“Star Wars” actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/star-wars-actor-joins-bill-maher-in-scathing-assessment-of-fragile-kids-today-house-plants">Billy Dee Williams</a> said he sees no reason why actors can’t wear <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/blackface">blackface</a> and said they should be able to do “anything” they thought was necessary for any given role.
During the 87-year-old actor’s recent appearance on the “Club Random with Bill Maher” <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEWNzLJJ0Jo&amp;embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2F&amp;source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&amp;feature=emb_title">podcast</a>, the two were discussing how times have changed after Williams praised Laurence Olivier’s performance in the 1965 movie “Othello” — in which the star wore blackface, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/billy-dee-williams-actors-allowed-wear-blackface-1235869251/">Hollywood Reporter</a> reported.
“When he did ‘Othello,’ I fell out laughing,” Williams said. “He stuck his a** out and walked around … because Black people are supposed to have big a**es. I thought it was hysterical. I loved it.”
Maher replied, “I agree. But today, they would never let you do that.”
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Williams asked, “Why?” and Maher replied, “Blackface?”
“Why not? You should do it,” Williams added. “If you’re an actor, you should do anything you want to do.”
When the host pointed out that the actor lived during a period of history where “you couldn’t play the part you should’ve played,” Williams told him he didn’t want to live his life like a “victim.”
“But the point is, you don’t go through life feeling like, ‘I’m a victim,’” the actor explained. “I refuse to go through life saying to the world, ‘I’m pissed off.’ I’m not gonna be pissed off 24 hours a day.”
Williams famously played Lando Calrissian in the sequel to the original “Star Wars” movie “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” in 1980. He reprised his role for the 1983 “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi” and once again when he played the leader in the third and final part of the trilogy series in Episode IX “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” in 2019.
The topic of blackface in Hollywood was discussed recently when Daily Wire host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/andrew-klavan-ben-shapiro-talk-trump-political-strategy-transgenderism-more-on-the-search">Andrew Klavan</a> pointed out Hollywood’s “wokeness” and its hypocrisy regarding racism during his appearance on “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michael-knowles-megyn-kelly-slam-nyt-article-suggesting-fani-willis-is-targeted-because-she-is-a-black-woman">The Megyn Kelly Show”</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhiADHVu7eI&amp;t=309s">podcas</a>t.
They talked about the recent star-studded Academy Awards ceremony which was hosted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leftist-mag-targets-megyn-kelly-blackface-is-not-okay-kelly-blisters-them-take-it-up-w-jimmy-fallon-joy-behar-jimmy-kimmel">Jimmy Kimmel,</a> a late-night host and comedian who has previously worn blackface.
Kelly also noted that comedian Billy Crystal had appeared “on the Oscars in blackface” and the Academy had celebrated “Tropic Thunder” — in which Robert Downey Jr. wore blackface.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/star-wars-actor-joins-bill-maher-in-scathing-assessment-of-fragile-kids-today-house-plants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Related: &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; Actor Joins Bill Maher In Scathing Assessment Of ‘Fragile’ Kids Today: ‘House Plants’</a>
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Billy Dee Williams

‘Why Not?’: ‘Star Wars’ Actor Billy Dee Williams Says Actors Should Be Able To Wear Blackface

'Why Not?': 'Star Wars' Actor Billy Dee Williams Says Actors Should Be Able To Wear Blackface

