The age of insufferable Star Wars actresses

[@SydneyWatson]

I am a wee bit tired in this vid, so sorry it isn't as well fleshed out as usual. There was a lot of info to sift through and it's a bit overwhelming haha.

[@jihadsquirrel5326]

Oh what the hell Sydney~! Sa'll good though. GJ

[@ThomasWBaldwin]

sexy you are. the force is strong in you Sydney.

[@SpiritGirlSF]

I watched Star Wars in the theaters when it came out and love it just the way it is. They've turned it inside out and upside down to the point of blasphemy. It's torture having to watch those out clips but amazing to watch George push back and explain his story out loud and clearly for all to see. I never watch anything about the modern SW these days it's just so...... WRONG. Those people are such narcissists I actually feel ill hearing their voices while watching this.

[@leedarkin-miller3591]

Revenge Of The Sift

[@jeffmadrid5437]

@@leedarkin-miller3591 gave me a meme idea... Revenge of the Grift!

[@grimdicer152]

The failure of one. The failure of two. The failure of $180 million.

[@dallasgrey4247]

Lmao 😂😂😂

[@chasehedges6775]

THE POWER WITHIN! Yeah!

[@gregorysaugustine5236]

THE POWER OF THE MATRIX WILL LIGHT OUR DARKEST OUR!

[@EvanG529]

The power of season one, the power of... never mind.

[@maltesimusfraterdemassimo7215]

Star Wars spends so much money and effort to spread a message to society that they neglect to make a genuinely good product, which is quite important for a TV show as it it for any other type of entertainment. But when their product is rejected due to poor quality, they blame the fans.

[@Kshthymyla]

Daisy Ridley wasn’t the problem with Rey. At least not to the point of being insufferable. Rey is insufferable as a byproduct of the script. Amandla Stenberg is insufferable independently of the script.

[@kevintanza6968]

Respectfully disagree. Ridley has no range and lacks the ability to convey emotions without talking. Chistensen would usually shine with Anakin in those scenes, if we want to make a comparison. Honestly, Ridley made Rey look even more of an airhead. I thought her acting was extremely weak and even annoying at times.

[@chronicguardian9684]

@@kevintanza6968 Respectful counter point: Has Ridley made an obnoxious "Diss Track" because people disliked the sequels?

[@chasehedges6775]

@@kevintanza6968 Daisy Ridley deserves better than Disney Star Wars and Hayden Christensen was fantastic as Anakin in Revenge Of The Sith

[@boxerspause]

Daisy could also act, at least somewhat. Can’t say that for Amandla.

[@thrilla72]

​@@chasehedges6775 ha ha funny how 20 years later everyone loves Hayden's acting. At the time, he was lambasted for weak acting and having no range 😅

[@Maria_Banks]

Disney shills: “if you don’t like it, don’t watch it because it’s not for you.” Star Wars fans: (don’t watch it) Disney: cancels season 2 because of low viewership Disney shills:…how could Star wars fans do this?!

[@domalom9476]

And then rinse and repeat

[@flowermeerkat6827]

Yes insult your core audience and tell them you don't need them. Then when your show bombs blame them and call them incels and bigots for not watching

[@kaym6850]

Disney shills: ....WhY dIdN't YoU wAtCh ItTtTtTtT...!!!!

[@kaym6850]

[@NelsonStJames]

IKR. Why are these companies constantly telling a segment of their audience not to watch and that the shows aren't for them and then acting surprised when they do exactly that? Shouldn't these shows be just fine and thriving if their intended audiences liked what they were doing?

[@kratos_daddy]

Normal people: Leia was a strong character, she held together the team. Dummies: But she was made into an eye candy in Return of the Jedi! Normal people: Yeah, and then she k*lled her captor, the biggest gangster, who was feared by all. You know, the fat guy, who held captive all the guys?

[@codinghusky5196]

...the real issue here is, that if you don't show someone - uteroid or betesticled - at a point of disadvantage, you cannot show them at a point of heroism and overcoming adversity. That's the issue with Rey. She never gets in any kind of trouble she then comes out of by changing and growing as a character and as a person. They do start something by making her fall for the ugliest man in the history of humankind who also happens to be the genocidal maniac who murdered her only friend and a father figure... but she never DOES get the chance to go "hey hang on... he may have pecs that make you ignore the fact his head seems to have been squished between two tie-fighters; but he DOES deserve to mfkken DIE".

[@tuttiman55]

And the same goes for Padme, she was fourteen in the phantom menace, and she was basically in command of an assault on the droids in naboo and she was just in charge, no declaration of it, no commander telling her she couldn’t do it, just grabbed her blaster and led her people, and she is also important in the battle of geonosis as well, Star Wars has had these strong female characters all over the place, but when we criticise the new characters we get told that we hate strong female characters, when we don’t, we hate bad writing, we hate being called every label under the sun when we open our mouths about the bad writing, we don’t care what gender a character is, but don’t make their gender their entire personality, Leia, Mon Mothma, Padme, Ashoka, Aayla Secura, Shaak Ti, Yaddle, Juno Eclipse, and many others throughout games and legends were strong, consistent and well written characters, Aayla Secura was a great character in legends who took the over sexualised nature of her race in the outer rims and wore a more revealing outfit than the jedi because she wanted those Twileks in the outer rim to look up to her as hope to be freed, and her clone squads respected her so much that when they knew order 66 was coming, they could not take off their helmets because they couldn’t look her in the eyes that day, and it’s writing that shows us how strong she is, we didn’t need to see her journey because the context of the clones who bonded through battle having so much respect for her shows that she could handle herself. (Sorry for the rambling)

[@HawkJedilord]

@@tuttiman55 Yes! 100% Yes!

[@HawkJedilord]

💯

[@filmandfirearms]

Also, a woman can be both strong and sexy. Sex appeal in no way diminishes badass actions

[@haku8135]

Every time someone says something like "I don't see myself in X movie" I just think "So you're not a good person? You aren't selfless, heroic, courageous, determined, empathetic, strong, protective, ect?" Cause, that's the part you're supposed to be looking for in yourself. Not your fucking skin color. That tells me, your most important characteristic, is vanity.

[@Cardinal_claw]

Yeah, it really says more about this "modern audience" than anyone else lol

[@Dude-zc5py]

Spot On!

[@Thorrnn]

🎯🎯🎯🎯

[@timeacott]

I've never been able to put my finger on why the whole representation thing seemed so strange to me, but you've nailed it.

[@Hungren1]

Yeah sometimes there are those characters that makes you go "he's literally me fr fr" or "he's literally my neighbour Jerry fr fr" and those are the things that matters.

[@fja3omega]

They try to be so inclusive that they exclude the fans

[@LatimusChadimus]

Only mentally asleep&spiritually dead wokies allowed

[@Ulrich_von_Jungingen]

They exclude other demographics too, which doesn't go unnoticed by those being snubbed.

[@LatimusChadimus]

@@fja3omega only the mentally asleep&spiritually dead wokies are welcome.

[@Edmund_Mallory_Hardgrove]

You've heard of the "Great Replacement" theory? Disney thought they could replace the built in fan base of Disney with a new more diverse fabulous fan base. The problem is Sex and the City has a fan base, and Star Wars has a fan base, and they're not interchangeable. You can't make the audience love an IP through representation.

[@Kilograham89]

"they aren't the real fans" says the people who don't know the material they are bastardizing. **SoyFace**

[@neophytealpha]

The original Star Wars movies, had tall Wookiees, short Ewoks, black, white, aliens, old, young, humanoid, and alien, etc. It was already naturally diverse.

[@seanhouser4510]

Hell it even had an old crippled man, who could still train a young whelp

[@homesteadgamer1257]

That's what I've been saying! I got called r@cist for saying the same thing about Fantasy films and the Mass Effect series. You literally can't get more diverse than countless species, especially if you have settings where they live alongside each other as a galactic community.

[@rokasdobrovolskis]

@@seanhouser4510 We've come a long way, didn't we? I cannot stand anything hollywood or american... Haven't watched tv in 12 years. Everything is 💩 Thank you SWEJ (read backwards).....

[@daviddiggens8841]

Sadly the diversity of tall wookies et all has been replaced by obnoxious wokies who all think and act in jackbooted lockstep and have taken all the diversity straight out of star wars and just about everything else. I can't think of too many IPs left to destroy but I'm sure they will be Yes... They will be

[@atomicpunk2360]

Not diverse enough. Star Wars didn’t have a girl who wants to be called not a girl until now in this masterpiece that was canceled due to bigotry and ignorance 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@marchedge4940]

After years of this women in star wars argument i just realized that when i was 8 in 1977 my MOM took me to see star wars and not my dad. She LOVED sci fi of that era.

[@jonathananderson5990]

"What you just said is an impossibility. Women CANNOT have enjoyed that era of Star Wars or sci-fi." - Modern Disney, most likely.

[@Trey-s6r]

For me the same. My mom was a sci fi dork. Now that the fandom idiots believe bad writting is because "it's a woman" or "it"s black", I'm not even mad about the bad cuality. The Star Wars fandom have what they deserve

[@esmeodoherty8209]

As a kid and teen I watched and enjoyed the starwars movies and As a mum I enjoy watching them with my son. Last weekend we went to the cinema to Watch Revenge of Sith on the big screen

[@thequietman95]

My mom showed me the original Star Wars when we had moved and I was lonely at school and sad. It’s a connection we’ve had that I’ve treasured ever since

[@marchedge4940]

@thequietman95 that is awesome

[@Trilobiteer]

The safety of black nerds? I'm sorry what? Do the names Lando Calrissian, Mace Windu, Benjamin Sisko or Morpheus mean anything to these people? No? How about Finn? Oh wait they deleted his character over three films, my bad.

[@incurableromantic4006]

Indeed. In some of the promos for Star Trek Discovery: they were pushing the line that "Michael Burnham is the first black lead character in Star Trek". As someone who watched every episode of DS9 when it first went out in the 90s - that claim took my breath away.

