Star Wars is not as strong with its fans, but it’s stronger than the force. In a moment of woke virtue signaling, the Twitter account of the collapsing sci-fi series welcomed Moses Ingram to the Star Wars universe as she plays “Reva” in the new Obi-Wan Kenobi series. Instead of just welcoming her and leaving it there, the account didn’t release one, but two tweets about how fans shouldn’t be racist against her.
Searching through Twitter, Reva’s character isn’t without its criticisms, but if there is racism about her it’s been buried underneath legitimate criticisms about the character. This means that Star Wars had to focus on a handful of tweets (if that many because I still haven’t found any) in order to make it seem that any dislike of the character was based on the moral failings of its audience and not the sloppy writing of its creators.
Tweets are less welcoming for Ingram, and more an attack against the fans.
We are proud to welcome Moses Ingram to the Star Wars family and excited for Reva’s story to unfold. We will not be influenced by anyone who makes Reva feel unwelcome.
There are more than 20 million sentient species in the Star Wars galaxy, don’t choose to be a racist.
There are more than 20 million sentient species in the Star Wars galaxy, don’t choose to be a racist.
— Star Wars (@starwars) May 31, 2022
Fans didn’t take the insult lightly and came back with an interesting response that the woke people running the Star Wars account probably didn’t anticipate.
The Chinese posters differed from American posters in one important way when The Force Awakens came out. Chinese censors didn’t want a black man featured so prominently and as a result, Disney/Star Wars minimized John Boyega’s character “Finn” from making up a large part of the poster to a very minimal part near the bottom.
Nerdrotic on YouTube pointed this out.
These hypocrites are likely to drop a lot. pic.twitter.com/UidWTTsFBl
— Nerdrotic (@Nerdrotics) May 31, 2022
It’s one of the more infamous moments in Disney’s history, and it’s a wonder that Disney/Star Wars would get on its soapbox and preach at its own fans about racism after such a massively well-known controversy.
The accusation that racism was being made is absurd. Mace Windu, Lando Calrissian and Cere Junda were fan favourites in the series. They were all all all black. Many fans considered Finn the most interesting character and were angry that his story was cut short.
It’s not Star Wars fans that are racist, and demonstrably so.
Star Wars tweet seems more like a strike against negative reviews. Many were concerned that the ObiWan miniseries would be used to lure in viewers and give all of the intriguing characteristics to an unnamed character. Many companies have been using the “bait and switch” model to push woke nonsense on fans in various different programs. Reva is the final switch, with Obi Wan being the bait.
Naturally, many fans are angry about this and instead of owning up to what it did, Star Wars seems to be shielding itself with accusations that complaints about Reva’s character can all be attributed to racism, not bad writing. It’s typical woke defense, but it’s not being bought by audiences.
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