Dr Bass
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Because a certain contingent of fans are dumber than rocks?
I say that as a recovering Star Wars fan who always thought the whole "he actually escaped" thing was ridiculous.
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I say that as a recovering Star Wars fan who always thought the whole "he actually escaped" thing was ridiculous.
March Climber
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Guileless
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"The Empire is racist so it's only white guys w/posh English accents" was back in the 90s. Today's times demand girl boss POCs ordering Imperial genocides, etc.
Darkmakaimura
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Because the people in charge of Star Wars today are not the people who are in charge of Star Wars in the yesteryears.
ManaByte
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1991:
The "xenophobic Emperor" was a thing made up by the fans, many of which now run OutrageTube channels where they scream about women and POC ruining Star Wars.
Darkmakaimura
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1991:
The "xenophobic Emperor" was a thing made up by the fans, many of which now run OutrageTube channels where they scream about women and POC ruining Star Wars.
Canon....
Xenophobia
…I have no issues with aliens myself—some of my best friends are nonhumans—but some grav-ball fans object to alien physiognomies, seeing them as giving nonhumans an edge.Janus Fhurek's xenophobic rationale for kicking Frid Kelio and Hench Sina off the AppSci SaberCats Xenophobia, also known as...
starwars.fandom.com
"By the time of the Battle of Endor, it was widely known that the Empire pursued a xenophobic policy that favored humans and treated aliens as subjects or threats.[5]"
Aftermath: Life Debt
"The Galactic Empire was known to favor humans while looking down on non-humans or "aliens".[9] As a result, the Empire's government and military was largely dominated by humans, and it was rare to find nonhumans serving as Imperial officers.[10]"
Star Wars Rebels: The Visual Guide
"The Imperial Academies were dominated by humans, and aliens like Thrawn found themselves having to navigate racial prejudice and outright hostility.[6]"
Thrawn
"The Empire implemented the "High Human" culture prevalently on Coruscant, their capital world, suggesting the superiority of the human race.[13]"
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
Lunarorbit
correct.
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Guileless
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I'm certainly not proud of this fact, but I read A LOT of pre-Disney EU and the Empire being racist was canon. Thrawn was the exception that proved the rule because he was so competent the Empire couldn't deny him command of the Oxbridge boys.1991:
The "xenophobic Emperor" was a thing made up by the fans, many of which now run OutrageTube channels where they scream about women and POC ruining Star Wars.
Darkmakaimura
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Plus, like it is mentioned from my post above, even Thrawn received a lot of prejudice and hostility. It's been canon for a while that the Empire always has been xenophobic when it came to aliens.
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Lunarorbit
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That's why I was wondering about all the different alien inquistors. I grew up reading all the old EU stuff so I wasn't sure if that had all got retcon out even though thrawn was still a character.
Guileless
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Right, Thrawn overcoming Imperial racism was a major part of his character. Lucas (and the first EU authors/editors) was a Vietnam-era boomer and saw the world through that lens.
DeepEnigma
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Ulysses 31
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If the leaks are true then
Obi-Wan will not only have failed Anakin but also failed to protect Luke... 
Yeah, Disney Star Wars doesn't seem to like their male OG characters much.
Even Disney Luke is acting a bit Sith like with his absolute choices and no emotional attachment thing while in ROTJ he banked on the opposite.
Yeah, Disney Star Wars doesn't seem to like their male OG characters much.
Even Disney Luke is acting a bit Sith like with his absolute choices and no emotional attachment thing while in ROTJ he banked on the opposite.
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LaughingStock
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The leaks are exactly what I expected. The same type of vandalism done to stuff like star trek and dr who.
Darkmakaimura
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Huh?If the leaks are true thenObi-Wan will not only have failed Anakin but also failed to protect Luke...
Yeah, Disney Star Wars doesn't seem to like their male OG characters much.
Even Disney Luke is acting a bit Sith like with his absolute choices and no emotional attachment thing while in ROTJ he banked on the opposite.
Failed to protect Luke? What little Luke gets kidnapped or something by inquisitors or something? Is it going to be that stupid
Ulysses 31
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The inquisitor gets a chance to kill Luke with a lightsabre but ultimately chooses not to and then later on gets killed by Vader for it.
Though even I have my doubts about that since how would they explain Vader wanting Luke to join him in the OT.
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ManaByte
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Spoiler above is missing context, as usual.
Reva goes to kill Luke, but she can’t do it as she saw Anakin killing the younglings.
She reports back to Vader and lies to him saying she killed Obi-Wan. He kills her for lying. He doesn’t know about Luke until he blows up the Death Star.
She reports back to Vader and lies to him saying she killed Obi-Wan. He kills her for lying. He doesn’t know about Luke until he blows up the Death Star.
