it anti-war. A real anti-war film focuses on the effect on the common person in the conflict. Star Wars doesn't do a good job in motivating people to be anti war, despite intentions. (The sequel trilogy is horrible and also glorifies war albeit even worse)

[@shoopoop21]

​@@viefcheesecake Can you, or someone else explain to me why one shouldn't feel good about destroying an evil adversary? Lucas in interview has stated that this was his primary inspiration and motivation, and its why I don't think you people belong in Star Wars. "Star Wars is anti-war" is grounds for gatekeeping. If you think that the war for freedom against an evil empire isn't justified, you aren't the audience.

[@anthonyguadagnanoify]

@@viefcheesecake how is it pro-war?

[@Kyle-sr6jm]

That whiteboard is the perfect storm of creative bankruptcy and ideological capture.

[@KangaZune]

I like how they put diversity in “fiction” 💀

[@douglascarriere6451]

Probably because it’s about diversity of fictional species? This board was about High Republic mainly which has a ton more aliens than most the other Star wars

[@Irrashaimase1]

@@douglascarriere6451 lol, sure! x'D

[@Ron_Jambo_]

​@@douglascarriere6451What they mean by "diversity" is more black gay characters fyi.

[@huesoftheheart139]

@@Ron_Jambo_ man y’all get so comfortable talking crazy on the internet..

[@TheChristianPsychopath]

To be fair this was an issue with the old EU. The Jedi Council in Legacy and Fate of the Jedi was very white male heavy. Luke, Kyp, Kyle, Corran, Kennth, and sometimes Kam ... Individually fine characters but Lucas did a better job of having a truly diverse Jedi Council. Yes, you also had some great characters like Saba and Cilghal... But I can see why there would be an effort to be a little more intentional with developing a variety in the kind of lead characters put in the books. However, you still have to write good characters. If you think it's enough to hit checkboxes, then it's tokenism. This is less on individual writers and more something that should be a bit more intentional on the editorial level. Corran's whole Gary Stew arc, probably should have been cut off when Stackpole wanted to make him Force sensitive. Because Star Wars already had a white male Jedi who first established as a pilot. It hit a point where they had almost all the Jedi flying X-wings and that got a little boring. Luke being an X-wing pilot and Jaina carrying on the piloting tradition was fine, but trying to make all the Jedi fighter pilots felt uninspired.

[@fitisdead8029]

Imagine being a writer and writing -feelings- on the whiteboard as if it’s not a given.

[@Doomin-c2m]

Yeah but some of these "writers" got their title for writing opinion pamphlets at a university campus

[@peterfabell154]

Han Solo: thief, scoundrel, womanizer, who overcomes that and becomes a hero Luke: naive, idiot, inexperienced, who becomes the most amazing force user in the galaxy Leia: pompous, arrogant, ungrateful princess who humbles herself after watching her entire planet blow up Obi-Wan: jedi master whose "son" (essentially) betrays him and becomes the most evil being in the galaxy, and he spends the rest of his life making up for his mistakes

[@peterfabell154]

unlike Luke (sequels): after failing, like Obi-Wan he becomes a hermit but drowns himself in blue milk and sadness, later suiciding himself (which does nothing for his nephew) Leia (sequels): actually becomes the most powerful force user in the galaxy (what), gains super-saiyan powers, tries to suicide herself but still fails to kill herself (huh) Mae: jedi youngling who failed out of school, became a mechanic, and then turned to the dark side Rey: orphan girl who is amazing at fighting/surviving, who befriends a stormtrooper; together they blow up an imperial base, becomes a super jedi and falls in love with her sith brother

[@alienrefugee51]

That whiteboard just about sums up what all the problems are, over there at Lucasfilm.

[@emilfrederiksen.1622]

Feelings and Diversity over compelling stories and good content.

[@jimhuffman9434]

By the writing on that white board and you can tell who are running LucasFilm: children and immature adults

[@Rayleonard13]

I like the whiteboard, its an easy way to see which writers to fire which in this instance is everyone besides the "Sith empire" and "light saber battles" guy

[@iplz]

These people could never make a character as cool and as loved as Lando with all their DEI and that was nearly 50 years ago. That's the problem

[@plasmawarper5837]

Just look at how cool Sisko was compared to the dei captain of discoveru

[@starlimitz2]

Are you sure that's not a school teacher's white board asking students what they think Star Wars actually is? Preschool students?!