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&#8220;Star Wars&#8221; actor Billy Dee Williams joined comedian Bill Maher on a recent episode of his &#8220;Club Random&#8221; podcast, and both lamented the state of today&#8217;s youth in America — a generation Maher referred to collectively as &#8220;house plants.&#8221;
Williams, who played the role of Lando Calrissian in the original George Lucas trilogy, said that he just didn&#8217;t understand the younger generations most of the time: &#8220;I don’t know what this generation is about.&#8221;
Maher argued that kids were being &#8220;raised wrong,&#8221; calling them &#8220;fragile&#8221; and comparing them to &#8220;house plants.&#8221; Williams was slightly more generous, noting that kids seemed to lack a real &#8220;sense of history&#8221; and asking whether it was possible that they were simply &#8220;misinformed&#8221; or not properly educated.
&#8220;They do not know anything, but it’s not their fault because, you know, it’s not the responsibility of the child to instruct themselves. I never had to worry about that in my little town, whatever color it was,&#8221; Maher said. &#8220;We just went to school. You went to school … they taught you the basics; they taught you the s***. I didn’t leave that school until I knew basically everything that a normal, intelligent person should know. Not anything from Nobel Prize winner in literature or science, just a regular person would know these things and kids today know nothing. You don’t have to know anything and they will sign that diploma and kick you out the door.&#8221;
One of the main issues Maher cited was the ongoing war between Israel and the terror group Hamas, saying that young people appeared to be uneducated on the history of the region – but they were getting involved in protests and political activism despite their lack of understanding: it &#8220;doesn’t sap their confidence.&#8221;
&#8220;That is what is so bad about the kids, getting back to that, not knowing anything. They think, oh, let’s give communism another try,&#8221; Maher said, coming back around to the topic a bit later. &#8220;No, kids! We did try it! We did try it. Vladimir Lenin took over Moscow in 1917, and it was a long experiment and it was horrible, so we don’t need to try that again.&#8221;
&#8220;Well, I don’t know, we got Lucifer in the world right now,&#8221; Williams said.
&#8220;Trump?&#8221; Maher attempted to get Williams to clarify.
&#8220;I’m just saying Lucifer,&#8221; Williams repeated.
Maher tried again: &#8220;Oh, you mean literally?&#8221;
&#8220;I’m just saying Lucifer,&#8221; was all Williams would say.
You can watch the podcast here: 
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The Kelly Clarkson Show – Season 5

‘Star Wars’ Actor Joins Bill Maher In Scathing Assessment Of ‘Fragile’ Kids Today: ‘House Plants’

'Star Wars' Actor Joins Bill Maher In Scathing Assessment Of 'Fragile' Kids Today: 'House Plants'

