Star Wars celebrates #InternationalWomensDay with bold choice for new live-action series

Happy International Women’s Day from Star Wars!

Lucasfilm is excited to announce that Jon Favreau has signed on to executive produce and write a live-action Star Wars series. https://t.co/x6gP7zv0iW pic.twitter.com/yHJHhZheum

— Star Wars (@starwars) March 8, 2018

Now, we don’t care who Star Wars hires or doesn’t hire, but this is pretty funny, especially since we just finished up with the #MeToo Oscars:

https://twitter.com/MildlyAmused/status/971765028956274689

But what about his skin color you might ask?

https://twitter.com/AndrewHusband/status/971765857050333186

Sing it to the “Star Wars” theme!

White dudes
Nothing but white dudes ? https://t.co/ZkoJIteyxn

— Norm Wilner (@normwilner) March 8, 2018

Star Wars has that covered, too. This will give the white dude a “chance to work with a diverse group of writers and directors and give Lucasfilm the opportunity to build a robust talent base.”

https://twitter.com/jordanzakarin/status/971765238063345671

Still funny!

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STANDING O: The Onion NAILED the Oscars AND the fawning media in 1 PRICELESS tweet https://t.co/R8IIyA4Cp2

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 8, 2018

ICYMI==> Blue-check mob TRIGGERED by Trump joke on 'Lowest rated Oscars in HISTORY' https://t.co/tfkaQsqCVc

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 6, 2018