Star Wars Griefing Thread (SPOILERS) - Safety off

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More trash incoming, for anyone who actually believed widening the scope of developers allowed to make Star Wars games would change anything
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Fortnite: Star Wars edition. It says a lot that I forgot to include it in my list when going over titles when the Direct finished.
 
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Admiral Mantoid said:
Speaking of Kennedy, she did an Oscars video celebrating women in technology and media yesterday.
Oh the irony of it all. Video's been downvoted to Hell and the comments are all just bashing her.
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Also on the topic of all this special edition stuff. George should've released both versions together to avoid the least amount of controversy. And while I can appreciate what the SE tried to do in concept, certain things in the special edition really didn't belong while others were notable improvements. Like fixing up sfx errors or trying to add more to the setting. But to get specific, showing more of Mos Eisly was a nice touch, especially when most of it was based on unused ideas and a galaxy guide map, however adding a dewback into the middle of a frame was really pointless and upsets the flow of the scene. And as for restoring Jabba's deleted scene, it was a nice touch and impressive (cgi Jabba design aside) but at the same time I don't think it was well thought out and even the final take on Jabba still doesn't look much like Jabba. I think it would've been best to simply replace Jabba/Declan Mulholland with a protocol droid transmitting Jabba's voice or a rotund spider droid projecting a hologram of him.

Its all relatively minor things. But the things that definitely needed to go for me were Ben's new Krayt Dragon roar+R2's rocks in ANH, Luke screaming as he falls in ESB and Vader's NOOOOO in ROTJ. Jedi Rocks gets a lot of hate but I think it deserves to stay but maybe as a different scene altogether that doesn't replace Lapti Nek. Also as someone here said, increasing the number of Rebel ships would be nice, and I would've liked it if they had taken the chance to maybe restore some other deleted concepts from ESB and ROTJ, specifically in ESB McQuarrie and others imagined Bespin as having a few atmospheric creatures and thranta riders, and Endor (which I showcased before) as having a few neat visuals like a fishing village/dock in a river/lake and restoring the Ewok flying mounts from concept art which they could've used against the Empire:
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They’ve just disabled the likes and comments but i think the point has been made clear that people really don’t like Kathleen Kennedy at this point.
 
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aricebowl said:
They’ve just disabled the likes and comments but i think the point has been made clear that people really don’t like Kathleen Kennedy at this point.
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What a bunch of fucking pussies. And we were ready to enjoy ourselves with some Initial D shitposting... Jackasses. And you know TheMarySue and other shit journos will roll out articles claiming the page was being raided by alt-right russianbots despite almost universal hate and only 80 likes vs thousands.
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Que "Gas Gas Gas."
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They're in damage control mode now.

From the Hollywood Reporter comes "Behind Disney's Firing of 'Mandalorian' Star Gina Carano" (Archive)

The ouster of Carano from the show draws the ire of the political right-wing and marks an inflection point for Lucasfilm, whose star was warned repeatedly about her social posts.

It’s a plot twist that no studio relishes: One of its high-profile stars sparks outrage with a controversial social media post. On Feb. 10, The Mandalorian’s Gina Carano became the latest member of the Disney fold to do so, joining a list that includes Roseanne Barr, James Gunn, Letitia Wright and Liu Yifei — each drawing varying degrees of action or inaction from the studio. And no studio faces greater scrutiny over its decisions than the family-friendly Hollywood giant.

In Carano’s case, the move to cut ties had been brewing for some time. In the months leading up to Disney’s investor day presentation Dec. 10, Carano’s agents at UTA were negotiating for the actress to receive a sizable bump for a planned spinoff of Disney+’s The Mandalorian that was to star her fan-favorite character, Cara Dune. The actress, who sources say made $25,000 to $50,000 per episode of The Mandalorian, was poised to be touted during the presentation, in which Kathleen Kennedy announced 10 new Star Wars shows, including Rangers of the New Republic, a series that seemed tailor-made for Carano.

But Carano was nowhere to be found during the lengthy presentation. In the lead-up to the event, Carano had become a lightning rod among Star Wars fans and a headache for Lucasfilm, after a series of tweets in which she mocked mask-wearing, suggested voter fraud occurred during the 2020 election and shared posts that some viewed as transphobic. “She was originally in that presentation when they announced all those things, and they pulled her off of it,” a source tells The Hollywood Reporter. A Lucasfilm source counters that Carano was never officially part of the Dec. 10 presentation and no negotiations for future work had taken place.

Two months later, the deal for her spinoff is dead, as is her relationship with Lucasfilm and UTA, both of whom dropped her after she shared a post suggesting that being a Republican today was akin to being Jewish in the time leading up to the Holocaust. Disney declined comment beyond Lucasfilm’s initial statement describing Carano’s posts as “abhorrent and unacceptable.”

Still, Disney’s decision to show Carano the door has prompted cries from the right, including from Sen. Ted Cruz and pundit Ben Shapiro, that the studio acts when the left is upset. Paired with events in 2018 when then-ABC president Channing Dungey called out as “abhorrent” a tweet from Trump supporter Barr that likened Obama administration alum Valerie Jarrett to a primate, such claims have publicists advising clients to steer clear of politics, especially anything leaning right.

“I don’t know what people at Disney personally believe or don’t believe with regard to politics, but as a corporate entity, they want to stay as trouble-free as possible. And anything that’s going to offend the left is a problem,” says crisis PR rep Juda Engelmayer. “I have clients who are making an extraordinary effort to post what the social left wants to see.”