[@JordanWheeler1999]

LMAO 😂

[@solicitr666]

Well, what can you expect when control of star wars has fellen into the hands of Darth Kennedy and her apprentice Darth Headland?

[@refugeehugsforfree4151]

I just can't believe we got a Babysitting Show instead of the Kenobi trilogy.

[@anothercat1300]

It's being made by women so it's to be expected

[@TheEggroll4321]

"Relatable characters" Relatable to who? Psych ward patients?

[@jemhoare2105]

Padawans are pretty much psychic ward patients. You mean psych ward.

[@jethroorhtej4126]

A new hope had storm troopers riding on dinosaurs. It was done well, it does work for that movie.

[@jemhoare2105]

Dewbacks

[@MGSmainthemeBACK]

Star wars was truly diverse, endless original species before the diversity teams got in charge of the franchise

[@LittlePhizDorrit]

Actual written and photographed evidence that Lucasfilm is creatively bankrupt.

[@ColbyJRy]

Not pro war… lol it’s called Star Wars dawg

[@anthonyguadagnanoify]

Are movies about WW2 pro-war?

[@aidans1028]

​@anthonyguadagnanoify star wars is absolutely pro-war. you can't negotiate with palpatine. he will always screw everyone else over. the story is a call to action. don't tolerate manipulative psychopaths. form rebellions. fight evil.

[@Bolt_2A]

@@anthonyguadagnanoify Depends on the movie

[@brams9431]

I mean Star Wars isn’t pro war? Are you stupid?

[@rafikshaheed4271]

I think they mean that they shouldn't promote war or view it a positive light.

[@dovahfett5919]

As a Cree man, I have never once not felt represented by characters in my favorite movies, shows and books. Skin color is the last thing I worry about when it comes to characters, I don't need a big indian jedi to feel like I'm represented

[@ReidDesigns]

@@dovahfett5919 worse yet you get represented by a weak cardboard cutout character

[@michaelcharlesthearchangel]

As an enrolled Montana Band Cree (Maskwacis) writer who has an Episode X screenplay in online space, I write for all major audiences. I am being prevented from joining the WGA by gatekeeper bullies who only let their cronies make money from writing movies, due to the WGA's monopolizing contract with the larger studios. When it comes to Native Americans, White narrative-mongers try to fleece and vampirize our best writers to death while promoting our mediocre ones.

[@michaelcharlesthearchangel]

I'm a Montana Band Cree (Maskwacis) writer. I write for all audiences. I'm in a media war with our enemies in Hollywood who practice "side killing" aka putting others in harms way via theft of content and attrition.

[@ReidDesigns]

@EdneiraPeraldo-z3r sorry that made me laugh.I’m from the Caribbean so ofc even though I’m half white, my representation is always going to be one way… as DeeJAY lol

[@daimer8660]

@EdneiraPeraldo-z3r Not a fan of Sean and Laura?

[@budderblazeftw6521]

WHO ELSE SAW THE TYPO IN THE THUMBNAIL???? I LOVE YOU SWT

[@comentariopolitico1014]

These people act as if they purchased a famous and profitable steak house chain, show up wearing "Beef is Murder" t-shirts, change the menu to vegan, and now are complaining that all customers are gone and leaving 1/2 stars!

[@ArchangelExile]

"Reation" 😆

[@DigiCube4]

Representation DOES NOT EQUAL Physical Appearance!!!!!!!!

[@anthonyguadagnanoify]

I'm curious: what do you think it means and how do we achieve it?

[@sol-hunter2332]

​@anthonyguadagnanoify it's about authentic and realistic characters. Physical appearance matters far less than character. I can relate with a character and look nothing like them.

[@anthonyguadagnanoify]

@@sol-hunter2332 I agree. But in a world where film and TV has been overwhelmingly about men, white and straight people, in front and behind the camera, diversity has to be worked in the early stages of storytelling meetings. If not I feel projects would be heavily segregated and marketed towards specific target demographic markets.