[@Draknfyre]

@@incurableromantic4006 It seems unbelievable until you realize that's because these people, from the producers to the actors/actresses, don't consider anything prior to their own work to actually "count." It didn't involve them, it wasn't written and designed from the ground-up with The Message in mind. So to them none of it counts. Everything was Bad and Wrong until they graced the franchise with their presence. It's narcissism the whole way down.

[@tulinfirenze1990]

Add Nichelle Nichols and Yaphet Kotto to that list.

[@JMDarkly1]

Popular black sci-fi character is near a beloved trope at this point. But, you know how these self righteous fools work. "Everything was sexist, racist etc. etc. before I came along."

[@bond77581]

Not to mention James Earl Jones voicing Darth Vader.

[@CplVelasco]

It's weird how NOBODY had a problem with Samuel L. Jackson, John Boyega, or Billy Dee Williams in SW. So the racism angle is just stupid and incredibly exhausted. Maybe look at Leslye Headland for being an incompetent director. Or you can look at the atrocious writing. But what do I know, I'm just a fan. Well, I was anyway. Disney Star Wars is trash

[@atticstattic]

A lot of people had a problem with Boyega's character.

[@camojoe83]

Boyega is a poor quality wood carving at best.

[@CplVelasco]

@atticstattic character but not the actor. That was my point. I would have liked if Fin had a deeper story arc though

[@toolegittoquit_001]

Well, it’s misogynistic too 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@CountryAndProud]

​@@toolegittoquit_001sure, that's why star fans love Natalie Portman.

[@Erulin68]

If one of your actors during an interview says : "When Anakin blew up the Death Star he probably killed millions and millions of people" and neither of his co-star or the interviewer even correct him... you show how much you know about the project and the world you're working within.

[@the0skeptic]

i only remember that dude from chicago fire lmao

[@michaelxz1305]

Lol.. these people are expressly hired because they don't know anything and aren't fans. If someone is a fan it's a strike against them in the hiring process.. this is from what insiders actually say, but I forget what show was being discussed but you can assume it covers all the studios that don't care about the source material

[@usernamemakesmemad]

I do hope that is a joke 😨

[@the0skeptic]

@@usernamemakesmemad you can see it in one of the interviews actually, the idiot doesn't even know the source material and thought anakin was the one that destroyed the death star instead of luke

[@sickmit3481]

Rip to all the people that were ended by the deathstar :(

[@noslipgrip89]

“So my character is a powerful leader.” (Crickets) “A powerful leader.” (One person starts cheering) “YES! YES!” Isn’t that response so emblematic of the audience they have tried to court with their overt girlboss approach to Star Wars?

[@Zinovad]

The guy who was paid to cheer was so bored by the speech that he spaced out and forgot to cheer until she repeated the cue.

[@jackfdhunter7036]

@@Zinovad I actually believe that is probably the case

[@Zinovad]

@@jackfdhunter7036 I don't want to believe that's the case... because it would just be too sad for them haha

[@georgelooney8949]

Dear Amandla. You are NOT as important as you seem to think you are, you are NOT as oppressed as you think you are, and you are NOT as talented as you think you are.

[@Undaglibenglaubengloben]

That’s rayssissss

[@robinjameson4261]

You're not even standing up for the people you think you are. If she actually wanted the message to get across, she would study how others had actually successfully gotten messages across and utilized those methods to get the message across. she doesn't care about her message. she cares about her just like Kathleen Kennedy has never actually cared about feminism. she only cares about deifying herself

[@Zabrakjedi]

She IS talented though. I've NEVER seen an actor portray 2 DIFFERENT characters in exactly the same way in my life! It was incredible!!!

[@somethingorother9263]

💯

[@somethingorother9263]

​@@Undaglibenglaubengloben somehow they will hide behind that yes.

[@Goatcha_M]

When Kennedy says "What would George do?" she means "we ask ourselves what 'Would George do?' so that we can then do the opposite."

[@geoffreyacedo827]

🙌🙌🙌💕🩷🤣😂

[@sinistersaint]

That's exactly what I said during that part 😂 poor George, I wonder if he really thought disney was trustworthy with his IP.

[@YiotisTheGnome]

Somehow I doubt they could imagine what George would do. She just said that to deflect the blame of incompetence off of her.

[@AirBudProMax]

They talk about him like he died.

[@mephosphitic]

@@AirBudProMax Yeah, instead of just asking him, or hiring him as a consultant, they just publicly pretend like they give a shit about him or his past work.

[@HonestWatchReviewsHWR]

The ironic thing is that there were far better, three-dimensional, believable strong female characters in films before this whole 'movement' came about. Princess Leia, Ellen Ripley and Sarah Connor to name a few.

[@musicmama2864]

Agree for sure! I was just thinking about the old Alien movies.

[@hardkore360]

I re-watched Kill Bill the other day and man, she's would kick any of these "empowered" ladies a$$es ANY DAY 😂😂😂

[@danethorson]

Also Samantha Carter, and if you want to see diverse cast done right - The Expanse

[@BW022]

That's because modern feminists don't understand what "strong" actually is. They think it is "the woman has to be 'better' than the man" so they end up with characters without flaws, who are magically better than the original (male) hero, who easily defeat the (male) protagonist, etc., etc. What they don't realize is that "strong" (for either men or women) is being better than yourself -- in growing, learning, overcoming your own issues, defeating yourself, etc. * Luke was never a 'bad ass'. Vader and the emperor toyed with him. No, he was strong because he overcame his own weaknesses and past to stay on the light side despite everything he want through. Same if you take down Obi Wan, or most other good male characters. * Leia wasn't strong because she was better at the force, fighting, etc. She was strong because she overcame being a princess to lead a rebellion, inspire others, bring them onboard, play politics in the senate, etc. * Ripley wasn't strong because she was better at fighting than the men. She was strong because she used her head, stayed focused, was wary of others, etc. * Sarah Conner was not a bad ass because she was any super-hero. She was strong because she was a young twenties waitress who had to protect her son while raising a child with the weight of the world on her shoulders.

[@HonestWatchReviewsHWR]

@@BW022 You expanded out my point perfectly. I completely agree.

[@DramakilzU]

Modern Star Wars Writers: “Old Star Wars doesn’t have enough powerful female characters.” Leia, Mon Mothma, and Padme: “Are we a joke to you?”

[@jackfdhunter7036]

Apparently they are

[@marcusrimson6330]

Darth Traya doesn't exist either according to Disney

[@GUISNIP]

I’m an actor. These people are not actors, rather, they are activists. And activists do not make good art.

[@Captain_Nemo1961]

"Welcome to the Panderverse", As Cartman would say .

[@Mordred1612]

Exactly, and that goes for the director and the producer. They are all activists (well in fact they are more activism vampire, they use a cause to show themselves as morally superior, so much that the cause they are supposed to defend is damaged by them), so they build this narrative on the flaws of the original SW that they are here to fix. BUT we all have internet, so only the other "activists" buy their narrative (or at least pretend to). The spectacular failure of the Acolyte clearly shows that they are in reality insignificant, and it enraged them, which is why they feel compelled to be so aggressive towards real fans and more successful content creators (because they align with the public’s tastes).

[@creatorsfreedom6734]

ha that is some really good acting right there i was almost fooled

[@tjvista8177]

Not only that, the people that want to hire these radical activists are radical activists themselves, have lots of skeletons in their closet, or all the above.

[@P1nkR]

Activists can definitely make good art, just not art that is aimed at the masses.

[@drtaverner]

Watch Leia stand up to Tarkin and honestly tell me _Star Wars_ has no strong women. WTF are KK and Headland talking about?

[@Dinofly4]

Their ideology and ego are more important than facts

[@ZayJayPlays]

Carrie Fisher is rolling in her grave.

[@Cepheidvariable]

Some steaming bullshit. Same as the rest of the left

[@bunnylovingbastard]

Not to mention she finishes one of her most criticized scenes (by KK & friends) by strangling Jabba with the chain he used to keep her captive. If that's not a message about the end result of slavery then idk what is

[@gibster9624]

She stood up to Vader, she stood up to Tarkin, and she led a rebellion, and choked out Jaba.

[@kj6446]

In 1977, Leia gave crap to every character she met... in order.. Darth Vader, only you.could be so bold... Grand Moff Tarkin, I recognized your foul stench when I was brought on board. Aren't you a little short to be a stormtrooper? ( to Luke) This is some rescue, you had a plan for getting in, did you have a plan for getting out? (Followed shortly by "somebody had to save our skins", "into the garbage shoot flyboy", "put that thing away;you're going to get us all killed", "look, I dont know who you are or where you came from but from now on you do what I tell you, 'Kay." "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought" and " they let us go, its the only explanation for the ease of our escape". ( all to Han) Will somebody get this walking carpet out of my way. ( to Chewbacca) Oh yes, Star Wars was so patriarchal and lacking in female characters.

[@m.taylor7025]

Well fuckin said my good man.

[@ArifGhostwriter]

Awesome summation. 👍🏽👍🏽

[@daviddiggens8841]

You just reminded me how obnoxious Leia was in a new hope lol. But indeed well said

[@ArifGhostwriter]

@@daviddiggens8841 More - requisitely sassy - in the face of all that machismo! A fine line between that & obnoxious, though.

[@tnwhitley]

It's almost as if they've never actually 'watched' the original Star Wars movies much less all the other films with strong women 'main' characters like in Aliens etc🤦🏻‍♂️

[@fufu5068]

I'm still angry at the end of TFA where Leia ignored Chewy and hugs Rey instead.

[@christianhardtofind6349]

I can't believe with all the people involved in making a movie that no one noticed until it was released.

[@filmandfirearms]

Years of friendship and fighting side by side are meaningless against sharing the same genitalia

[@petermgruhn]

Give the Wookiee a hug!

[@whiskey_tango_foxtrot__]

When you blame the fan base...you know you fooked up.

[@chasehedges6775]

MESSED UP HARD!

[@FG-Supercharged]

Well, you'd think so. But....

