Star Wars Star Wars Discussion Thread - LET THE PAST D-! Oh, wait, nevermind

[Jaenera Targaryen]

What could you possibly mean, being straight is a myth, haven't you heard?

Or a Legend, you could say

I mean, he was married in Legends, and had a mistress in addition to that.

 

[Zachowon]

WTF, LGBT Tarkin!?

In a book called from a certain point of view apperently

 

[Jaenera Targaryen]

To paraphrase Jordan Peterson, at this point Disney Star Wars is practically run by a bunch of deranged 18-year-old virtue signalers who just don't know better.

 

[gral]

In a book called from a certain point of view apperently

Isn't that the same book where that 'Gay Luke' shit comes from?

 

[stephen the barbarian]

WTF, LGBT Tarkin!?

it's the pink slippers /s

more seriously, the guy who wiped out a planet for the lols isn't one you want to claim as yours.

 

[Zachowon]

Isn't that the same book where that 'Gay Luke' shit comes from?

Where Luke held hands with a guy. And that was because it was vital?
Idk

 

[Karmic Acumen]

To paraphrase Jordan Peterson, at this point Disney Star Wars is practically run by a bunch of deranged 18-year-old virtue signalers who just don't know better.

They do know better, they're doing it because they want the 'Four Olds' to die like in China.

 

[Jaenera Targaryen]

They do know better, they're doing it because they want the 'Four Olds' to die like in China.

Yeah, and that worked out so well for the Chinese.

 

[Karmic Acumen]

Yeah, and that worked out so well for the Chinese.

They don't care because they expect they won't be the Chinese, they'll be the Party.

 

[Zyobot]

You know, if Palpatine wasn’t established to have had kids in Disney Canon already, I feel like they’d have claimed he was gay all along, too. They did, after all, retroactively claim Tarkin for their movement, so it’s not much of a stretch as some might think. 🧐

 

[Bacle]

All we had was Luke holding a hand and idknwhat they are even talking about with Obi-Wan
He was Inna relationship with Satine

Yeah, Satine and Ventress...Obi-Wan was straight.

Luke also had Mara, and a few others who didn't last in Legends.

WTF, LGBT Tarkin!?

You know, if Palpatine wasn’t established to have had kids in Disney Canon already, I feel like they’d have claimed he was gay all along, too. They did, after all, retroactively claim Tarkin for their movement, so it’s not much of a stretch as some might think. 🧐

Daala would like to have...words with whom ever put Tarkin on that list.

Edit: It's fucked, but at this point Daala feels smarter and less evil than some of the idiots running the SW franchise into the ground.

 

[Jaenera Targaryen]

Yeah, Satine and Ventress...Obi-Wan was straight.

Luke also had Mara, and a few others who didn't last in Legends.


Daala would like to have...words with whom ever put Tarkin on that list.

Edit: It's fucked, but at this point Daala feels smarter and less evil than some of the idiots running the SW franchise into the ground.

You're only realizing that now? I mean...Daala as President of the Galactic Federation was a nightmare, but had she been in charge in Disney canon, the First Order would have died in its crib and the events of the sequel trilogy would never have happened to begin with.

 

[stephen the barbarian]

Daala

at least she had the good sense to know when to step down.

 

[Karmic Acumen]

I hate how effective all this bullshit has been at lowering everyone's standards.

 

[Zyobot]

I hate how effective all this bullshit has been at lowering everyone's standards.

Basically what I said about Rey not being an outright Feminazi, yeah.

Nevertheless, I suspect @Bear Ribs is onto something when he says Disney’s slow-rolling instead of going all-in immediately. To me, it looks increasingly like the “Long March through the Institutions!” that’s been underway since at least the Fifties and Sixties is getting more and more conspicuous — even if the broader audience doesn’t recognize it as such, and remains content to roll its eyes and shake its head at Disney’s latest retcons instead.

 

[Jaenera Targaryen]

Eh...I'd take Vaylin over Rey any day. Sure, she's a blatant Azula expy, but for all that, she's still better-written as a character and has better lines than Rey ever did.

 

[Sailor.X]

Eh...I'd take Vaylin over Rey any day. Sure, she's a blatant Azula expy, but for all that, she's still better-written as a character and has better lines than Rey ever did.

And she is not as flat as day old soda...........

 

[Jaenera Targaryen]

Seriously, how hard is it to write an actual strong female character? In Legends alone, there was Mara Jade, Nomi Sunrider, Bastila Shan, even Mon Mothma and of course Leia, just off the top of my head. I mean, FFS, Mon Mothma and Leia's characters were already well-established, so WTF happened?

 

[DarthOne]

Seriously, how hard is it to write an actual strong female character? In Legends alone, there was Mara Jade, Nomi Sunrider, Bastila Shan, even Mon Mothma and of course Leia, just off the top of my head. I mean, FFS, Mon Mothma and Leia's characters were already well-established, so WTF happened?

Marxists happened I’d assume.

 

[Jaenera Targaryen]

Marxists happened I’d assume.

Fair.

The irony, of course, in Disney Mon Mothma's case, and her 'democracy doesn't need protecting' spiel caused something of a backlash as it sent the opposite message instead. That is, instead of a strong and inspiring leader, she instead reinforced the hard-right perception of female politicians (today, at least, I don't like Maggy 'the Witch' Thatcher, but I can respect her political success and historical legacy) as virtue signalers who don't know what they're talking about/pushing for.

Legends Mon Mothma would have been appalled.