There is a reason I've disavowed Twitter in all it's shapes and forms. Screw that place.
I'm pumped for Bad Batch. I'm a life long Star Wars fanatic, and my 9 year old (half native daughter) is one too. We are looking to jump into the show this weekend.
Rebels ended up being an amazing addition to the canon, though it took a bit to warm up to. I imagine Bad Batch may be similar. It's cool though to see the characters from Clone Wars continue their journeys, especially since Caleb is part of the situation as well - and given he has a part to play, that means we may have some small extension to Mandalorian now also. I'm excited to see how the universe grows outside the Skywalkers - it all feels wonderfully Star Wars RPG in a way, new characters making their own way, no matter what color their skin, lekku or lightsabers are.
Oh, and as for representation, I think anyone would be hard pressed to say Disney has a history of racist/sexist behaviors in ANY aspect of their eras of Star Wars. Women and POC are well represented now, especially in the hispanic community. I love seeing latinx individuals and women getting starring roles, and as the universe grows, I'm sure we'll continue seeing more than just boring ol' white folk to contend with. Hell, the vast majority of VILLAINS continue to be white dudes - thank God Moff Gideon was there to demonstrate that badass humans from non white producing one environment planets do exist in the Empire also.
Anyway, I digress. Twitter is a cancer, and continues to demonstrate that most people shouldn't have a public platform on which to share their opinions.
But that said, my little Star Wars freak (whose favorite character is a non white female by the name of Sabine Wren) will continue to be there giving us a Galaxy Far Far Away to look forward to.
Whitewashing is not just replacing characters of color with white people, it’s also attempting to pass off characters with white features as people of color. Take that terrible Exodus movie from last decade. The characters were Egyptian and Hebrew according to the film. By your logic, that would mean the characters weren’t whitewashed even though they were portrayed onscreen by white people. Not only that, but in-universe explanations for whitewashed designs are irrelevant. The writers didn’t have to make them whiter; they chose to do that. Yes, they’re mutants, but they didn’t have to be white mutants. It’s called the Thermian effect. Do you know how easy it would be to keep their complexions consistent with the other clones? They have the other clone models right there to reference. This could have been fixed (for the most part; there’s still the issues of hair textures and facial structures) simply by using the eyedropper tool. They wanted to make the Bad Batch different, but they didn’t consider how certain differences (like lighter skin) could have unfortunate implications. There were plenty of ways to make them stand out besides whitewashing them.
I'm not angry at all.
There is a reason I've disavowed Twitter in all it's shapes and forms. Screw that place.
I'm pumped for Bad Batch. I'm a life long Star Wars fanatic, and my 9 year old (half native daughter) is one too. We are looking to jump into the show this weekend.
Rebels ended up being an amazing addition to the canon, though it took a bit to warm up to. I imagine Bad Batch may be similar. It's cool though to see the characters from Clone Wars continue their journeys, especially since Caleb is part of the situation as well - and given he has a part to play, that means we may have some small extension to Mandalorian now also. I'm excited to see how the universe grows outside the Skywalkers - it all feels wonderfully Star Wars RPG in a way, new characters making their own way, no matter what color their skin, lekku or lightsabers are.
Oh, and as for representation, I think anyone would be hard pressed to say Disney has a history of racist/sexist behaviors in ANY aspect of their eras of Star Wars. Women and POC are well represented now, especially in the hispanic community. I love seeing latinx individuals and women getting starring roles, and as the universe grows, I'm sure we'll continue seeing more than just boring ol' white folk to contend with. Hell, the vast majority of VILLAINS continue to be white dudes - thank God Moff Gideon was there to demonstrate that badass humans from non white producing one environment planets do exist in the Empire also.
Anyway, I digress. Twitter is a cancer, and continues to demonstrate that most people shouldn't have a public platform on which to share their opinions.
But that said, my little Star Wars freak (whose favorite character is a non white female by the name of Sabine Wren) will continue to be there giving us a Galaxy Far Far Away to look forward to.
I literally do not care about Star Wars anymore, not after the house of Mickey Mouse gobbled it up.
Whitewashing is not just replacing characters of color with white people, it’s also attempting to pass off characters with white features as people of color. Take that terrible Exodus movie from last decade. The characters were Egyptian and Hebrew according to the film. By your logic, that would mean the characters weren’t whitewashed even though they were portrayed onscreen by white people. Not only that, but in-universe explanations for whitewashed designs are irrelevant. The writers didn’t have to make them whiter; they chose to do that. Yes, they’re mutants, but they didn’t have to be white mutants. It’s called the Thermian effect. Do you know how easy it would be to keep their complexions consistent with the other clones? They have the other clone models right there to reference. This could have been fixed (for the most part; there’s still the issues of hair textures and facial structures) simply by using the eyedropper tool. They wanted to make the Bad Batch different, but they didn’t consider how certain differences (like lighter skin) could have unfortunate implications. There were plenty of ways to make them stand out besides whitewashing them.