[@ArmedandDangerous918]

@@anthonyguadagnanoifyokay but why do you feel it’s important to have representation. Everyone has equal rights in western society at least. I just want to know why

[@anthonyguadagnanoify]

@@ArmedandDangerous918 they do to a certain degree. But they do not have the same opportunities. this is why.

[@xAy3x]

In one of my last architecture related classes, we were discussing what is most important to us at a firm when looking for employment. Many of these kids responded with "diversity". "Diversity" is not what these kids think it is... Diversity does not work the way they think it does. "Oh its great because you get different perspectives and solutions to things!" No. You need a basis of cohesion. You can't throw in completely different attitudes/styles/ preferences into a project and expect them to meld well and run smoothly. "Diversity" in their minds literally only works as a surface level "skin deep" contributor because everything else has to bend to their ideologies, thus cancelling out any true "diversity" of thought. Not to mention, the reality is the most important thing you should be looking for in a job is simply employment as if they'll have a plethora of options that they'll be able to pick and choose... Especially straight out of school. And its hilarious that they think they're going to have any say in design development any time soon regardless.

[@Theemptythroneistaken]

You may find a lot of kids don't actually agree with it but just go along with it because of peer pressure! It's like a form of Chinese whispers but silent and with no actual form of seeing it in action to stop it I should know because I was once like them! To get a real representation for that question you should put them in a seperate room each and ask them it again.

[@xAy3x]

@Theemptythroneistaken Maybe, but for most of the individuals, it was clear that it was their entire identity, haha. Also, I should clarify, I was not the professor, just a guy who was slightly older than the rest of the students with marginally more real-world professional/ life experience. In other words, more than none.

[@InfinityAnakin]

No D.E.I based character will be more relatable than Luke Skywalker in ESB.

[@Motard.Actual]

Well, idk about that. I mean Finn was an awesome character concept. They just fucked it up. I me I would have loved to explore more of a Storm Trooper switching sides. Kinda like the old Jedi Outcast games.

[@fionarras4736]

@@Motard.Actual Finn Undercover with the First Order organizing a mass escape of disgruntled Troopers like him would have been awesome, but they did him a great disservice in the movies.

[@TheManInBlueFlames]

It’s not the ‘white’ board in Disney because it’s considered ‘racist’ by them. It’s the ‘black’ board or ‘grey’ board.

[@moonaboy1782]

this looks like if you asked a bunch of children to summarise in 1 word what star wars is, but instead its a multi billion dollar company

[@JordanWheeler1999]

BAHAHA

[@stuartspencer2161]

So the Wishlist was Star Wars Indiana Jones, Star Wars Game of Thrones, Star Wars Jurassic Park, and a Star Wars Benetton commercial.

[@The-Black-Death]

"WE NEED DIVERSITY AND REPRESENTATION", but they have only care about having primarily black or asian Human characters... Forget all the actual diverse racial makeup of the galaxy I guess...

[@MP-in4or]

Well, they only select chinese/japanese looking, whatever Asian even is. Asia is not a race. It is a continent. And for some reason, they love ignoring all the other races that live on that continent. Since when does those people define what Asian is? I am so sick of these stupid buzz words. And the only reason why they have blacks in everything, is because they complain the most. And they are hoping to silence whites into accepting that crap by saying they are racist unless blacks, who only make up 13% of the population, minus all those in jail and doing nothing with their life collecting welfare, have to be in 100% of everything and be at least 50% of all everything. Even if they put every single black in everything, they still would not make up even 1/4 of all entertainment and sports. But they want to act like blacks are 50% of the race. Which is why they don't care about all the other races. Notice they only care about race, or blacks, and women in everything and dare to call skin and gender diverse?! Yet there are so many other things that make so many people different. But that does not sell their DEI agenda.

[@Lamp37820]

Thats why i was initially excited for finn's character. A child conscripted into the new order but hating the things done around him. Defecting and fighting against the new order with anger and aggression until he runs into some of his former squad, who were his only peace during his time in the new order and unraveling his emotions as he becomes more and more proficient in the force. Thats the direction i thought they were going to take with his character, but they essentially wrote him out of the plot.