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Disney’s new &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; showrunner Leslye Headland has been raising eyebrows with her latest comments about her upcoming female-centric, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yet-another-star-wars-show-wants-to-challenge-the-story-this-is-about-power" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sith-focused</a> series.
So, we took a deep dive into her past projects and the comments she’s made over the years to get an idea about the woman described as the &#8220;Queen of Raunch Comedy.&#8221;
<h3>Harvey Weinstein And The Seven Deadly Sins</h3>
Early in her career, Headland worked under disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein as his assistant for <a href="https://tvovermind.com/leslye-headland/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one year</a> during her time at Miramax.
In 2012, Headland said that Weinstein influenced her &#8220;raunchy female comedy&#8221; &#8220;Bachelorette,&#8221; which was first a play and later her debut film, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bachelorette-harvey-weinstein-leslye-headland-366769/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hollywood Reporter</a> reported. It was part of her Seven Deadly Sins play series, this one dealing with gluttony.
Next, she developed another part of her sins play series called &#8220;Assistance,&#8221; this one dealing with greed, THR <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bachelorette-harvey-weinstein-leslye-headland-366769/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>. Later, she did &#8220;Cult of Love,&#8221; <a href="https://stagescenela.com/2018/05/cult-of-love/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stage Scene LA</a> reported, where she takes aim at the sin of pride, &#8220;particularly that of self-proclaimed ‘Christians’ who would counsel praying away the gay, blame a couple’s miscarriage on their godlessness, and refuse antidepressants the better to keep on hearing voices straight from the Big Guy himself,&#8221; the outlet noted.
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In 2018, Headland talked to the <a href="https://www.americantheatre.org/2018/05/30/leslye-headland-on-sin-certainty-and-harvey-weinstein/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">American Theater</a> about her series and the seven deadly sins. &#8220;I think they’re just normal,&#8221; Headland said. &#8220;They’re what comes along with the baggage of being alive and sentient.&#8221;
She also told the <a href="https://www.americantheatre.org/2018/05/30/leslye-headland-on-sin-certainty-and-harvey-weinstein/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Theater</a> in 2018 that she was &#8220;shocked&#8221; Weinstein was taken down and &#8220;so emboldened by the chorus of voices that brought him down.&#8221;
&#8220;When someone is screaming at you, and a whole bunch of grown men are in the same room and don’t do anything, that tells you something right away about what kind of danger you may or may not be in,&#8221; Headland said. &#8220;You’re like, &#8216;Oh, no one is going to stop this person. The only person that is going to make sure I don’t come to harm is me.'&#8221;
<h3>From Plays To Movies</h3>
<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/leslye-headland-meet-the-new-queen-of-raunch-comedy-59020/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rolling Stone</a> magazine took their interview with Headland to a whole new level, naming her &#8220;New Queen of Raunch Comedy&#8221; in 2015 following the release of her raunchcom &#8220;Sleeping With Other People.&#8221;
The film deals with one of Headland’s favorite themes, &#8220;sex addiction,&#8221; <a href="https://tvovermind.com/leslye-headland/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TV Overmind</a> noted. In one scene, actor Jason Sudeikis demonstrated sex acts in explicit detail.
Headland told Rolling Stone that men &#8220;&#8230; have no idea what’s going down there. Just, zero clue. I have a chart of the vagina in my house, and when a male friend saw it, he said, ‘Wow…this just looks like something I’m going to fail at!’ I don’t get the mystery. It’s not a boogeyman.&#8221;
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In 2015, <a href="https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/sleeping-with-other-people" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Paste</a> interviewed Headland about the movie and going from plays to the big screen.
&#8220;I meant to make these very important pieces of work, and then everyone was just losing their mind laughing about the whole b***-j** monologue or the bottle scene,&#8221; the new &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; creator said. &#8220;I guess there&#8217;s just something important behind making people laugh about the things that are really, truly painful.&#8221;
She also admitted she’s always been a provocateur since she was young and is still today with her plays, films, and series.
&#8220;I am that provocateur that I was when I was a little kid &#8230; I&#8217;m much more interested in &#8216;What am I not allowed to say? What is the thing that we aren’t talking about in a mainstream space?'&#8221; Headland said. &#8220;And why not?&#8221;
<h3>LGBTQ Infused</h3>
In 2021, Headland talked with <a href="https://www.avclub.com/leslye-headland-s-favorite-star-wars-is-the-star-wars-y-1847118044" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AV Club</a> about LGBTQ representation in films. She said, &#8220;as somebody that is a lesbian, every time I see gay or queer representation in the media, I scream with happiness. There is just nothing like seeing that out in the world.&#8221;
&#8220;To have the power, when you’re creating media, to just put in certain types of people that maybe aren’t necessarily in normal mainstream content or media is just…&#8221; she added. &#8220;I know that for people who don’t identify that way, it doesn’t seem that important, but to us, it’s huge.&#8221;
Basically, if Headland is involved in a project, whether it be on stage, the small or the big screen, it will include LGBTQ references.
<h3>Representation In New &#8220;Star Wars: The Acolyte&#8221;</h3>
In 2021, Headland spoke to the <a href="https://www.advocate.com/film/2021/7/01/lesbian-leslye-headland-brings-queer-lens-star-wars-franchise" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Advocate</a> about having representation on &#8220;The Acolyte,&#8221; series on screen and behind the scenes.