[@dustysmoke4996]

The fan base pays your bills. The fan base *knows* what it wants. If you deliberately try to shove some irrelevant trash that the fans don't want down their throats... well, you're just an insufferable idiot on the road to bankruptcy.

[@michaelxz1305]

They are also blaming incels.. how can they have any effect? People who call themselves Incels are a small number of guys who hang out on one of those chan forums I think.. they probably number less than a thousand

[@dustysmoke4996]

@@michaelxz1305 Because they've become a handy feminist boogeyman over recent years... OMG, the INCELS ARE GONNA GET US!

[@qveenallyssa]

Princess Leia meant SO much to SO many girls and women. She didn't try to act like a man or mold herself to anyone's expectations. She was strong and just, snappy, competent, and knew who she was. Star Wars has always had a place for females! She brought more women into sci-fi, and at this point we don't need the current pandering - we've had a place in sci-fi/fantasy circles for decades. I have always been a huge fan of Carrie Fisher too, and her books and openness about having bipolar disorder (and the changes from self-medicating to acceptance and getting herself together) was a godsend when I got my diagnosis and was trying to make sense of myself. I bawled like a little baby when she passed.

[@YahwehisGodandYeshuaisKingiamr]

Exactly. I loved Leia and Padmae.

[@TinyToadSage]

I adored Leia as a little girl. And then Ahsoka was introduced through the cartoon, loved her too. R.i.p star wars.

[@VictimOfReason]

I’ll take one strong and well thought out female character over a dozen poorly fleshed out female characters that ultimately are only there for appearance. I’m not sure how they don’t see how they’re only hurting their own cause. You can’t expect anyone to love or even respect a character just because they’re there. That’s both ridiculously narcissistic and lazy

[@NaoAmr]

My favourites are Mon Mothma and Jyn Erso.

[@richardryan9496]

And there are so many woman in movies that are badass, and don't need to try to hard like this show. Ripley in Alien for example, anyone ever had to tell you she was badass? no

[@ElTuco84]

The actress saying Star Wars is patriarchal. She has no idea how iconic and revolutionary was Princess Leia almost FIFTY years ago.

[@dannyvu113]

Agreed! I would add that Mon Mothma was the leader of the whole rebellion.

[@Klaaism]

Not to mention the EU/Legacy had many powerful female characters. Mara Jade (created by the same author, Zahn, who created Thrawn) was a highly trained, elite force-wielding assassin for the Emperor. The first Emperor's Hand to be introduced into canon. Leia's twin boy and girl. The list goes on. Hell one of my favorite SW EU books, The Courtship of Princess Leia, had an entire planet Dathomir (Not the Clone Wars version... wasn't a fan of that retcon) of matriarchal force-wielding witches riding rancors, who had managed to fight off even the Jedi (and Yoda) over the crashed wreck of the Jedi academy starship. Let alone in the same book there was the Hapes cluster ruled by a powerful Empress willing to murder her own children in machiavellian plots. If you haven't read it, it's a really good sci-fi action book with some wild elements, "Kiss My Wookie!"

[@Shredder1400]

@@KlaaismAs someone who loves the Clone Wars show, I’m gonna have to read that, sounds much better than what was in the show!!!!

[@Klaaism]

@@Shredder1400 It really is imho. I was so disappointed when they made Dathomir that way. An entire planet of varying tribes with a fairly interesting culture and outlook on the Force just gone. Let alone the rancors and everything else, which could have been used in future episodes. Granted the legacy version could still be added in sort of. The book version of the Nightsisters is they were exiled force wielders who had used the dark side of the Force. Could return to their tribes once they served penance.

[@sigmacademy]

She also had no idea that the franchise eventually ended on Jacen and Jaina Solo prior to Disney taking it over, with Jaina being the lead. But then again, that would require that the actress ACTUALLY know something about the franchise she is in.

[@williamlyons8099]

In the ring of power series, all the directors and actors said they were reimagining middle earth and adding all that diversity because it’s what Tolkien would’ve wanted. All the true fans say this is bogus. Here we have Star Wars being reimagined with all the unicorn barf. They say it’s what Lukas wants yet, Lukas is still alive and spoke out against.

[@Warmaka]

Lucas: "But-" KK: "Hush, George, I'm speaking for you!"

[@RichHaefeli]

The show was canceled for the same reason the all female Ghost Busters movie bombed.. not because of 'incels" or right wingers.. but simply because the show sucked.. poor acting, poor writing.. will kill a show every time.

[@anthonymerchant2597]

😂 My wife hates that one more than me. I just picked up the original and 2 on Blu-ray. There's no way I would want that one in my personal collection. I saw that Frozen Empire one, and it's not one I want to watch again either. I own plenty of films that have great female protagonists from Ghost In The Shell, Nightmare on Elm St, Terminator, Alien, The Blob, and The Night of the Living Dead remake with a truly underated performance from a female actress. It's definitely about how poor writing has truly become.

[@Apoc5k]

It's ironic that Disney turned both Star Wars and Marvel into female centric franchises considering they originally bought them to gain a male audience in the first place.

[@ScionOfLiberty]

And now everyone has decided that they suck.

[@MisterMcVoodoo]

someone should have told them the tale of darth plagueis the wise

[@iceprism367]

I didn't even think of that. How the turntables! 😅

[@CEO_FADeD]

I personally think it's just a slight-of-hand trick. "Look, we're catering to females and LGBTQ, yaaaay.... Come here, little kids."

[@rakandy3878]

How to convert people in miogenics, men, women and childs

[@ALifeUnanalyzedIsALifeUnlived]

Amandla Stenberg - Can't act, can't dance, can't sing, a true triple-threat.

[@aullikadr7933]

Her only good film is Hunger Games

[@bastianogr4960]

Can’t take criticism. Quadruple threat.

[@chasehedges6775]

@@aullikadr7933 Exactly💯

[@justaguy105]

Nepo-babies Unite!

[@WesMordine]

Well, she looked kinda hot twerking in her shorts and braless top. But that's the full extent of her talent.😅

[@bestmoviesever1]

Being able to engage in a story about someone who is not exactly like you is a test of basic empathy.

[@yuvalwh]

Honestly Amanda is the full representation of modern disney. Blame the fans for a show they didnt like when you told them the show was not for them in the first place. We've rightfully earned the asteroid thats gonna nuke the earth

[@jordanmcbride9215]

@@yuvalwh she literally said don’t watch it if you don’t like it, so no one did, if you can’t accept that as criticism you are definately entitled and brainwashed

[@roc7880]

Amandla, no idea why the L!

[@ferzzfilinn]

And saying all this during her morning routine, never giving a crap to look at the camera to speak to her audience.

[@tsepisomichaelkhosi-xv3dq]

@@roc7880 Her name is Zulu, it means power

[@rogercroft3218]

Well, maybe just a couple of small asteroids in places like Orlando and LA.

[@_APG_]

The craziest part is Star Wars was loved by men and women alike. It was never a "boys club."

[@sinAnon6689]

shhh let the false narrative and pushed agenda flow through you, embrace the dark side of the propaganda so it all makes sense.

[@emilywilliams9916]

THANK YOU! Perfectly said!

[@patrickn.4113]

Right? Like do you look at princess Leia and Amidala go "Ah yes.... boys club.."

[@michaelmcclintick9541]

I dated a women about 20 years ago, and she was completely into EVERYTHING star wars. She knew about the clone wars tv show before it was announced, went to conventions, knew of the books etc. My sister loves Princess Leia for the strong woman that she was in the movies, being one of the original bad ass women.

[@TomClooney]

Bro, this is sooooo much a misrepresentation. Just watch Triumph the Comic Insult Dog showing up to the lineups for episode 1 and 2. They found every girl in line and that was a total of 4. The incels won again and y'all are now defending them.

[@ethang4187]

RIP Star Wars... another victim of "the message"

[@ActuatedGear]

You can hear it, can't you? "THE MESSAGE" Go away now.

[@tommymarco]

I can hear it i his voice

[@ethang4187]

@@ActuatedGear It lives for free in my head. Even the pause

[@garrettm5408]

You said it perfectly, "Age of insufferable actors and actresses don't seem understand, at all, the franchise that they are working on and Star Wars original vision". Don't forget the studio execs, directors, and others pushing this junk. I wish they would stop piggy backing off these ground breaking and cinematic masterpieces! If you feel so strongly about your product, then come up with your own franchise and storylines and see if they hold up in the markets.

[@oskar6661]

What I find sad is that the rather awful modern 20-something actors have been brainwashed into thinking they're breaking new ground, and that somehow black people or women were never in films... It's as if their handlers have prevented them from watching any films from the 70's, 80's or 90's. There's a reason you should never both with the opinion of an actor or actress...who doesn't actually watch films. Remember when Jennifer Lawrence said she was the "first female action star"...as if Terminator didn't exist, or Alien...or Aliens...or Alien III...or Terminator II...or the entire Resident Evil franchise...or the entire Underworld franchise...or Aeon Flux...or Atomic Blonde, Salt, Wanted, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, any of the Tomb Raider films, the Matrix...and that's just off the top of my head. Oh, black nerds in sci-fi? Like...Billy Dee Williams? What about Apone/Frost from Aliens? What about Dillon from Predator? What about the entire Blade franchise? What about the black cowboy chick in the rig in The Abyss? Ever seen Event Horizon with Fishburne, or this small series of films called The Matrix Trilogy? It's insulting to watch these clowns whine about stuff when they don't even have the patience or professionalism to study their own craft, or the history of film. No one will take you seriously when you can't even study your own art and its history.

[@robinjameson4261]

it's almost like they don't actually care about the things they say they care about and are completely self-obsessed narcissists that just want everyone to worship them

[@christianbuskirk1471]

​@@robinjameson4261They're actors so is this really all that surprising?

[@zacharymcmillan2788]

Hey don't forget about Mac in Predator too(Bill Duke.) Man that guy's a prolific,and really good,actor.

[@Easy_Skanking]

@@zacharymcmillan2788 Carl Weathers R.I.P.