[@WillieHoule]

They turned him into the black guy that goes "Woah!" In the trailer lol

[@beeno3487]

Fin easily had the coolest back storie ruined. Po the greatest dog fighter never was in a dog fight. If Rey did it exist the sequels might’ve been good.

[@declancampbell1277]

i remember the scene with finn on the turret laughing while he mows down dozens of his former comrades. Thats when i knew they had no idea what they were doing. They took the tragedy of war that his character was set up as, and then spat on it.

[@impactsuit9871]

He was just there to check a box, mission accomplished they don't need him anymore.

[@TheRealSlimsagey7]

The weird thing is, where forced diversity has been crammed down my throat I simply cannot differentiate between the super woke and media that actually might be good. I simply don't even bother trying to give it a chance anymore. By forcing the issue, all they have done is made myself and many others to push back against it. I am definitely more "bigoted" now than I was as a teenager 20 years ago. Mace Windu was literally my favourite Jedi and Blade was my favourite comic book movie. I'm not even exaggerating, back then I didn't even have to think about it. Good characters were good characters no matter what they looked like.

[@wfisher4034]

Exactly bro, like when they make it solely about race instead of about a good character it just ruins the chance of me even liking it

[@WillieHoule]

Yup, before 2016, I wasn't even thinking about this stuff. Blade and windu are good example, I love both of these character. But now the race or gender of a character is apparently the most important thing ever and if you don't like a character that look different than you, then you're a terrible human being !

[@declancampbell1277]

its what i refer to as a pendulum when it comes to the "culture war" bs. Theyve swung the pendulum all the way to one side for so long, that now when its starting to swing back its going to go all the way the other way, creating bigots in the process. Its ironic that although their aims of inclusivity are to be applauded, the methods theyve used to do it have done nothing but make people MORE hateful.

[@TheRealSlimsagey7]

​@Hanoua2 Exactly, their colour and other "preferences" were maybe the 100th thing on the list of importances about the character. Now characters primary, secondary and third traits have to be about "those" things. You all know what things im refering to but KZbin will block my comment if i list them.

[@greatjob2023]

If you think this is fucked up, check the "rules" what needs to be in a movie to be nominated from 2025 forward.

[@dahelmang]

I didn't think about who I looked like until I briefly considered cosplay for a convention and realized I would have to dress up as Luke instead of Han 😂

[@jovankandola]

Diversity in stories shouldn’t automatically be seen as a bad thing, as long as the diversity isn’t directly incorporated into the story. Simply having a female character apr person of color should in no way be cause for people to get angry, it’s should only be seen as a problem when the writers are trying to force those themes into the actual stories themselves, which they aren’t really, for example if they had a storyline for a character where they were experiencing racism, that would be really stupid and not fit the Star Wars universe at all, but nowadays I feel like people just see a persona of cool and immediately think that’s woke or forced when in reality they just decided to cast a woman or person of color

[@malkmuslistener5459]

that white board reads like it's from high school, maybe even jr high. and they just took the points from kids in the class. 'what would you like to see in SW, class?' 'dinosaurs!' 'relic hunters!' 'diversity!' 'rival houses!' just ripping everything from other modern popular sci-fi and fantasy and mashing it with modern BS, 'but star wars'. they really walked away from that board after that meeting, honestly thinking they just spawned the greatest thing we'll ever see. oof.

[@michaeldoyle8444]

1:50 should be his thumbnail

[@InfiniteRenegade]

I love these reation videos 😅

[@OnyxVenator]

Darth Melvin and Theory was a goated stream, would love to see one again.

[@MudkipWithShades]

Half the things on the whiteboard isn't what Star Wars is known for. 🤣 Also, more writers doesn't equal good stories, you would be bloated with conflicting ideas and makes the plot and characters very messy.

[@Zygarde-50Meme-Forme]

*Most of the things on the whiteboard.

[@gabethebabe3337]

Growing up as a kid I always wanted to be like Spider-Man and Luke Skywalker I didn't need them to be like me. I loved and respected these characters because I understood their personal values and morality. They are timeless because they struggle to even come close to what they wish to achieve. Disney does not understand this. I'm black and I still gravitate to Peter Parker over Miles Morales. I like a character for what they have done, not what they could do.