&#8220;You can expect some sort of expression of my own artistic dream and just my voice and what it looks like in that universe, for sure,&#8221; the SW creator said, &#8220;But I also think that representation both on screen and behind the screen, it&#8217;s just so important.&#8221;
She said with her new series she fully &#8220;intends to allow her own personal experiences as a queer woman shine through in the finished product.&#8221;
&#8220;In the same way that the original ‘Star Wars’ film, ‘A New Hope,’ is about a young man living in Modesto, California, who doesn&#8217;t want to take over his dad&#8217;s hardware store,&#8221; Headland said. &#8220;There&#8217;s just no way that me being a queer woman is not going to be reflected in my work. I could try not to do it, but why would I? It just feels like a natural extension of what I do.&#8221;
She also talked about the characters in her stories and made it clear they will all be queer, in some way.
&#8220;I think that because storytelling, at its core, is always going to come down to either the personal or emotional through-line to your characters, your identity is important,&#8221; Headland said. &#8220;And like I said, mine is just going to be in my work, whether I&#8217;m explicitly dealing with it or not, it&#8217;s always going to be there.&#8221;
Speaking to <a href="https://ew.com/tv/the-acolyte-star-wars-leslye-headland-amandla-stenberg-lee-jung-jae/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Entertainment Weekly</a> she also promised that &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; fans will &#8220;see more morally ambiguous characters than you’ve seen in other Star Wars content.&#8221;
LGBTQ representation also includes who she’s hired to work on the new series, <a href="https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/03/20/star-wars-the-acolyte/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PinkNews</a> reported.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disney-casts-transgender-actor-for-new-star-wars-series-on-streaming-site" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Transgender actor Abigail Thorn</a>, a biological male who identifies as a woman, was hired for the role of Ensign Eurus and Jen Richards is one of the writers.
Not to mention Headland, a lesbian, is helming the series with wife Rebecca Henderson starring in it as a &#8220;Jedi knight prodigy,&#8221; Pink News noted.
Gay, non-binary star, Amandla Stenberg, stars in the show, as does Charlie Barnett, an outspoken gay star, the outlet noted.
Disney has faced a backlash at the box office following its push of LGBTQ representation.
Disney Pixar studio, &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pixars-elemental-with-non-binary-character-flops-at-box-office-with-2nd-worst-opening-in-studio-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elemental,&#8221;</a> included a &#8220;non-binary&#8221; character and the movie had one of the worst openings in the studio’s history, earning $29.5 million at the domestic box office. &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disneys-strange-world-on-track-to-lose-100-million" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Strange World&#8221;</a> involved a same-sex teen romance and was a box office flop for the company.
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According to Disney+ &#8220;The Acolyte&#8221; is rated TV-14. <a href="https://boundingintocomics.com/2023/03/16/star-wars-declared-worse-and-woker-than-ever-after-confirmation-of-intimacy-coordinator-hired-for-the-acolyte/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bounding into Comics</a> reported in March 2023, that Headland brought in an intimacy coordinator for part of the show’s production. The outlet reported that the coordinator was used for 8 episodes of the first season.
An intimacy coordinator &#8220;is an advocate, a liaison between actors and production, and a movement coach and/or choreographer in regards to nudity and simulated sex and other intimate and hyper-exposed scenes,&#8221; according to <a href="https://www.sagaftra.org/contracts-industry-resources/workplace-harassment-prevention/intimacy-coordinator-resources" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SAG-AFTRA</a>.
Earlier this month, a <a href="https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1770167671654396333?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> from the 2023 Star Wars Celebration resurfaced in which Headland said the new series will be like the children’s movie &#8220;Frozen&#8221; which she labeled &#8220;coded queer.&#8221;
Headland talked about watching &#8220;Frozen&#8221; as an adult and was captivated by &#8220;the concept of true love being between two sisters and not a heterosexual relationship. She said it &#8220;inspired&#8221; her to create a similar story that her parents would have allowed her to watch when she was a younger &#8220;queer&#8221; person, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-reacts-to-star-wars-the-acolyte-creator-crazier-than-the-south-park-parody" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
In 2020, Headland spoke to <a href="https://ew.com/tv/the-acolyte-star-wars-leslye-headland-amandla-stenberg-lee-jung-jae/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Entertainment Weekly</a> about improving LGBTQ representation in films and promised that &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; fans will &#8220;see more morally ambiguous characters than you’ve seen in other Star Wars content.&#8221;
<h3>&#8220;Russian Doll&#8221; And &#8220;Dying For Sex&#8221;</h3>
Headland co-produced a short in 2021 called &#8220;<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11717932/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pink and Blue</a>,&#8221; about &#8220;a Trans couple of color raising their child in a binary world.&#8221; She also directed Netflix’s &#8220;Russian Doll,&#8221; which is filled with references of drugs, sex, and numerous LGBTQ references, <a href="https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/russian-doll-leslye-headland-interview.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vulture</a> noted. She’s currently directing the <a href="https://www.sugar23.com/news/michelle-williams-to-headline-dying-for-sex-fx-series-from-liz-meriwether-leslye-headland-based-on-podcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FX series</a> called &#8220;Dying for Sex&#8221; about a woman diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, who abandons her husband of 15 years to explore her sexuality,&#8221; <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/01/jenny-slate-michelle-williams-dying-for-sex-fx-1235795295/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline</a> reported.

