Yeah I read that years ago. I need to pick it up somewhere. I still have the Tales From Mos Eisley Cantina, and Tales From Jabba’s Palace, but I remember the bounty hunter book being the best.
First tike I heard the name I thought it sounded so goofy, like wooow they couldn’t go for even more of a lame sounding name like the Universe Exploder or the Death Sta… and that’s where that thought ended.
The name tells you a lot about what it is supposed to do, and how the person deploying it sees themselves.
If it were built to collect resources at the cost of devastating a planet, then it would be called a Collector or Harvester, because that’s its primary function. A World Devastator has the primary function of devastating worlds. It’s an offensive tactic that uses the resources collected to build war machines as a byproduct.
You are completely discounting accidental racism. Every person at every level involved could have had no bad intentions and still have the sum total be so.
All that said, you didn’t mention the actual problem with the movie that led to the commentary… total shitty dumpster fire levels of writing.
George Lucas has always been clear that a major influence on Star Wars was old serials like Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. You know what was extremely common in those old serials? Racist stereotypes for villains and racist stereotypes for side kicks, also often cartoonish buffoons.
Again, not saying he was intentionally racist, but with the lack of quality writing skills, it’s clear he fell back to tropes from his favourite stories from his childhood. Those tropes usually horribly racist. A better writer could have done better with those tropes.
Discounting is the perfect word , as “accidental racism” lacks credibility as an argument to legitimize an attack on the characters and voice actors. None of the “racist” complaints have anything to do with race, but if you want them to be racist and you have the believies, you can make them so.
Importantly, you are ignoring that none of the fan complaints are about “accidental racism”, they are outraged by ostensibly conscious choices. They are assuming and acting upon the assumption these choices were made in bad faith. You’re changing the goalposts to “all racism is bad”, full stop. Which, yea, but nobody argued racism wasn’t “bad”.
Your arguments gel precisely with fan consensus: we don’t have much to say about a bland movie, so let’s complain about something we know everyone can get behind, regardless of its merit. At least we have a mob.
My post was about even though there may have been lazy production and editing(accidental racism), this is not an excuse to blame the voice actors for being intentionally racist(intentional racism), as fans constantly repeat without knowing anything about the production or voice actors.
You said I discounted accidental racism(which is in my post).
I agreed that I discounted accidental racism since it’s a poor excuse to accuse someone of intentional racism.
I’ll jump in. What is the preferred order? I’m old. I saw the originals. I watched the prequels and nearly barfed. But now, there are all these side stories and Disney offshoots.
What order should I tackle them all in? A full rewatch, and in correct order. For the whole franchise?
I grew up watching SW and the prequels came out when I was young. I enjoyed them as a stupid kid and then hated them as I grew up though. I recently rewarched them and they aren’t nearly as bad as I remember, with the exception of Jar Jar who I always forget just how horrible he is whenever he’s on screen. I think it could just be how bad the rest of SW is now (with the exception of Andor, which is I think my favorite piece of SW media in totality) that helps me enjoy them more. I’ve seen how bad things can be so I appreciate that the prequels didn’t get that bad.
If he really doesn’t know about Vader’s reveal in Empire, then you must watch the OT first, because the prequels will spoil one of the best plot twists in film history. Otherwise, watching the prequels first is fine.
But please do not watch the shitquels under any circumstances.
A complete coincidence, as Vader was not intended to be Luke’s father when A New Hope was written.
Heck, I’m pretty sure “Darth” was actually just supposed to be his first name. Sith titles weren’t considered at all. The concept of Sith didn’t even solidify until after Return Of The Jedi had been released.
The reveal in Empire is one of the biggest retcons in movie history.
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