It seems we can’t get away from Star Wars being part of the culture wars. How long ago was it that Disney fired Gina Carano? Her lawsuit is still ongoing.
As you’ve probably heard, there has been a lot of criticism of the newest Star Wars show The Acolyte. Ed has been posting reviews in the headlines for weeks. I’ve been watching it myself and the critics are right. It’s not a good show for reasons I’ll get to below.
As always seems to be the case these days, criticism of these shows is quickly taken as a sign of a “toxic fandom” who are accused of racism, sexism and other character flaws. Here’s the feminist site The Mary Sue bashing critics three weeks ago.
It has been a thing in this fan base, fueled by angry men behind their keyboards who rarely show their actual faces online. They are pushed to do so by their own bigotry and hatred, and it doesn’t really make sense that…