Leslye Headland

Who Is Disney’s New ‘Star Wars’ Director, The ‘Queen Of Raunch Comedy’?

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Readers Pass

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk">Elon Musk</a> on Tuesday reacted to recent remarks from &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/star-wars">Star Wars: The Acolyte&#8221;</a> creator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yet-another-star-wars-show-wants-to-challenge-the-story-this-is-about-power">Leslye Headland</a> about her new Disney+ show, calling them &#8220;crazier than the &#8216;South Park&#8217; parody.&#8221;
Musk took to <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1770169640926277928">X</a> and commented on an old clip of the director/showrunner talking about watching &#8220;Frozen&#8221; as an adult and was captivated by &#8220;the concept of true love being between two sisters and not a heterosexual relationship. She said it &#8220;inspired&#8221; her to create a similar story that her parents would have allowed her to watch when she was a younger &#8220;queer&#8221; person.
&#8220;Reality is actually crazier than the South Park parody!” Musk wrote, referencing a &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gina-carano-skewers-disneys-kathleen-kennedy-over-hilarious-south-park-send-up">South Park&#8221;</a> episode that torched the President of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy, for recent Disney box office flops, specifically &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; movies that have had little to no connection to the original trilogy.
In the episode titled &#8220;Joining the Panderverse,&#8221; Kennedy is ripped for recycling successful films but replacing the characters with minorities. 
The <a href="https://x.com/ginacarano/status/1718115256055267802?s=20">clip</a> shows one part of the episode where a group of Disney executives tell CEO Bob Iger, &#8220;We don&#8217;t understand it, sir. We keep making the same movie over and over and pandering to everyone, but suddenly it&#8217;s not working.&#8221;
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Reality is actually crazier than the South Park parody!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1770169640926277928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
Iger replied, &#8220;Then we&#8217;ve got to pander harder!&#8221; 
&#8220;The Acolyte&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yet-another-star-wars-show-wants-to-challenge-the-story-this-is-about-power">director</a> recently talked about how her new Sith-focused series isn&#8217;t going to be like what fans have seen in shows like &#8220;The Mandalorian&#8221; or &#8220;Andor.&#8221;
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Headland said her new series looks &#8220;at the Jedi as an institution, as a concept, as an entity that has amassed a lot of power. And that&#8217;s good, I&#8217;m not saying that&#8217;s wrong.&#8221;
&#8220;But I do think that when Jodie Turner-Smith has that line at the end of the trailer, when she says, &#8216;It&#8217;s not about good or bad, this is about power and who&#8217;s allowed to use it,&#8217; really I think that&#8217;s the question we’re asking,&#8221; she added. &#8220;That&#8217;s really the question. It&#8217;s not, &#8216;Is somebody good, is somebody bad?&#8217; There&#8217;s an imbalance.&#8221;
&#8220;Someone might be imbalanced morally, but if there&#8217;s a power imbalance, how does that affect the power of Star Wars?&#8221; the director continued. &#8220;And we&#8217;ve never seen the good guys outnumber the bad guys to this extent. I guess that&#8217;s how it&#8217;s different.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yet-another-star-wars-show-wants-to-challenge-the-story-this-is-about-power" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yet Another &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; Show Wants To &#8216;Challenge&#8217; The Story: &#8216;This Is About Power&#8217;</a>

Elon Musk

Elon Musk Reacts To ‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ Creator: ‘Crazier Than The South Park Parody’

Elon Musk Reacts To 'Star Wars: The Acolyte' Creator: 'Crazier Than The South Park Parody'