[@lainiwakura1776]

Because wokism has to erase the past to allow for the socialist utopia.

[@Mpiewizard]

I say this as a lifelong female Star Wars fan who loved it so much as a child that I was teased for it in elementary and middle school: I didn't watch The Acolyte but my parents did, they did not like it. Every single conversation I've had about the show with someone in person did not like it and were ironically all women. Every time something like this happens it's like they forget female Star Wars fans exist and have always existed and immediately blame the men and I'm so sick of it. Where was all this love for the show while it was airing? I saw maybe one whole video advocating for it during that time and all these people suddenly loved it now that it was cancelled?

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

The gall of these women is amazing. As a guy what makes this entire situation worse is that when I was growing up it was most often _the girls_ who would make fun of people for liking "nerdy" things. Now those girls are being pandered to with crap like _The Acolyte_ and _Captain Marvel._

[@fl1bble]

Lesley Headland saying she'd be on the dark side is the most honest thing she's ever said. Never forget she was the personal assistant to a monster.

[@MarshallBanana-nq3gi]

Star Wars is - by consensus of the actual people making it - in the hands of the dark side now.

[@gurumagoo]

And of course, she knew NOTHING about any of his depravity and was just as shocked and horrified as everyone else. LOL

[@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat]

First thing that came to my mind was Anakin and the younglings Lesley Headland would fit right in. She's like a scifi Ghislaine Maxwell.

[@raggens]

Kinda fitting for a woman who worked closely with a sexpest to side with the forces that would eventually give rise to the SW equivalent of space Nazis lol

[@planetdisco4821]

“I have an urgent despatch for the admiral of the rebel fleet! Where is she?” “The woman over there in the ball gown with the purple hair” “No, seriously, this is no time for jokes! Where is the admiral!” Rebel soldiers jerks thumb and rolls eyes… I’d also like to point out that in the previous episode Han Solo hyperjumps the millennium falcon out of the bay of a spaceship without damaging it and in this one they use it to destroy an imperial ship ffs

[@adamaizenberg756]

Yoda explaining the light and darkside of the force is something Disney will never seem to understand… “That is why you Fail.” -Yoda

[@The_Primary_Axiom]

Notice how when they use to talk about their characters they would say she and her? But when you interview the actresses on acolyte, they referr to their characters as I and me. I can go deep into why that is the case, but I will leave you with this. It’s because they now build characters around the real life actress, instead of building the actress around the characters like they use to. Even the showrunner said she hired the actress first with no audition. She hired her first, and then built the show and character around her. This is why when you interview them they refer to their characters as I and me. But when they interview Carrie Fischer and Natalie Portman, they referred to their characters as she and her. Because they divorce themselves from their characters. They didn’t look at their character as themselves in real life like they do today. That is the problem today. That is why they get offended when you don’t like the story or character. They think you don’t like them. Because it’s all about them. They are primary, and the character is secondary. So they go and make music videos and do weird dances insulting the viewers when you dislike the character lol. I’ve always said stop making strong female characters, and start making strong characters that are female.

[@DavidSmith-mt7tb]

Well said. This is also the absolute peak expression of the audience view that they must see themselves represented. Even the actor must see themselves represented in the character.

[@mephosphitic]

Is that why all the characters are insufferable?

[@BPF80MCar-vi1pg]

Wow. Thay was so on point. Great comment

[@garymcallister4128]

Yup. It's ACTING, not being.

[@anon17472]

Because it used to a be story, and we needed a person to play this character Now it's we need 2x black, 3x women, 1x gay etc - then write a story

[@SilverLovesJesus]

Disney: “We’re going to hate on certain groups of people as a way of putting others on a pedastal that the media love by ruining your favorite franchises!! If you don’t like it don’t watch it 😘” “Ok” *Acolyte gets cancelled* Disney: *wtf*

[@Create-The-Imaginable]

Perfect example of Communism! It sounds great, but it always fails! With Communism... Absolute Power! Corrupts Absolutely!

[@c7042]

I think when they said "if you don't like it, don't watch it", they didn't realize how many people they were addressing.

[@SilverLovesJesus]

@@Create-The-Imaginable *”I Love Democracy”* - Sheev Palpatine

[@CountryAndProud]

​@@SilverLovesJesusfor a safe and secure society!

[@robinjameson4261]

​@@Create-The-Imaginableon paper, communism could actually work. there are just two things that make it so it's not a perfect system. The first thing is that humans value individuality. for communism to work, we all have to be perfect cogs wherever they put us. The second is that human beings are not universally altruistic. they are not willing to work for 8 hours for the same pay as someone who works for 5 seconds.

[@purplehax1091]

the funny part of amandla’s diss is that ive seen someone said that she has a fake afro and is trying to make it look like she was raised on a rough street when her father is a millionaire

[@markenetube]

Most countries make movies that reflect the population. If you watch content made in African countries, you will struggle to see a white character. 71% of the population in the United States is white. .2 to 6.8 percent of the adult population identifying as LGBT. The Acolyte had very few white people and almost no white men. Perhaps the straight white male population did not find it a "safe space". You know, the main Star Wars fan base. In the United Kingdom, 83.0% of us are white. You would never believe it if you watch the BBC. I have no problem with actors of any race, but Disney hire on race, sex and sexual preference, not actual acting ability. Amandla Stenberg has the acting range of a chair leg..

[@The_Good_Captain]

Here in the UK, you go to *any* major city and you soon stop believing 83% of us are white lmao Someones clearly fluffing up these percentages. More like 60% at most.🤣

[@orangewarm1]

Art/business doesn't have to reflect the population. All it has to reflect is the imaginary world honestly. There are no ewoks or wookies where I live. In fact, I've never even seen one in my life.

[@michaellane5381]

Chair legs are something to stand on.

[@VaultArchive72]

@@orangewarm1 Because ewoks and wookies are not real. People are real. Demographics are real. Your audience is real. Then why is all media in Africa entirely one race? Why is all media in Asian and Indian countries entirely one race? Entertainment and art caters to the majority population/demographic of a region. That's why. What exactly do you think would happen if Japanese or Chinese studios started casting the majority of their characters in entertainment as black for instance? What do you think would be the public response? Same thing if Indian studios started casting majority whites in their media. You cater to the majority demographics in your region and audience if you want to make money and be successful. Art or business, it doesn't matter. You people are beyond help.

[@calvinjohnstone2664]

Watch adverts and you wouldn't believe those statistics at all. Wef shenanigans 🤬

[@mkthecat5133]

13:33 the "boy's club" thing sort of pisses me off as a girl, because I very much recalled when I first got into Star Wars my older brother was EXCITED that I share his interest and started introducing me to the prequels, the animated shows and even the video games (mostly the Lego games because it was more kid friendly). It's never been a "boy's club", the original Star Wars is very much universal that even a nine year old girl can enjoy. I hate that Disney has to constantly push the notion that Star Wars has to be a 'safe space' for women when it already IS before they try to make it a 'girl's thing'. Like, as a company that's suppose to cater to a worldwide audience, they really failed to be inclusive to the rest of the world. Ps. I'm not American or from the west in general, it's rare to find a die hard Star Wars fan in my country. It feels even more alienating when they started pushing 'woke' western ideologies and I can't be bothered with the newer shows anymore (except for Andor because AT LEAST that show has a good story that worldwide audience can relate to).

[@OveToranger]

❤ Thank you !!!

[@mamienovacuisine]

EXACTLY!!! We would re-enact duel of the fates fight with my brothers SO much 🥲

[@mkthecat5133]

@@mamienovacuisine so true! Me and my brother used to bicker a lot and somehow SW and video games were the only two things that we got along about, from memeing the prequels and frequently calling our cat 'ewok' because he thought one of my cat looks like the little creature 😅 We bond over the references and it got us close (my brother and I are 6 years apart so it was already hard to get along with him). So it's kinda sad that my brother has pretty much given up on SW due to the recent garbage quality stuffs that Disney has put out... Also, i was honestly mesmerized by the lightsaber duels in the prequels when I first saw it. And that was when I was just a nine year old girl who used to play with dolls all day long. Duel of the fates was what literally got me into Star Wars because it was so dang cool and I thought Darth Maul's design was awesome! Ah...I miss those good old days of Star Wars 🥲

[@mrsx7944]

​@@mkthecat5133well said. I'm a woman who grew up watching SW and I never once felt like it was a "boys club". But here's the thing. Even if it was, what's wrong with that?? Arent boys and men allowed to have anything just for them??

[@mrsx7944]

​@@mkthecat5133 different demographics have different interests and tastes. There's nothing wrong with that. Disney will never understand that.

[@cucugeorge5783]

No one else notice that these narcissists are not taking about "tolerance", "opened minded", "unity"? It's about "inclusion" "diversity", "representation"?

[@aldunlop4622]

That's ALL I notice. They are living embodiments of The Dark Side, selfish, only thinking of themselves.

[@erikcarrillo7378]

They literally just want everything to be all black and brown as a form of payback. It's not about unity, it's about superiority.

[@bmcfonzie]

Of course. Leftists haven't been promoting tolerance for years. They've largely completed their cultural revolution, meaning they hold the power now, so tolerance is no longer a benefit from their perspective. The desire for tolerance was actually just a demand for anyone who might object to their values to pre-emptively put up the white flag, and they don't need that anymore.

[@thefiresworddragon927]

I love getting insulted for pointing out something is terrible, laughed at for doing so, told to go away if I don't like it, then save my money, and then get insulted when I, surprise surprise, didn't watch it because A, I didn't care, B, they told me to, and C, I told them I wouldn't, and they somehow thought them telling me to go away and not give them money would give them my money. This has happened over a hundred times this year alone. At minimum. This is what we call "Gambler's Fallacy" + "Definition of Insanity". They think we are bluffing, despite the literal hundreds of times we have proven we aren't bluffing with just not buying. Not to mention the thousands of times we have done it by buying something. These subhumens really think that Mike Tyson's famous "punched in the face" quote isn't true while also thinking it's true but not really. They somehow have every opposite thinking possible.