Black Panther star Wright’s December tweets, which amplified a U.K. minister’s video that questioned the safety of the novel coronavirus vaccine and disparaged trans people, also garnered criticism, as did an August 2019 social media post from Mulan star Liu, who offered support of Hong Kong police during the government’s crackdown on pro-democracy protests. Sources say neither actress was talked to by Disney, which opted to let both matters blow over. (Wright deleted her Twitter account and Liu steered away from the subject in the months leading up to Mulan’s release).

Politics, however, seemed to play a role in Disney’s move to sever ties with Gunn in 2018 after right-wing personalities resurfaced offensive, nearly decade-old tweets that included such eyebrow-raising jokes as: “I like when little boys touch me in my silly place.” At the time Gunn reiterated an apology, stating on Twitter: “Many people who have followed my career know, when I started, I viewed myself as a provocateur, making movies and telling jokes that were outrageous and taboo. As I have discussed publicly many times, as I’ve developed as a person, so has my work and my humor.” One year later, Disney brought him back to direct the third installment of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy.

The decision to banish Carano from the Disney kingdom went higher than Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau and was made by Lucasfilm executives. Carano, sources say, had repeatedly been warned by those around her about her social media behavior, with the actress even noting publicly in September that her Mandalorian co-star Pedro Pascal, who has a trans sibling, educated her about the use of pronouns after a social media flare-up. “She knew it was going to alarm people,” says one person in her orbit of her recent posts. “Why would you put Favreau in that position?”

Carano’s ouster had a domino effect, with Hasbro ending production on its popular Cara Dune action figures. (Hasbro says there are “no current plans to create more” Dune products.) Amazon appears to have pulled most of its Cara Dune toy merchandise. When asked why, an Amazon rep declined further comment. Meanwhile, the Dune action figures are seeing brisk sales on eBay at prices well above the original list prices.

Insiders say Cara Dune wasn’t part of the Star Wars series next up, a Boba Fett spinoff, but expect that the character will be recast down the road, for both story and merchandising reasons. A source at Lucasfilm says that a recasting is not expected, however. For her part, Carano will be producing a film with Shapiro’s Daily Wire. “I am sending out a direct message of hope to everyone living in fear of cancellation by the totalitarian mob,” Carano stated Feb. 12. “I have only just begun using my voice which is now freer than ever before, and I hope it inspires others to do the same.”

Carano’s firing comes at an inflection point for Lucasfilm, which was previously criticized for not more strongly defending Star Wars sequel trilogy stars John Boyega and Kelly Marie Tran from racist bullying online over the years. On Jan. 23, the company signaled a shift when it put out a statement of support for Krystina Arielle, the host of The High Republic Show, after she was subject to racist bullying and threats.

Industry observers note that for companies such as Lucasfilm, taking a stance against offensive behavior sends a signal to both employees and fans from marginalized backgrounds that they are valued. “You need an inclusive and welcoming tone set from the top,” says André Carrington, author of Speculative Blackness: The Future of Race in Science Fiction and Associate Professor of English at the University of California, Riverside. One manager who has outspoken clients and has dealt with elements of cancel culture is advising vocal clients to cool it down politically. Says the manager, “If you’re too far on both sides, it hurts you.”

Feb. 16, 5:47 pm PST Updated to add a Lucasfilm source saying that the Cara Dune role on The Mandalorian is not expected to be recast and that she was not part of the Dec. 10 presentation, nor was she engaged in negotiations for future work.
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The Valeyard said:
They're in damage control mode now.

From the Hollywood Reporter comes "Behind Disney's Firing of 'Mandalorian' Star Gina Carano" (Archive)
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We must support and elevate women, but not higher than me.
Only Nazis think there is anything wrong with silencing this bigot and deplatforming her. If you agree, you're a Nazi.

On Jan. 23, the company signaled a shift when it put out a statement of support for Krystina Arielle, the host of The High Republic Show, after she was subject to racist bullying and threats.
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Fuck you. "When she got called out on her own racist tweets".
Like Rosanne wasn't subject of tweets with threats and about the color of her skin.
 
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Oats12345 said:
Yeah yeah enough with the dumb muscle bull crap. She's like the third main star of the show. Also her character wasn't dumb every.

But your kind of missing my point. Liberals are hypocrites.
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Oh I'm aware of liberal hypocrisy, I was more saying that Disney has more to lose dumping Pedro than they do Gina. Doubly so now it seems her arc in Mando itself has ended.
 
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starborn427614 said:
Oh I'm aware of liberal hypocrisy, I was more saying that Disney has more to lose dumping Pedro than they do Gina. Doubly so now it seems her arc in Mando itself has ended.
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Wasn't she ment to be in a spin off? Also I hope Karma hits Kathleen Kennedy someday it will happen.

Such a bitch who boosts about "force is female" and when they create a strong female character. Who not only fans like, but also like the actress. Only to get raid of her because she's not woke. I will never forgive Lucasfilm.
 
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Oats12345 said:
Wasn't she ment to be in a spin off? Also I hope Karma hits Kathleen Kennedy someday it will happen.

Such a bitch who boosts about "force is female" and when they create a strong female character. Who not only fans like, but also like the actress. Only to get raid of her because she's not woke. I will never forgive Lucasfilm.
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I've had this conversation before I'm pretty sure, but I don't know if they ever released a press release about Rangers. Granted they were coy about most shows so it's kind of hard to tell what's happening either way right now.
 
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starborn427614 said:
I've had this conversation before I'm pretty sure, but I don't know if they ever released a press release about Rangers. Granted they were coy about most shows so it's kind of hard to tell what's happening either way right now.
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Gina Carano was excluded from the announcement because of her social media posts in November, and not using the corporate approved apology over the pronoun drama.
 
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