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Leslye Headland, director of the new “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/star-wars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Star Wars</a>” show &#8220;The Acolyte,&#8221; said she wanted to “challenge” the story about good guys vs villains, and said hers is a story about “power.”
Speaking to <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/star-wars-the-acolyte-showrunner-on-how-itll-challenge-what-we-know-about-the-jedi-and-sith" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IGN</a> about the upcoming Disney+ series “Star Wars: The Acolyte,” Headland said her Sith-focused series is very different from what fans have seen in shows like “The Mandalorian” and “Andor.”
Headland said her new “Star Wars” series looks “at the Jedi as an institution, as a concept, as an entity that has amassed a lot of power. And that’s good, I’m not saying that’s wrong.”
“But I do think that when Jodie Turner-Smith has that line at the end of the trailer, when she says, ‘It’s not about good or bad, this is about power and who’s allowed to use it,’ really I think that’s the question we’re asking,” she added. “That’s really the question. It’s not, &#8216;Is somebody good, is somebody bad?&#8217; There’s an imbalance.”
“Someone might be imbalanced morally, but if there’s a power imbalance, how does that affect the power of Star Wars?” the director continued. “And we’ve never seen the good guys outnumber the bad guys to this extent. I guess that’s how it’s different.”
Headland said the Jedi we see in the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtytYWhg2mc">trailer</a> are reminiscent of the time of the prequel trilogy, the outlet noted.
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“I think you’re seeing the Jedi when they are this very, very large institution &#8211; a benevolent one &#8211; but they are closer to who they are in the ‘Phantom Menace’ than obviously in the Original Trilogy where you feel like they’re almost extinct,” the director said.
“In a weird way, in the ‘Phantom Menace’ and the Prequel Trilogy, the Jedi outnumber the Sith,” she added. “And then in the Original Trilogy, the Empire outnumber the Jedi, which is why a show based on the ‘bad guys’ is interesting to me. In that era, what does the underdog look like? Even if they’re the bad guy.”
“But also, ‘The Clone War’s&#8217; [inspired The Acolyte], a lot being inspired by Nightsisters,” Headland continued. “We don’t have any Nightsisters in this show, but being inspired by them, being inspired by Asajj Ventress…I definitely took some inspiration from that.”
According to <a href="http://starwars.com">StarWars.com</a>, the Nightsisters &#8212; a “matriarchal society” that uses “dark magic” &#8212; &#8220;used the Force differently than the Sith, seeing themselves as able to tap its power without being consumed by it.”
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Headland said that throughout her series, she often wanted to reference things from “Clone Wars” or  “Return of the Jedi&#8221; to the famed Cantina scene because she’s a longtime “Star Wars” fan herself.
“I think when you get an opportunity to do a &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; and you’re a &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; fan, the idea is to get in a lot of your wish list,” Headland said. “And hopefully other people are excited by it too.”
The new &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; series premieres on Disney+ on June 4.

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Yet Another ‘Star Wars’ Show Wants To ‘Challenge’ The Story: ‘This Is About Power’

Yet Another 'Star Wars' Show Wants To 'Challenge' The Story: 'This Is About Power'

