We’re a bit confused about these aliens, though. Sure, they’re evil, cowardly and scheming like all the non-white races in Star Wars are, but Lucas didn’t really go for any of the ripe ethnic stereotypes that he could have. Nute Gunray is at no point shown enjoying Sarlaac tentacle...
crait, and that the precedents for romantic involvements with jedi are extremely bad. tran is the first asian-american woman to play a major role in a star wars movie, and she has been the target of both racist and sexist attacks online. but she has come through them as a fan favorite...
–Encounter never-before-seen aliens –Explore the sad ruins of an intergalactic dark age of misery –Cry sometimes, maybe –Unlock the mysteries of your own latent psychic powers –Stop the perpetrators of the universe’s most horrific tragedies – Destroy all humans! Related to that, I also...
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The aliens were…kind of racist? The Jar Jar was Jar Jar. It took another 16 years for The Force Awakens to get fans excited about Star Wars again. More From Popular Mechanics How Millions of Screwdrivers Are Made Each Year Playback cannot continue. No available working or sup...
But once again the Flash Gordon giddiness of the first Star Wars trilogy is long gone, replaced by turgid pageantry tricked to life with gargantuan amounts of computer-generated busyness. Lucas put all his passion into the design of the aliens and beasties, the fluid line of the sets, and...
(desert planet, forest planet, ice planet), Lucas’s knack for inventing stunning new locales and emotional palettes is a tremendous success. Look no further than Kamino, the remote rain-soaked world where long-necked aliens craft the foot soldiers of the Empire’s genesis amid placid ...
'Star Wars' characters like Jar Jar Binks, Nute Gunray and Watto prompt comparisons to insensitive stereotypes." The aliens of the trade federation, it seems, are vaguely Chinese (or Japanese, something), and Watto similarly is more than a little bit, in speech and facial appearance, like ce...
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Rep. Brian Babin has introduced a bill that would end automatic birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents of illegal aliens. Automatic birthright citizenship, regardless of parent’s legal status, is “one of the abused aspects of our immigration system,” Babin, R-Texas...