[@arostwocents]

The DEI pitch includes "brand loyalty" and literally explains, when they trick companies into doing this, that your existing fans will stay loyal no matter what

[@HonestWatchReviewsHWR]

I never really understood the whole "representation" argument. Based off of a lot of modern TV and films, you'd think that the majority of people were actually LGBTQ+, and that that didn't in fact make up just a tiny percentage of people in the real world.

[@markcarpenter6020]

People do think that. They did a study awhile back asking random people what percentage of the population (insert group) was. They thought black people were 50% of the US population and LGBT made up 1/3 of the population. (They also thought 1/3 was Muslim).

[@miepmiep3017]

​​@@markcarpenter6020My God. Scientists estimated it's 10% for all LGBT people and 10% is really generous according to studies.

[@Magikarp-4ever]

My friend was blacklisted for asking what the actual percentage of gay and trans are in the general populace and it sounded offensive when he was told about 30% and he basically said that's laughably untrue and was straight up blacklisted for questioning it 😂😂😂😂😂 you either live in reality and suffer the consequences or, live in fairy tale land with money in a bubble like all of them. They are "privileged views" because nobody would hold them that actually worked for a living 😂😂😂😂

[@markcarpenter6020]

@@miepmiep3017 closer to 5 or less for LGBT. 14 for black and about 3 for Muslims. They also didn't realize white people are roughly 70% of the population and roughly 70% of the US is Christian.

[@markcarpenter6020]

@@miepmiep3017 lol it didn't let me replywith the actual number.(So let me try to edit it). LGBT is around 5. African American 14 and Muslim is about 3. They also didn't know pale people make up 70% of the population and people who really like Christmas for more than presents are also 70. Yep it was giving numbers for the last two that got the comment yeeted.

[@TheBrandonMorse]

Funny how they "Star Wars" that was supposed to be "inclusive" and for "everybody" ended up being exclusionary and for no one. Social justice... not even once.

[@chamqual6480]

I think Disparu just said that.

[@Undaglibenglaubengloben]

“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."

[@stevekirkpatrick1612]

Crazy considering these people "weren't allowed to be fans" as kids. So why did they even decide to take over a franchise they never had permission to enjoy?

[@MsOpportunity68]

I don't think it was ever meant to be that inclusive, being that Kathleen Kennedy almost from the start of her tenure pushed "the force is female" message.

[@stephenkolostyak4087]

"Social justice... not even once." Except it is, this is what "social justice" amounts to now.

[@AshCosgrove]

Just so sick of female characters that show ZERO emotion other than "strong" and "stoic." As if we're somehow supposed to connect with that. Whatever happened to fear, sadness, and vulnerability?

[@Undaglibenglaubengloben]

It’s left for men

[@SamMonroe]

You will love our Mary Sues!

[@andrewgreeb916]

Virtues shine through in moments of weakness. If your character cannot fail, any virtues you wrote into them are as good as nonexistent. A character lacking virtues is frankly unlikable.

[@TheLewistownTrainspotter8102]

Last I checked, we need more female leads who are written and acted like Lucy MacLean in _Fallout._

[@chasehedges6775]

@@TheLewistownTrainspotter8102 💯👍 Yep

[@TJshine1]

Being subversive for subversions sake is the most artistically bankrupt thing I think I have ever seen a Hollywood actor say.

[@ILoveABBA12]

As a female, I first started liking Star Wars in 2nd grade, because my best friend introduced me to the movies. As a child I couldn't care less of the characters' gender, I was there because I liked the plot and action in it. I find this modern approach of "making a movie that mothers can take their daughters to" completely pointless.

[@geoffreyacedo827]

🙌🙌💕🩷👍

[@lisamendis5886]

I watched the movies as a kid, and my dad took my brother and I to see the 1997 remastered version in the theatre. They assumed women didn't watch Star Wars, but we did. We were there. I suffered through Jar Jar Binks with the boys too.

[@Danni611]

Same here. Plus there were plenty of great female characters in movies when I was growing up. But I was always there for the story.

[@TheChristianPsychopath]

My dad introduced me to films at age five, and I discovered the novels around age eleven. The number of strong female characters and best selling female authors who got tossed aside in the reboot still bothers me to think about. You can't tell me you're pro-feminist or like strong women after tossing a gem of a character like Mara Jade. Jaina Solo, Tenel Ka, Tahiri Veila, Cilghal, Tione, Mirax, Nomi Sunrider... I'm skimming the surface.

[@smilingstingray5537]

My mother introduced me to Star Wars. My whole life, Star Wars has been a series that "Mothers can take their daughters to," so I really don't understand what they're trying to do. Ironically, it's rather sexist that they think girls can't enjoy the older movies.

[@gurumagoo]

Ellen Ripley, Sarah Connor, and Princess Leia prove decades ago that gender has nothing to do with the success of a character or a franchise if the story and production values produce a good film, and then these people come along and blame their failure on the bigotry and intolerance of the fans. LOL.

[@oompalumpus699]

Because that's the most convenient excuse for them. They can't accept that they are actually incompetent, so they weave a narrative where everyone else is at fault except them.

[@FreeMarketFan49_]

You don’t even need to go back that far. Hermione Granger and Katnis are two recent examples of good female characters.

[@sparingpickle4918]

Laura Croft, Wonder-Woman both killed it at the box offices as well.

[@urthboundmisfit]

1. Female is a sex, not a gender. 2. Ripley and Connor coded "masculine" and were still quite novel for their time. These days, every fucking time a woman ends up in a starring role in a franchise previously men-only for all the major characters, the fanboys shit themselves. We can see what you're doing but keep on living in denial, I guess. You're still not going to actually get laid more.

[@omgmmiv]

You could just mention Jyn Erso in Rogue One. Widely considered the best Star Wars project under Disney. Ahsoka, while her live action series is not a slam dunk, the character and the actress are still very much loved by fans. Both women, including a woman of color.

[@MichaelJMayoskyStudios]

I am a liberal... and I thought the show was terrible. Not because of anybody being black.... but because it was a crappy and shallow story lacking depth and intelligence. No metaphor... no irony... no arc. It was crap. That is all. Nothing racist about my opinion. Just crap.

[@giovannichiaranti9775]

Here the same. Pretty liberal in most social issues, but i Still think that these modern adaptations are terribile and a sort of involuntary satire of liberal politics

[@Rocek]

and that opinion makes you a far-right incel nazi racist to the showrunners

[@Valen-mh9fh]

The show that brought most everyone together... Liberals, racists, incels, alt-right; all united in thinking the Acolyte was rubbish. 😂

[@robertofernandez7773]

The thing is that nobody cares about race or sexual orientation nowadays. I'm pretty conservative and I cannot be more gay. I'm also religious and Latino. I don't need to be represented, only entertained, that is why a go to a show and spend my money, not to be insulted just because I didn't like the show. Make good products and people will consume, period. This has nothing to do with politics, race, sex, gender, etc... until they don't understand this, they will continue to flop.

[@rickybev3078]

How do you say the word “liberal” without throwing up on your shoes? If you think female Star Wars is bad, you ain’t no liberal.

[@terrytaylor6441]

"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent" Qui-Gon Jinn. "Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose" Yoda

[@cyberwarlord7363]

So, this could be George Lucas vilan arc about to play out.

[@The_Great_Mighty_Poo]

"say the N-Word, i must" -Yoda but weird

[@CBaller2020]

I love how she blames only Conservatives. Honey, trust me, as a Conservative, I have better things to do than watch your crappy show.

[@Captain_Nemo1961]

Like, " wash your car in the rain, change your new guitar strings"... sorry , love that song .

[@muir8009]

Interestingly I'm very much a liberal and still can't stand the forced inclusiveness and have never watched the acolyte (never will) and really in my old age, Anything after return I have trouble viewing, so I'm to use my time watching the original three I watched when they came out, as I enjoy them, which is what watching a movie should be all about.

[@Xmetalfanx]

I am a self described leftist myself and ... the show had bad acting (some ok saber fights at times if you dont think too much ... like people swinging at nothing where the other person NEVER WAS) ... and TERRIBLE writing .... the show just ... sucked lol .. there is no reason (@ others, not talking about you) to make it political

[@WR3ND]

I'm an anti-society leftist, and EVERYONE has better things to do than watch that show.

[@jazzx251]

@@muir8009 You should give "Andor" a chance. It's a masterpiece that will restore your faith in Star Wars It's choc full of great realistic characters, played by amazing actors, some of them relatively unknown, And the writing is brilliant - 12 episodes of sheer awesome (with the final 12 more to come next year) It's "woke" - but in the right way: The final episode laments that people were "sleeping"; - if they had been "woke" earlier, then the Empire would have been resisted earlier, and not grown into a terrifying monolithic power [I don't consider this a spoiler - it's pretty obvious] The cast is phenomenal - even the supporting characters It's the exact opposite of Disney's other Star Wars shows; a beautiful, often breathtaking, anomaly

[@Eh-Mungu-Nguvu-Yetu-q8p]

Im from Nairobi she should know that Star wars has a global audience and most of us here don't care about western politics. What TF is a far right incel ? We don't care.

[@Xbalanque84]

Rest assured, if someone calls you an incel, they want you [not alive anymore]. And will probably get their friends to bully you into doing it by your own hand.

[@The_Good_Captain]

Far-right means only right, and incel used to mean involuntarily celebate but in 2024 it means youre a real man.

[@michaelxz1305]

People who call themselves Incels are a small number of people hanging out on some message boards.. like everything else leftists don't understand what any term is they use to label someone else including all the ist and phobe words. They just do it because they can't actually win an argument so they throw a tantrum instead

[@VishalKjha]

​@@Xbalanque84 it's baffling how there's preaching about inclusivity, on other hand they bully involuntary celibate people for not having had sex. I cannot take any whiner from this group seriously.

[@MyAramil]

A generic dollar store insult that has been discounted due to over use.