[@mikesadler1836]

It's spelled "REATION" on the thumbnail

[@WillieHoule]

I remember at one point in the early days of Disney star wars there was a picture of Luke Skywalker with a big red "X" drawn on top of him in the background of a video

[@douglascarriere6451]

The second book Disney ever released was a Luke book, and the longest running and one of the first comics series still going is centered on Luke. He’s a main character in 8, got two more books around that time, another book around ep 9, and three big Skywalker books that are mostly him. I think you’re confusing all of Lucasfilm with the mind of JJ Abrams. Granted they made that mistake twice so 🤷‍♂️

[@penske_material]

@@douglascarriere6451 yeah, and they're all meant to deconstruct his character and turn him into a coward and a loser

[@douglascarriere6451]

@@penske_material quite literally none of them do that, one is even called the legends of Luke Skywalker and it’s entire purpose is to make him seem like a god among men

[@penske_material]

@@douglascarriere6451 tlj is for sure, denying it is just sad. And that is the only one that was meant to matter. You could deny it all you want but it is futile as the people working at Lucasfilm have admitted it countless times, so why are some fans still denying what they admit?

[@I86282]

😂😂😂 "Not pro-war." For a franchise Called. "Star Wars." !!!

[@tev2332]

Yeah lmao

[@Thomas-dd4tl]

One of the messages of star wars is clearly anti war……

[@I86282]

@@Thomas-dd4tl Obviously under the pretext of war. No one really wants that. In the story or in Real Life. However. Clearly Star Wars itself. Is purely the story of a series of events that Necessitate WAR.! Because "All it takes for evil to succeed. Is for good men to do nothing." Now let's just say. All of Luke, Han, Chewy, Lando, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Qui-Gon jinn. And even C-3PO, R2D2 and Anakin.! Not to mention the primary characters describing this necessity of WAR in the Star Wars Universe.. Queen Padme Amidala and Princess Leia Organa. And especially The Rebels. Of whom they are the literal leaders of.!!!! At any one of their many points in the story. Just decided to roll over. To not fight. And to just let the empire have its way. What would happen to the galaxy. It would have been exactly as Obi-Wan describes. "Left in darkness." Because wars don't occur to facilitate justice. They occur to facilitate hope for the future. And clearly hope for the future is the message of Star Wars.!!!!!

[@TheChristianPsychopath]

Diversity is fine. Done well it's just about creating variety in characters. What Disney misses is that the aliens are an important metaphor about diversity and why Star Wars can show a post racial society. Showing a variety of humans is a good thing. But if you approach it like a series of checkboxes instead of characters, it's just tokenism. Respect your diverse characters enough to give them good writing, strong backgrounds, natural character development, clear goals, good dialogue, etc.

[@thorinhayward1124]

A lot of the things written on that whiteboard are so basic and fundamental to movies that it’s embarrassing they thought they needed to list them.

[@doctorwubrg916]

0:00 Heh, not the "reation" thumbnail title; I'm kind of tempted to auto-correct it to "redaction"😆🤫🤭

[@thestrongestnerd4284]

Totally agree theory, when I was a kid I dressed up as mace windu for Halloween when it was a family star wars event because I loved him and his purple lightsaber even though I look much more like Anakin( who I also went as a couple years later cause I really liked him in episode 3)

[@hodarinundu]

This. I would've dressed like Anakin, he was my favorite character, even tho I am not a blonde blue eyed guy. Who cares? One relates to the character's virtues, flaws, journey, not their melanin levels.

[@anthonyml7]

"Not pro war" in Star Wars, does that mean Star Wars has to be anti-war? 😵‍💫

[@CulturalSnob]

I cannot agree more. More and more movies/games are made with shallow mindset which can be summarised by: - Let's make a diverse cast of characters. - Ok, so what about story? - Story? It will write itself, don't worry about it.

[@muzien87]

these people call us sexist and biggot. im 37 years old and when i was young i used to channel the ripley vibes and sarah connor to name a few, someone who is thrown onto an anvil and decides to step up and be shaped into something strong and violently protective. im not saying that i used to pretend to be those characters, but i pretended to embody what their characters projected and it didnt matter if it was a male or female hero. they bash us and say that its because we dont like women or we cant stand to see a strong woman on the screen but we all know thats BS, its a cheap shot excuse to defend their atrocious writing and movies

[@ztzimisce]

Hmm...good storyline wasn't listed. Go fig

[@kaylemain2006]

SWT innovating with the first reation video.

