For those who grew up in the 70s and 80s, the original Star Wars trilogy still holds a special place in the pantheon of pop culture and science fiction legends. Then George Lucas dealt a painful blow to that legacy with the roundly panned prequel trilogy. But at least the prequels still had 'Space Jesus' (aka, Ewan McGregor's excellent Obi-Wan Kenobi). And with the expanded universe, Star Wars die-hards still had a solid legendarium to hold onto and cherish.
As Obi-Wan himself once said, however, that was, 'Before the dark times. Before the Empire.'
The 'Empire' in this case is the Mouse House of Disney and its Sith Lord, Kathleen Kennedy.
Disney's Star Wars sequel trilogy is pretty much universally hated by most Star Wars fans. The Disney+ shows are even worse (they even destroyed Space Jesus with the horrible 'Kenobi' series).
The franchise was in such disarray that Disney put all future Star Wars theatrical releases on hold for years after the sequel trilogy was completed.
That changed this week when Disney announced the next Star Wars theatrical film. And it was so cringe, it was as if millions of Star Wars fan voices suddenly cried out in terror.
Disney hands over the $67 billion Star Wars franchise to a Pakistani feminist activist
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 3, 2024
Obaid-Chinoy on the new film she will be directing for the franchise:
"We're in 2024. It's about time we have a woman shape a story in a galaxy far, far away." pic.twitter.com/inhZHZrpHV
The next Star Wars film will be directed by a feminist activist & former journalist. The theme is centered around feminism.
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) January 3, 2024
What could go wrong? https://t.co/Yfb8P07eTj pic.twitter.com/2rTjpDCNck
It doesn't just feel like Disney, Kennedy or Obaid-Chiboy don't understand anything about Star Wars. It feels more like they actively hate everything about Star Wars. They hate it more than Anakin Skywalker hates sand.
But it also shows a profound ignorance about the history of Star Wars, starting with the women behind the scenes.
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Whatever they decide to do with this, fine.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) January 3, 2024
But to argue a woman hasn't shaped the story of Star Wars is completely and insultingly naive to who Marsha Lucas or Leigh Brackett were, and that's ultimately the problem with Disney Feminism - it purposely erases the accomplishments… https://t.co/HYs5O6q8UD
But to argue a woman hasn't shaped the story of Star Wars is completely and insultingly naive to who Marsha Lucas or Leigh Brackett were, and that's ultimately the problem with Disney Feminism - it purposely erases the accomplishments of other women because of their warped woke world view that history started in the year 2020.
Marcia [that is the correct spelling] Lucas, George Lucas' wife, was the editor of the original Star Wars trilogy. She had a LOT of influence on the direction of those movies. And Leigh Brackett (also known as 'the Queen of Space Opera') wrote the original draft of what pretty much everyone agrees is the best movie in the entire franchise, The Empire Strikes Back.
Seems like women have had a lot of influence that Disney is ignoring. And that's not even counting the actual on-screen characters.
So the person in charge of the franchise has no idea Princess Leia WAS A LEADER OF THE REBELLION?
— Stacey (@ScotsFyre) January 3, 2024
This is just ignorant. https://t.co/AZGC8jFo7q
In addition to Leia, who everyone loved, there was Natalie Portman's Padme Amidala, one of the tragic heroes of the prequels, who is also Luke and Leia's mother.
Sorry Leia, Padme, you had nothing to do with shaping the story of Star Wars. 🙄 pic.twitter.com/g0RXcP4Thu
— Digital Kitten (@DigitalKitten5) January 3, 2024
Obviously, they are also forgetting the sequels that DISNEY THEMSELVES MADE which were centered around Rey Palpatine, the scavenger turned Jedi who saved the galaxy from her grandfather.
Oh. Okay. https://t.co/8UI9uNK8QC pic.twitter.com/Nxskj5mTts
— Ian McKelvey (@ian_mckelvey) January 3, 2024
They also conveniently leave out Jyn Erso, the hero of Rogue One, the only good Star Wars movie Disney has ever made.
absolute joke… women already play a vital role in the storyline of Star Wars. Why do they need to push this agenda down my throat and into our entertainment. leave it alone.
— Kay (@FrazierKay) January 3, 2024
Maybe a peek into the mindset of Obaid-Chiboy, the director (who has no experience with movies like this and her only notable related credit is another Disney+ series that no one liked, 'Ms. Marvel') might give us an idea why Disney is taking this direction for Star Wars:
Here’s the feminist director of the next Star Wars film saying that her goal is to “make men uncomfortable.”
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) January 3, 2024
This movie is destined to be Disney’s biggest flop yet. pic.twitter.com/KaihbiA7Oj
'I like to make men uncomfortable. I ENJOY making men uncomfortable.'
Wow, what a perfect choice for the future of Star Wars, Kathleen Kennedy. SMH.
A picture says a thousand words. This one says $100,000,000+ loss. pic.twitter.com/Cl4TDs50Dg
— NERDWARS (@NERDWARS222) January 3, 2024
Yep. That's pretty much guaranteed. But that seems to be Disney's business model these days.
In a related story, Disney lost $900 million on its big budget films last year. https://t.co/sKQBYZ46RS
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) January 3, 2024
Star Wars fandom https://t.co/TK1vvcD9S7 pic.twitter.com/I2LDtRN3DW
— Andrew Young - TANSTAAFL King Curmudgeon (@NucMM1retired) January 3, 2024
Many of us left a long time ago and only watch the original trilogy anymore. This will send everyone else packing, for sure. But, of course, the failure of this next movie will be the fans' fault, according to Disney.
Can’t wait to see this garbage flop and Disney blaming the fans again https://t.co/CI1nhadrIn
— The Dank Knight 🦇 (@capeandcowell) January 3, 2024
They've literally become the meme. pic.twitter.com/DZLl3QsTD5
— The Comedian (@The__Comedian__) January 3, 2024
South Park nailed Disney and Kennedy dead to rights in the recent Panderverse episode.
Yep. pic.twitter.com/qxoUy6NvF2
— Dread Pirate Darin (@ddogsbbq) January 3, 2024
Ah yes, *not enough feminism* was definitely the problem with previous Star Wars films. https://t.co/Q31vVPxTZH
— Lauren Chen (@TheLaurenChen) January 3, 2024
Told you Disney would keep doubling down.
— Matthew Marsden (@matthewdmarsden) January 3, 2024
The ideology means more to them than money.
Disney will be bankrupt in a few years if this keeps going. https://t.co/8QQU7NDNkY
Disney loves digging up the corpse of StarWars just to desecrate the body https://t.co/fZCwrDLuuX pic.twitter.com/QB9p9nmJoF
— Harrison Krank (@HarrisonKrank) January 3, 2024
Who’s ready for Janna the Hutt? https://t.co/obsiAIkQjO pic.twitter.com/XjQzLV4P2P
— 🇺🇸Travis🇺🇸 (@Travis_in_Flint) January 3, 2024
Please. Don't give them any more ideas than the terrible ones they already have.
I just can't https://t.co/ryH3rRHWHc
— ☘️Tabatha- SSG Ginger (ret) 🇺🇸🏴🇮🇪 (@Winning4Him) January 3, 2024
Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. We can't and we won't.
Kathleen Kennedy can blame us all she wants. History will remember who destroyed Star Wars and it isn't the fans. The fans love Star Wars. Disney clearly hates it.
As a green, diminutive, 900-year-old Jedi master might tell Kennedy and Obaid-Chiboy, 'THAT ... is why you fail.'
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