I'm feeling pretty good about skipping this so far lol.
How do they know English? Or have British accents? Same shit honestly.
I wonder where they got that from?
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Social media didn’t exist during the Prequels.
There'll always be some crazies out there, especially if you are a new adition in a franchise consisted by so many men children
I wonder where they got that from?
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Yeah, and that happened in a time when social media wasnt so hot as it is today
I didn't think so.
Isn't Taika Waititi doing a Star Wars movie? While I can't image what a Star Wars film would be like with him at the helm, I can imagine how different it would be.
He did an episode of Mandalorian already. And Thor Ragnarok is in space. I think we have a decent idea, but yeah he's an awesome director.
I think it would be a bit goofy and comedic, which I guess at this point bring it on for SW. Can't get much worse with the course it's on currently.
I remember when Mace and Lando were great characters simply based on their own merits and still cherished by fans, NOT because of their skin color.
So a youtuber is to blame? He coined the phrase "diversity hire"? Does D&D make kids worship the devil? Do video games make people kill? Come on. Shit people are going to be shit.Look at the next post, it's in response to a YouTube video from one of the big Star Wars outrage channels that called her a diversity hire, which is what sparked all the stuff she was getting spammed with in DMs:
Why else would they say such an obvious platitude? And it's in combination of the tweet's it's replying to that makes it IMO a veiled attack.
People like Vader, Maul, and so many other star wars villains.
Their tweet implies there are people choosing to be racists. Yeah, those people exist but Disney Star Wars isn't doing anything uniquely different to believe the racists are coming out of the woodworks specifically for them.
Block attacks on immutable characteristics and move on. Some guy did an analytics of Ingram's Instagram and it was overwhelmingly positive of her role as Reva. It may also be a case of focussing too much on the negatives.
I'd question if those particular people really are fan at this point, Star Wars even before Disney bought it was pretty diverse in cast and characters and I doubt a black Inquisitor would be the final straw for them.
If the writing was better and fleshed out her character a little more, like some clues what her beef is with Obi-Wan, I think the angry black women trope would've been a lot easier to overlook.Reva's character is written as an angry, irrational black woman stereotype. A trope which, itself, is born from racism. So Disney lecturing fans about racism is hilarious, especially after they got caught minimizing John Boyega's role (and presence) so as to not jeopardize that sweet, sweet, Communist China market.
They need to pass the "don't be racist" memo over to the writer's room because they're portraying Reva and the Inquisitors in the most racially offensive way possible. They also need to pass a note telling them to do a better job with plot development and character consistency.
Edit: This comment from the linked Facebook post says it best, especially coming from a black woman:
I've mostly seen comments on her delivery, that she wasn't convincing enough or just generally one note(angry). The writing of her character is still too early to tell without all 6 eps out.
Perhaps if Vader executes someone for standing in her way it will make more sense to people why she comes across that way. Or better yet, if we get a scene where she is leaning on Vader to be his apprentice. Regardless, her character makes perfect sense to me because of how similar her demeanor is to Vader's during this time period. My biggest issue was the inquisitors who thought she was going too far. Vader would have relieved them of duty with extreme prejudice if he witnessed that.
I don't recall Donnie Yen getting any shit either. It's almost like if you don't suck you don't get criticism. Of course, there will always be racists out there but painting all of the criticism of her performance based on race is absolutely stupid.
Yes but the other inquisitors putting up with her behaviour raises questions when you see how Vader swiftly deals with insubordination or underperformance. Vader also kills people who know he's Anakin or have seen him without his helm on in other canonical works.
