What’s confusing about this entire situation is that Disney and Lucasfilm apparently had plans for The Acolyte’s future. Just last month at San Diego Comic Con, Lucasfilm Publishing announced spinoff books and comics related to The Acolyte, mainly focusing on the characters that died in the series. But the four main characters that are still alive – twins Osha and Mae, Qimir and Vernestra – are stuck on the shelf. So what does this mean exactly? Did Disney believe the deceased Yord and Jecki were far more worthy of investment? On the surface, that would be an easy guess. But the real problem lies with Disney and Lucasfilm succumbing to the pressure that the poisonous side of the Star Wars fandom laid on them.
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Story-wise, it wasn’t going to be for everyone, but it was definitely for a lot of people. The amount of positive reviews by critics and Manny Jacinto acquiring new fans proved as such. But as more shows led by women, LGBTQ+ creatives and POC get canceled, it sends a signal to other networks or services that people aren’t interested in their stories. It limits the amount of diversity allowed in the entertainment industry. It also permits the obscene animosity that’s fragmented the Star Wars fandom. If Star Wars wants to continue to be a dominating franchise in this industry, it has to learn to take chances and stick with them. Otherwise, the world will move on while it’s stuck in the past.
I will get hate despite being LGBTQ myself, but if 20% of the viewers are LGBTQ, why must the representation be 50/50 or more in their favor? I think we’ve gone a bit overboard to the opposite. Even trying to watch kids tv shows with my toddler, I’ve noticed not a single white kid anymore in main casts, and wonder what it means for white children, as they’re being raised to be seen as the enemy.
Not only that but the attempts by Disney, Kathleen Kennedy and similar people to be more inclusive, PC and diverse, are so ham fisted and half assed, that they only come off as corporate bullshit. A funny example is that Bobba Fett no longer has the starship Slave1. He now rides “Bobba Fetts starship” cause slaves can’t be used cause it’s not PC. Yet Anakin was a slave, and even Disney’s episode 8 had a subplot about slaves.