[@mr.whisper3338]

The difference between Daisy and Amandla is that Daisy understands that the narrative was untrue. Disney was trying to manufacture and promote a problem that didn't exist, fix it, and grandstand that they fixed it.

[@LinxFraulein]

For f***'s sake, my mother has been a HUGE fan of Star Wars since she first saw the original in 1977! She loved the story, the characters and the special effects! She never gave a shit about it being "patriarchal" (which it isn't), because she appreciated that it was an ENTERTAINING film! And guess what? She's not interested in ANY of the new ones, because she's sick of how heavy-handed they've become! What does this tell you? 🤦‍♀️

[@usernamemakesmemad]

I feel her pain 😩

[@emilynolan187]

I'm pretty similar. I saw empire and return of the jedi in their original theater run, loved them, and I still have my original action figures. The last jedi was the last star wars movie I saw, because they butchered it. When Rey moved all those boulders with zero effort or learning, it jumped the shark for me. Other than watching some of the mandalorian, I haven't watched any more star wars and I don't want to.

[@harry-duongchivy7172]

May I have a boldness to know her opinion on the Prequels, pls? I rl want to know how the OG fans really thinks about Star War. I come to this franchise too late for the fun

[@crowing3886]

So she was slow an didn't realize how patriarchal it was even back then. Go watch Leia again 😂

[@almitrahopkins1873]

@@crowing3886 You go watch Leia again. The first scene of the movie is C-3PO saying he doesn’t know how she’s going to get out of it “this time”. Did you miss that? Watch what she does. She is the badass of the film that is usually the grizzled old warriors type. She throws shade at everyone until Luke lets her out of her cages and then Leia takes control of the situation.

[@KillTheFuture42]

The Acolyte bringing ,,safety for black nerds to Star Wars" is mindboggeling. Was it dangerous up until now for a black nerd to watch a SW movie? What the fuck is she talking about?!

[@usernamemakesmemad]

What is this, quoting: "black nerd", she talks about? A nerd is a nerd. Sex or race plays no role in it.

[@crowing3886]

They literally boycotted ep 7 because a stormtrooper was black...China even edited him out of the posters 😂 Let's not act blind now to the influx of racism since ep 7 to now. Every time a black person pops up in a sw movie/TV that's equal to woke an diluting sw...

[@Noqtis]

​@@usernamemakesmemad And nerds can actually related quite well to underdogs, minorities and underprivileged people because nerds were once one the receiving end of a lot of bullshit. as a nerd in the 90ies you didn't pick and chose your friends. you hang out with the other nerds. if there were black nerds in as well those were just nerds like everyone else. their skin color didn't made them different. all were fucked by society for the same reason, for being nerds. we were also one of the first groups of people who connected themselves across the globe through video games and a global community (global events), so racism was always kinda pointless. it's kinda hard to be a full blown racist if you watch every weekend south Koreans battle each other in StarCraft lul or even visiting a single gaming related event. there are people from across the whole world there. I go to some local anime convention and there are people who flew from brazile because they had some friends here. It was always like that. I'm living in an European country and as a kid we had an US-american centered store nearby. That's were I learned talking English while trading Pokemon cards with Egyptians...

[@IronBanterWins]

@@usernamemakesmemad A black nerd is a "blerd," true, so crazy it can't be real, but it is. hehehehehe

[@CaptainRetroStation]

Those fans who freaked out over seeing a black person under a stormtrooper helmet during the "Force Awakens" trailer really nailed things down in a way they probably didn't think about. They LOST THEIR MINDS over that, AND Captain Phasma, too. A WOMAN?! So, as a black man, I was like, yeah, I feel you guys. This new First Order is nonsense! I mean, how bad can they be when they're clearly about diversity, and inclusion! Black stormtroopers, women captains... OUTRAGEOUS! It wasn't like in the "good ol days" when evil was represented by WHITE MEN ONLY. Yeah, chew on that, racists.

[@NO_PJM]

I am a non-white female that grew up with Star wars and when I mean I grew up with Star wars, I even had a mattress. I knew what Star wars was before Disney. And while I will admit there are not a lot of females in Star wars. I never once genuinely felt that it was a completely male dominated world because of the fact that one of the most powerful people in the movie that was a senator was a woman and the movie opens up with her being kidnapped because she was a powerful threat so as a young girl I interpreted that as women having power. To me, the story really was just about a boy who didn't know he was special finding out he was special. I always find it mind-boggling how people can look at stories and miss the plots and the themes and the characterizations and all of the literary aspects and devices and only see their agendas. Mind you this is coming from someone who people call woke. So if I'm saying this then you know this is not a woke thing. This is a Hollywood ripping off our childhood nostalgia rebranding it and trying to make another dime thing.

[@Captain_Insano_nomercy]

I wish more women like you existed ❤️ I sometimes feel like a misogynist, because I just hate these femme-centric therapy sessions disguised as entertainment, with a passion. It seems that feminine just means destroying everything I love. So it's easy at some point to just hate it all Women like you help me see that it isn't so absolute, so black and white, and that there are women not consumed by ideology

[@TruusvanEs]

Its not just about nostalgia and rebranding. The forced girl bosses empowerement, blackwashing and faking history and historical figures, forcing in sexual preferences for no reason, casting bias, race grifting, attack on family values, etc.... Its all the same degenerate thing. Insufferable, beligerent and unwatchable for people with common sense, good taste and decency. Why all the remakes instead of creating new things. If these things are not a problem for you then you are probably pretty woke.

[@urthboundmisfit]

Just because you want to gratefully accept crumbs doesn't mean that's the way it actually ought to be.

[@DavidAnderson-m5c]

And it isn't just that the boy finds out he's special. He still has to EARN that specialness. And wow, does he make a lot of mistakes along the way. He has to, eh, unlearn what he has learned.

[@geekylove3603]

​@@TruusvanEs I thought the Acolyte was a new story?

[@davet.3901]

What I find infuriating the most is this whole "Star Wars is a boys club we will break in to". I can clearly remember when it was rare to find a girl interested in Star Wars even in the slightest. And it was not like boys did exclude them, exactly the opposite. (sure there is always THAT asshole but that's not a problem with Star Wars alone). Boys where often branded as nerds and laughed at by girls for just bringin Star Wars up so we learned to keep it for ourself... It never was a "boys club", it was a haven for some at best and a guilty pleasure at worst.

[@tcurdt]

As a lefty let me tell you, it's not conservatives that make "The Acolyte" a shitty story. And a shitty story does not get better by making the cast more diverse. Which in itself is laughable in the context of the Star Wars universe full of aliens.

[@theangryangus]

THIS!

[@NoNoNoNopeNopeNopeNo]

As a non-lefty let me tell you - it's quite hilarious seeing ''lefties'' comment ''it's such a terrible show'' - yeah, it's a terrible show because YOUR politics are plagued in it. That's why. Creative arts are escapism. How am i escaping from the bullshit of the establishment when the ''escapism'' has nothing but establishment bullshit. You cannot proclaim ''i am a lefty and i hate this'' - when it is literal leftist propaganda. Hypocrite, but ofc, you're a ''lefty'', hypocrisy is your middle name.

[@MrGamman3yt]

Here is the issue: the show is called X WARS. Please take a look at the population of the people who partake in wars? 90% men get killed. ? (fact check please). Unless the front line changes, this show can't. Please let's all get these activists/actors to get females to enlist.

[@vikinginfidel4293]

I feel like the majority of the SW audience just want well written stories. Personally, I don't care what gender or melanin count you have, a crap story is a crap story. We watch and read these fantasy stories to escape from real world issues.

[@jeffsmith5436]

Lucas himself has said in interviews that all the aliens are a very BLATANTLY presented analogy for different human ethnicities. But apparently some people are just too stupid to see that. Even after he SAID IT OPENLY.

[@danbauer3669]

I like how they blame everyone and everything except for accepting the possibility that the show was garbage.

[@Warmaka]

"Am I so out of touch...? No. It's the men who are wrong!"

[@xman4161]

Anyone who thinks Star Wars didn't end with the Revenge of the Sith is kidding themselves. Rogue One was just a blip on the monitor of a terminally ill patient

[@robinjameson4261]

some of clone wars was good. although for live action, you're absolutely correct

[@chasehedges6775]

NAILED IT

[@crazylegs1823]

Star Wars, the story, ended with Return of the Jedi.

[@chasehedges6775]

@@crazylegs1823 ROTJ and Revenge Of The Sith, tbh

[@Akideoni]

Exactly, it should have stayed respectful dead then. Now we can’t exactly putting a pin what things we are exactly looking at (example, my mother can relate to chewbecca” and pretty much nothing else). Yea, recent action driven Star Wars might push attention some additional mileage but you can only cash in so much before calling it dead again.😅

[@ScarletSho]

"I feel like Star Wars is very patriarchal." ... So does Princess Leia just not exist in the original trilogy then?

[@CaptainRetroStation]

I remember during a press junket in 1977, Carrie Fisher told a crowd of reporters that she was playing a "strong female leader," and when one female reporter wooted, Carrie went, "yaas, YAAS," as Shelagh Fraser lowered her head and raised her arms to perform a strange wiggle dance in her chair. Then, during the thunderous applause, Anthony Daniels awkwardly leaned into his mic, and said, "and I'm gay!" When the abrupt silence was too much, he sheepishly added, "my character is gay, I mean." Anyway, the doctor told me that my fever dreams would stop when my temperature goes down.

[@BringBackSOAD]

😂😂😂😂

[@samuelzuleger5134]

But... Carrie Fisher actually played a strong female lead. Then again, she didn't have to announce it to the world. She just played Princess Leia and everybody loved it.

[@Skitdora2010]

@@samuelzuleger5134 She was a general in the rebellion using her royal title to provide cover. She was in the rebellion before Luke, raised into it by her adopted father. Rey was a nobody, the writers chose that. A nobody who ultimately got Han united with Kylo and killed when they tried to rescue her.

[@dimesonhiseyes9134]

Nah man it's not a fever it's the brain damage.