[@Shane-Lockwood]

Diversity has always existed in Star Wars. Has no one seen the original trilogy?

[@ulfberht4431]

This whole thought process of “I can’t relate to this character because it doesn’t look like me” I find totally absurd and quite frankly a dangerous mentality! Maybe that’s why they use gender and race swapping. Instead of looking up to the character for what they really are, they want to change the character visually so as to satisfy that shadowy dark conscience on their shoulder who always says “can’t can’t can’t”.

[@MightyMarven]

Not pro-war’? How patronizing and self-important. The idea that their mediocre space adventure could somehow convince people that war is good is delusional-they should be taking people’s coffee orders instead of making entertainment. Plus, it’s ridiculous to think audiences need a reminder that war is bad in a Star Wars movie. The heroes are always the underdogs fighting desperately against a superior force, which never lends itself to a pro-war narrative.

[@SigrunHT]

We in the flyover states are just the clueless masses, scraping by in the dirt. Naturally, our Hollywood betters have to remind us that movies are fiction, because we’re apparently too dumb to tell the difference. Hollywood hacks are self-important.

[@lucasgaudio3720]

What if, we just made a movie about a Star war? With rebels fighting evil. Instead of evil fighting the good?

[@YODAJJ]

Hey Theory, my title suggestions for the next video: - “Why Lucasfilm why?!” - “I can’t believe this” - “it is done”

[@JordanWheeler1999]

Lol

[@ReidDesigns]

This list contains everything except “a great story universally loved”

[@OgreJoe]

FYI Reaction is spelled wrongly in the thumbnail Theory / Editor

[@velocitystudiomix]

Totally agree! OG Star Wars was good sci-fi storytelling with central theme of peoples journey for a better life!

[@abnorth2276]

I sure love to watch some Reations

[@Chris_Thorndyke]

lol

[@oplars6487]

'No single main character' fits the general disdain those hacks seem to have for excellence and heroism

[@ztzimisce]

That whiteboard made me laugh so hard

[@ABCDyeahyeahyeah]

Darth Melvin IS the peoples champ, Darth Melvin IS the peoples choice, and Darth Melvin is the best damn Shill Exposer there ever was!

[@skepticalsmurf]

as a person of color,l concur,the audience doesn’t need superficial representation,just a GOOD RELATABLE story,we want quality over quantity(l don’t give a hoot about a character’s gender race religion or sexuality)the current show runners just don’t get that simple concept 😓

[@declancampbell1277]

and this is the true face of the woke DEI stuff, as you said "superficial". Its one of two things. The first being corporate box checking that reduces people of color to "token" characters, which as far as im concerned is racism disguised as kindness. The second is the ideologically possessed people that weaponise people of color to push their own activism. In this case again, just hiring a person based on the color of their skin to win some sort of moral victory is also racist.

[@BlueBoxRevan]

I guess you could say you can see the failure from the "writing on the wall" 😂

[@Hadouken9000]

"Actual ending" You know what, it seems like there have been a lot of shows and movies that have either forgotten to give any kind of satisfying ending... or they purposely, and deliberately go out of their way to make the characters unlikable and to make sure that the ending is insulting or a waste of time for their audience. This has been a fun little trend in entertainment since Weeds and Lost, and it is unfortunately not unique to Star Wars. It's made me hate watching so many things anymore.

[@stuartspencer2161]

As for Star Wars though, they did do the "actual ending" with The Last Jedi. They pretty much killed any thread that was set up in The Force Awakens, and then left no cliffhangers for people to come back for Rise of Skywalker.

[@Axtlar]

I love dinosaurs too, and I’ve been wanting them in Star Wars for a long time, can you imagine a character getting lost in space only to find a planet in another galaxy where there are these huge (even more huge if we pretend the denizens of the galaxy far far away are smaller than us, the original Star Wars action figures gave me that idea) creatures, dinosaurs, and the planet is Cretaceous era Earth? That would be amazing, instantly my favorite Star Wars movie or series, if they do that, and it fits well with the whole “a long time ago” disclosure.