[@PeteQuad]

@@Skitdora2010 The thing is, they don't care about outcomes. They don't believe in the existence of evil and all outlooks and actions are equal. That's why they like the dark side. It is fun. These people are actually despicable and society has created a little bubble for them to live happily in.

[@sjdrifter72]

Amandla Stenberg is half white and from a well to do family. She's not a sista from da' hood and had to deal with poverty and hardships and discrimination, so she has no right playing the "victim card" and calling the fans every dirty name in the book.

[@Ailasor]

wondered why she had a swedish last name...

[@Blessed_Sound]

It’s always the biracial folks that try so hard to be black and end up just being annoying.

[@timopper5488]

That’s not a “Star Wars actress.” That’s an activist posing as an actress, who’s then further posing as a Star Wars actress, in a serialized Star Wars fan film made by people who aren’t fans, and who hate Star Wars, and only used it to graft their propaganda onto a marketable franchise name. Yeah, I see why you went with “Star Wars actress.” Rolls off the tongue a bit easier.

[@TwoBassed]

Another Didn’t Earn It!

[@AvoidTheCadaver]

Actorvist

[@mazkeraid4039]

​@@AvoidTheCadaverHa!

[@jackfdhunter7036]

@@AvoidTheCadaver Lmao. Someone make this into an actual term for these kinds of actors

[@fjremus14]

What joy Star Wars brought to me as a child. I know so many fans. What Disney did to this franchise is a disgrace. Walt would be ashamed of what it has become.

[@richardtrude7562]

Star Wars died the minute Disney touched it, just like everything Disney touches.

[@stevekirkpatrick1612]

That is why I shudder at the mention of them buying out Firefly. The occasional rumor of a reboot makes me ill every time.

[@FREEEDDOOMM]

Deadpool and Wolverine was good. Yet I hated paying them to see it.

[@Deconstruction_Administrator]

Rogue One. Seasons 3 and 4 of Rebels Mandalorian seasons 1 and 2. Star Wars is only shit when Disney starts sticking their nose into it.

[@Doug_Boyer]

Michael Eisner could have successfully integrated and proliferated the IP. Bob Iger is too obsessed with power and pandering to political ideals in an attempt to garner support so that he can run for president.

[@adrianm.9536]

I mean, not everything. The MCU is THE most successful movie franchise in movie history with the films averaging over 900 million each. And they've made over 30 movies, Not a single other movie franchise can touch that. That was Disney. 🤷‍♂️

[@misterjay151]

Wait if I'm only allowed to like things I see myself represented in, then how can I be a bigot for not watching something that told me I had no place to be represented in it?

[@ericecho5118]

Too many other fans were sending her crazy racist messages. Thats why fans are called racist. See how that works?

[@robertmarshall2502]

You're a bigot by virtue of your race. According to the totally definitely absolutely not racist "anti-racists". I don't understand why "progressives" allow one type of racism, sexism, homophobia etc. But then unironically label people who've never said anything of the sort racist, sexist homophobic etc just by virtue of identity markers

[@robertmarshall2502]

​@@ericecho5118 So a woman who is a racist got racist messages on the internet. What exactly were the nature of the messages? How many were actually racist and how many were perceived as such by someone who thinks racism is dependent on what identity markers you have. Particularly as on the internet you don't know who the original sender is or if it's a bot etc. Then how many were sent by actual fans (who I'd argue are probably slightly less racist than the average given the style of the show)? The problem is this is a woman who proclaimed herself a victim before she started and then made bigoted comments. How can we trust that her interpretation of what messages she received is accurate when she's clearly wrong on so much as standard?

[@kenstrumpf909]

@@robertmarshall2502they never give examples of racist hate from actual human beings instead of bots. We’re just supposed to believe them.

[@diabollikealldaddy]

​@@kenstrumpf909source: believe me bro

[@pwalker1360]

"What would George do...," Kathleen asked. The problem is that editors cut out the second part: "so we can do the exact opposite."

[@DeetotheDubs]

I was thinking the same thing. Also that part about talking about George daily. Yeah, they probably talked a lot of crap about him on a daily basis.

[@Yarblocosifilitico]

lying through her teeth there, with a big smile... That tells you all you need to do.

[@SocialExperiment232]

I mean… considering George Lucas admits that he made Star Wars thinking or how much merch he could sell and kept only most royalties from merch and not the films… I wouldn’t say Star Wars was ever made for a good propuse. At least he wasn’t pushing a narrative with them but they were never made just for the fans.

[@jrd33]

"What would George do...," -- whatever makes George the most money. It isn't hard, this is the constant through his life.

[@o-mangaming5042]

@@SocialExperiment232 They're his kids now that he sold them, but they were only ever an attempt at funding the rest of his movies. And then they were the tiger he was chained to because nothing else he directly made ever succeeded as much as Star Wars. He claims he sold it because of his age, but he didn't have to. He could've appointed a successor who actually loved the overall setting and would do it justice. Then he could've stepped back and continued collecting royalties while checking in from time to time to make sure everything was going the way it should. Instead, he just offloads it all into the hands of Disney.

[@SuperverseProductions]

I have just found you and I hear your words fully, you have such a gracious way to talk about the issue at hand. You convey your points smoothly while knowing exactly where to insert a joke which doesn't detract from the topic at hand. You're not out right slamming and expressing your point in a healthy way. I found myself feeling like everything here was told exactly how I was thinking it, you're perfectly a Star Wars fan and it shows with how correct you convey your points and know your research. You earned a sub from me and it's nice for the point to finally be made in a healthy way.

[@benjiago6800]

the sheer hypocrisy of AS using all those buzzwords (while she encapsulates all of them) and being a vocal racist herself is beyond infuriating and pathetic of her. shes 25 while acting like a 15 year old on weed.

[@Varthlokkur]

She is also 50% Northern European. She likes to ignore that fact.

[@aldunlop4622]

She's spent her whole life in the Hollywood Bubble. She has no real-life experience, just what her vacuous "friends" tell her.

[@TheButTickler]

I was in college the first time I had a professor really describe to me how Leia was THE hero of heroes in Star Wars and it opened my eyes to a lot about story telling. It was never “patriarchal”

[@bmcfonzie]

Patriarchy is actually good. So Luke being the hero is nothing to be apologetic for.

[@michaeleastes1705]

I miss Carrie Fisher. She was comparatively sane.

[@ihvojd]

Inbetween the drugs 😢

[@TGTDestiny]

I don't think the amount of cocaine she snorted made her that sane though lmao

[@Xmetalfanx]

agreed ... Portman did a few interviews saying what I saw her say here ... SHE completely "got it" too

[@AYFKMRN]

@@ihvojdshe was more lucid and sane when she was drunk/high than 99% of these people are at stone cold sober.

[@Dmc-kj4iv]

She really loved her crack and herion

[@maxmayweathear2900]

It's amazing how open-minded some people believe they are while simultaneously being so close-minded about those very same things they believe they are being open-minded about.

[@lens_hunter]

Watching these interviews with these women makes my blood boil. I am a person who is not very quick to anger, but to see the audacity, and the narcissism behind this stuff just drives me bananas. And they aren't making money!

[@bryanlee7989]

Take your meds

[@MisterMick113]

Yeah, they're so ignorant it's aggravating

[@byucatch22]

19:30 it's sad to me that this statement by Natalie Portman would be considered controversial today. She says exactly what I wish we got more of today.

[@Zinovad]

It's not controversial, it's what 99% of people agree upon. It's just that nowadays we have tools that give much more voice to idiots than they actually have, thus misrepresent minorities as majorities.

[@willco5431]

I don’t want see myself in my media. I want to escape myself for a period. Be taken on a journey.

[@markcarpenter6020]

That's the difference between male and female story telling. You can actually see it on how kids play. A male wants to be in the story (watch a boy play with ninja turtles or whatever). A female wants the characters in her world (little girl's having a tea party with their toys).

[@tommymarco]

@@markcarpenter6020 hmmm damn, spot on

[@jenn9027]

​@@markcarpenter6020you're off the mark Mark. You just proved you know nothing of women and girls. The only difference in how boys and girls play is that boys take more risks, whereas girls tend to assess the risks to avoid physical injury. Boys just leap before they look. That's it, most girls aren't having tea parties and we certainly do immerse ourselves in other worlds. Women writers couldn't write in the fantasy genre, unless using a pseudonym, they were rejected by male editors if they went out of the romance genre. That's why JK Rowling was like a stepping stone for women writers, we can write fantastical stories and have those stories be loved, but we needed to get in the door. When I watched lotr, I actually would come up with stories in my head, inserting myself in the story because I loved that world so much. I've never had a tea party, but I'm not sure where you get it's girls bringing the characters to our world, she's in a different world where teddy bears talk, the setting may be her room, but she's not there. Go ask female readers if they'd rather bring the characters here or live in the pages of their books, you'll get the 2nd response a majority of the time. We pretend we're princesses, dragon riders, have powers, etc, just like guys pretend and just entertainment to escape. So little understanding of females shows that you're no better than this nightmare of modern storytelling.

[@aldunlop4622]

It's not even something I consider. Wanting to see yourself in something ins just plain narcissistic. I want to see a good story, whether it represents me or not has nothing to do with it.

[@chadleatherby3309]

They use the "force" to open an automatic door... they say a robot, r2d2 is gay...tells you they don't know anything about star wars

[@liamthomson4496]

“Into the garbage chute, flyboy!” “I don’t know where you get your delusions laserbrain.” “Will somebody get this big walking carpet out of my way?” RIP Carrie Fisher 💔

[@SingolloLomien]

The Dark Side is Anikan Skywalker slaughtering small children, Grand Moff Tarkin blowing up a planet and killing billions of innocent people with one shot, Darth Vader chopping off his own son's hand after torturing his friends to lure him into a trap. It's actually really disturbing for someone to say "Yeah, I'm on the Dark Side" without hesitation.

[@pinkwonderpower7906]

Exactly!

[@johnworley5694]

I mean to be fair tho, Empire, they had some cool tech, Evil Sith Lords kinda slap

[@Guardian_Arias]

I mean, neither is a good option, and I always thought that's the point. The dark side is as you said but also the jedi kidnapped children, trained them to be judge jury and executioner if need be during "peace" and agents of war at other times throughout 10 thousand years of history, constantly engaged in psychological warfare targeted at children to teach them a "leasson", there sure is a lot of trauma surrounding childer in the universe as a whole.

[@degeneratequail1267]

Lets not forget the Sith are so racist, they developed chemical weapons to outright genocide certain alien races they didn't like. Or how with the Empire they outright killed other races because they saw them as undesirable or not worth allowing to live (Rebels went into more details on this with the Lasat and Genosian races) but even the Old Republic videogame in the 2nd or 3rd area has a sidequest where you stop an imperial spy and scientist from finishing their work on a bioweapon to kill certain alien races. Or the support of the Zygerian (Slaver) empire, that is the dark side as well

[@StarWarsomania]

@@Guardian_Arias “””kidnapped””” That was the First Order, honey, remember the bad guys who were ruled by a Sith? Try again.

[@PrabhanjanMangalgi]

There is a saying in Hindi " Naach na jaane, aangan tedhaa" which means when you dont know how to dance you start blaming the floor. These woke artist are so delusional that they have forgotten even basic human emotions and nuances. I wonder how they even get funds after destroying several movie series and IP's.

[@Undaglibenglaubengloben]

“Women fighting for dignity”? What the hell are you talking about

[@alifyap9754]

That's basic, you can't even understand what he means?​@@Undaglibenglaubengloben

[@Zabrakjedi]

​@@Undaglibenglaubenglobenmore liberal bullshit. Started off with a good point though.

[@jjhh320]

​@@Undaglibenglaubengloben you guys are clowns, man...muslim women live under that bs, go to the UK if you have no problem with that and start asking about the snack bar

[@ddz1375]

​@@Undaglibenglaubenglobenthe world is a big place. India and Afghanistan have women fighting for the smallest shred of dignity. Boss bitches only exist on tic tock.

[@TheprophetDJ]

As someone who loved the Star Wars franchise for its compelling storytelling and tones of story lore to see it be degraded to insert “women empowerment” with no substance with the true lore for sake of pandering. Sad times

[@robertofernandez7773]

I'm gay, Latino and Jewish. And I don't give a damn to see myself represented when I go to watch a show. I go to be entertained to have fun, I don't go to be represented or to be told about politics, race, gender. And most of people, regardless of their skin color, race, gender, sexual orientation, don't give a dam either. Only true racists, homophobic really care about that when watching a show. I can go and watch a movie full of black characters and enjoy it, full of straight people and enjoy it, what matters is the story not the cast. We don't give a damn about the cast, or who they sleep with, or if they consider themselves a man, a woman or a rock. People don't care, get it? Just make stories that are good that people want to watch. It's not that difficult to understand. We will never have a Ripley again, a Lara croft, an Alice in resident evil, we had strong female characters already in the 70's. Female characters that none of these wanna be will ever be able to compare to.

[@screenshot7726]

Well we’ve seen lesbians, latinos and I’m pretty sure Watto is Jewish so you’re covered

[@soaringeagle5418]

What Disney has done to Star Wars is like taking the Taj Mahal and bulldozing it. Then using the rubble to build a homeless shelter for drug addicts on the land.

[@WalkthroughGeek]

"Is he, or they, with us?" 1000% cringe. That crap defines modern Hollywood now and it has spilled everywhere.

[@eyes-have-ears]

It faltered the entire scene

[@ShiningDarknes]

“What would George do? Okay great, let’s expressly not do that.” that is how that discussion goes

[@Gmachine88]

In a galaxy far far away, redheads are extinct. As a redhead, I very rarely see my self represented in movies/games. Does that mean I don't enjoy them? Of course it doesn't. Forced inclusion/diversity is ruining modern entertainment.

[@Varthlokkur]

Movies need a LOT more redheads, a LOT more.

[@dennismokry258]

Red heads might be extinct in the Star Wars universe, but they are VERY present in the Marvel multiverse. Mary Jane Watson Parker as she developed throughout the comics is probably my favorite.

[@RC-qf3mp]

In the sequels, the dorky bad guy is a ginger. So there’s that. 🤷

[@piercedbylight]

Lots of redheads in the comics. Shira Briar and Mara Jade come to mind

[@billthomas478]

Diversity is ruining a lot more than just entertainment

[@Netherwolf6100]

This is what happens when Victimhood Culture writes stories. We get fanfictions with marry sues that have no depth or purpose beyond being "naturally better than everyone else and the world needing to accept this fact" 😒🙄😑

[@stevekirkpatrick1612]

They were never ever even allowed to enjoy this show because the headline hero didn't have enough melanin, or boobies, or a desire to have things inserted into themself. So obviously their fan-fic takes won't really jive with the actual universe. They can't possibly know what they're writing about.

[@e-man374]

I haven't seen any Star Wars shows or movies in about 5 years. I don't even feel any desire to watch any of it.

[@Texas_Cody]

Obi Wan, ashoka, The mandolorian, and even the Book of Boba . Really great shows

[@tommymarco]

@@Texas_Cody lol

[@tomwalker8944]

I stopped with episode 7.

[@Blessed_Sound]

Mandolorian was alright. I can’t stomach watching the other stuff.

[@JAYWALKER1000]

Being tired is an appropriate "mood" for the current crop of SW actresses

[@lorzon]

"Why am I just now noticing that Carrie Fisher was a total fox?" The boys knew. We ALWAYS knew.

[@tapiolautavaara9532]

Do I need to blame my finnish beauty standards or why have I not ever seen this? To me her lack of sex appeal makes her a more credible princess, even in that ridiculous haircut. And the fact she uses her wit and will instead of her vjayjay to further her goals, gives her so much more strenght and authority as a leader and as an inspiration to rally rebel troops against overwhelming odds and tyranny.

[@tvctaswegia497]

​@@tapiolautavaara9532 Looks aside, if you compare her to other women in movies of the time, she stands out, dominating every scene with her personality and energy, but not in an arrogant overbearing way. She's also compassionate and feminine, tempering what could be seen as shrewish and undermining posturing. She's a great leader, a fighter (in her own way), someone to respect and look up to. When we saw her, we knew _that's_ what we want in a partner, not some clinging flighty flower or superficially-beautiful gold digger. Someone to complete, challenge and bring out the best of us as partner in life. A real woman.

[@bfish9700]

When headland said in an interview she'd be a sith, there's only 2 explanations: she's ignorant about the source material and shouldn't be running a show or she's evil and shouldn't be in society at large.

[@weiderstromx]

No, there is another... explanation; Both. It's both. ;)

[@jaretwernimont7661]

She was definitely on an island owned by a "fan of the playground" person....hence the sith comment.

[@jeffsmith5436]

I’ll take both, thank you.

[@StripesZB]

I don't think it's that sinister, I think it's closely related to the very clear belief from the showrunners that "evil is sexy", which they abundently featured on the acolyte with Qimir's character. These are women who froth reading novels about women being kidnapped and emotionally abused by hot, rich mobsters. I think it's a perverted off-shoot of the attraction of women for bad men because they want to fix them.

[@HahnJames]

Disney took the Star Wars Universe and turned it into a horse. They then, began to beat that horse to a state of being unalive. Once the horse was unalive, they kept beating it.

[@hardkore360]

The sad part is that now that dead horse is a mongoose, because the personal assistant to Weinstein said so and the previous horse lore doesn't even exist 😂

[@BurghezulDjentilom]

they've now reduced the horse to atoms, and are looking for ways to split those atoms that can also generate a profit

[@mena376]

There's just too much Star Wars. It is not a rare treat anymore.

[@tomwalker8944]

Yeah they beat the fuck out of that dead horse. Stop using soft language. You let them win if you do.

[@youtubemademecreateachanne5160]

Man, this was so incredibly well said. Thanks for putting this video together!

[@gamingguru2k6]

Claiming "The darkside would be fun," is like claiming, "Smashing cute animals is fun!" That's what they don't understand.

[@seanhouser4510]

to be fair it would actually be fun to have a little darkness return to star wars. Would def smash those little rat things with big eyes in the sequal movies

[@daviddiggens8841]

Woe to those who call good evil and evil good for they are like unto those who smash cute animals.... I think that's how the verse goes But yeah that's Disney now

[@homesteadgamer1257]

The fact that the woke writers at Disney think they know George Lucas' story better than he, the creator of Star Wars does, utterly baffles me and only proves Entitlement and Ego have taken over the world. Star Wars became nothing but Fan Fiction long ago.

[@Ihasexp]

Same goes to the freaks ruining LOTR... the rings of wokeness.

[@joshuabekel9700]

Non binary? Yet still looks and dresses incredibly feminine? I'm so very confused.

[@andrewmarsh2657]

Rest assured, that means you are ok 😅

[@dimercamparini]

She needed a random label to feel part of the "cool gang"...being a simple and boring woman doesnt cut it anymore... (NB is just the more easy...you basically dont have to do anything...)

[@rokasdobrovolskis]

These rainbow people either will change their minds when older or will commit SUIC... This insanity is well manufactured by specific people (tribe yarmulke).

[@TheKyPerson]

Right? Let's add Emma Corrin (Deadpool and Wolverine) to the list. She says she is non-binary and wants to be called they. Yet she is feminine to her fingertips and played Princess Diana in The Crown. I think she is just playing the "Look at me"!! game.

[@aidananstey9848]

@@TheKyPerson That's all it is, "I'm SPECIAL" not like you BORING "sis" people. Being a plain "leso" isn't cool enough they have to claim to be NB too. Smh.

[@tridentgreen3346]

Carrie Fisher made Leia into one of the most iconic characters of my childhood. Portman did too, her ability to analyze both her character and the character of Anakin lead to her giving a pretty solid performance even with the ire the prequels drew.