[@yarrick9372]

“Not pro-war” in a franchise about war between good vs evil shows they’re clueless 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@LegoSnoopDogg]

Typo on the thumbnail

[@tauntaunfan5570]

Oops - you misspelled reaction in your thumbnail

[@Steril707]

I still chuckle when I see the "Dinosaurs" written there.

[@Deathblade]

Thumbnail has a typo, fyi :D

[@ThatGuy-nb7zf]

Makes you wonder how all these non-diverse properties became billion dollar industries when no one could relate to them.

[@Raze_134]

Which General Grievous statue/figure is sitting behind his head? I need one!

[@OgreJoe]

He did a video unboxing it, just search for "Star Wars Theory Grevious unboxing"

[@Sraye]

"no single main character" wasn't that what they said was "bad" about George's Episode I?

[@kingofgames1220]

Theory, just so you know the thumbnail reaction was misspelled as reation. In case no one let you know. Keep up the good work brother! Can't wait for Vader 2!

[@zacharymcmillan2788]

"Our souls are just thrown into a meat suit" Legit 💯,I wanna go back to my energy form. 🤨👍

[@QuintonLeo]

The Mandolorian season 3 had a lot of dinosaurs.... honestly we've had dinosaurs in Star Wars since the beginning, even the Holiday special lmao.

[@MichaelLongshanks]

I LUV REATIONS!

[@JaycodaJr]

The “REATION” with a missing “C” in the thumbnail caught my eye. I’m sorry. LOL But GREAT video once again.

[@elijahkelley7616]

Funny how they put Sith Empire on the whiteboard, yet every mention of the old Sith Empires in canon is that they...existed.

[@BranakinSkywalker]

This has been known for years, since 2020

[@ROB_LAW98K]

narcissist behavior. Go home bud

[@Pea_Otter]

@@ROB_LAW98K yep, typical cluster B disorder

[@roygames3960]

​@@ROB_LAW98K is the truth, that image is known since 2020 xd

[@ΚωνσταντίνοςΠαπαναστασίου-υ8σ]

Theory said in the vid he doesn't follow any High Republic stuff

[@WanaBeKenobi]

RIGHT ON THEORY! I've been waiting for someone to come out and say it. Its not about how diverse your cast is, it's about the human journey. Serously (SMH)

[@fearisthemind-killer]

That is what is great about Star Trek. Diversity was built into it from day one and it is supported to this day.

[@eliasfett8165]

I love how you two got together.

[@LangyLang]

A story of rival Mandalorian houses might be sick - game of thrones style drama in Star Wars would be hard to pull off though and they don’t seem to be able to write complicated stories lol

[@SapperRJMorgan]

I love that he kicked it off with dinosaurs!!

[@epiczk0n141]

0:25 Im absolutely obsessed with dinosaurs but take it from someone who literally wrote them into his Star Wars fanfictions as a kid: adding a straight up T-Rex in mainline Star Wars would have been so damn stupid 😂

[@ric3poversace477]

2:55 the fact that he said G Damn in that very wise statement about everyone being equal, felt both wonderful and upsetting to me

[@idontwant2beasoldiermama241]

What a reation

[@Alfahippie]

More diversity in star wars…. think about that for a second, what other movie or franchise has more diverse characters than star wars?? But no, it has to be THEIR version of diversity. South park nailed it with the episode about disney, they really are a joke now.

[@crayvun2196]

Completely agree, you guys nail it. Its so frustrating, and kinda hilarious, to hear things like "neo-na*i" being thrown at us. When the simple fact is that the characters were poorly written! Do they seriously think that Rings of Power, or The Acolyte or whatever, does really badly because what, suddenly 60% of the audience are secretly evil monsters? I mean we're talking about us goofy ass SW nerds here, it just doesnt add up!

[@S0L12D3]

It’s really telling when “diversity” is listed above: feelings, actual ending, relatable characters, AND WORST OF ALL it’s above epic. Star Wars is a tragedy that contains all the elements of an epic poem!!!! How can they put epic at the end of the list 🤦🏻‍♂️