The team behind <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disney</a>+ &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; spinoff &#8220;The Bad Batch&#8221; is under fire after a trans-identifying composer who contributed to the show was reportedly &#8220;dead-named&#8221; in the credits of the most recent episode.
The error was highlighted by an X account belonging to the &#8220;Daughters of Ferrix&#8221; podcast — which, according to the account bio, explores &#8220;&#8216;Star Wars&#8217; from a political, historical, and queer perspective.&#8221;
&#8220;The newest episode of #TheBadBatch deadnames trans composer Deana Kiner in the credits. This shouldn&#8217;t have happened in the first place, so it&#8217;s something that LFL or Disney need to fix NOW,&#8221; the podcast account posted on X along with a screenshot showing the composer listed as &#8220;Dean Kiner&#8221; rather than &#8220;Deana Kiner&#8221; in the credits.
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Was this done with malice? I thoroughly doubt it. But it is EXTREMELY careless, particularly because the previous three episodes, as released a week ago, didn&#39;t carry the error. Someone fucked up big. <a href="https://t.co/JoH4Pozuot">pic.twitter.com/JoH4Pozuot</a>
&mdash; Daughters of Ferrix (@FerrixPod) <a href="https://twitter.com/FerrixPod/status/1762873946364596291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 28, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Was this done with malice? I thoroughly doubt it. But it is EXTREMELY careless, particularly because the previous three episodes, as released a week ago, didn&#8217;t carry the error. Someone f***ed up big,&#8221; the complaint continued, along with a screenshot from a previous episode showing Kiner&#8217;s first name as &#8220;Deana.&#8221;
The follow-up post tagged both &#8220;The Bad Batch&#8221; head writer and producer Jennifer Corbett and the official Disney+ Help account, demanding that someone look into the situation and resolve it.
&#8220;@JenniferCorbett @DisneyPlusHelp The new episode was excellent, and I&#8217;m a big fan of the show. But please, this is a huge error, and it should be rectified,&#8221; &#8220;Daughters of Ferrix&#8221; posted.
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Corbett responded, saying that she was handling the issue: &#8220;We are working with Disney+ to correct this error ASAP on the affected platforms and to ensure it doesn&#8217;t happen again.&#8221;
&#8220;Update from Jennifer Corbett, head writer and executive producer for the show! We&#8217;re very glad to hear this will be taken care of (please no one harass her or anything, she&#8217;s cool),&#8221; the podcast account gave an update.
&#8220;Daughters of Ferrix&#8221; also conceded after a time that the change seemed to be regional or platform-based, noting that some in the U.K. were seeing Kiner&#8217;s name listed as &#8220;Deana&#8221; while some in the U.S. still saw &#8220;Dean.&#8221;

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Disney+ ‘Star Wars’ Spinoff Under Fire For ‘Dead-Naming’ Trans-Identifying Composer

Disney+ 'Star Wars' Spinoff Under Fire For 'Dead-Naming' Trans-Identifying Composer

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When Disney&#8217;s new generation of &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; writers resurrected the evil Emperor Palpatine so that a female Jedi could be the new hero, they not only lost much of their fanbase, they also ruined the overall story.
Shortly after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/disney" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Disney</a> purchased &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/star-wars" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Star Wars</a>&#8221; from George Lucas in 2012, the new president of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy appeared in an interview with Lucas where she <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5TGJquhP1s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a>, “The main thing is to protect these characters. Make sure that they continue to live in the way that you created them.”
As the resurrection of Palpatine shows, that wasn’t the case.
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From Padme Amidala in &#8220;The Phantom Menace&#8221; to Cal Kestis in “Jedi: Fallen Order,&#8221; under both Lucas and Disney, &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; has introduced a rich array of characters who have captured the hearts of fans. It&#8217;s crucial to recognize, however, that all of these characters orbit around the saga&#8217;s central figure: Anakin Skywalker.
Anakin Skywalker&#8217;s journey begins with 1999’s &#8220;The Phantom Menace.&#8221; Skywalker is discovered by the Jedi and thought to be the prophesied &#8220;Chosen One&#8221; destined to bring balance to The Force by defeating the evil Sith.
As the trilogy progresses, Anakin emerges as a teenage Jedi Knight, showcasing his formidable strengths such as raw power and dueling skills. However, amidst these displays of prowess, a significant weakness comes to light – his susceptibility to his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfevBIsVG1o" target="_blank" rel="noopener">emotions</a>. Anakin&#8217;s descent into emotional turmoil leads him to defy the Jedi code by secretly marrying Queen Padme Amidala, a decision that would eventually lead to his downfall.
In the concluding chapter of the prequel trilogy, &#8220;Revenge of the Sith,&#8221; Anakin, now 22-years-old, succumbs to the allure of the dark side. Exploiting his emotional vulnerability, the malevolent Sith Lord Palpatine manipulates Anakin by leading him to believe Padme is facing certain death due to childbirth.
Left <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVwAChO2MRo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">helpless</a> on the matter by the Jedi and desperate to save his beloved, Anakin embraces Palpatine&#8217;s promise of a power that can guarantee her safety. He transitions into the infamous Darth Vader, perpetrating the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yowmbgl6Mw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">massacre</a> of the Jedi Order, the very institution that nurtured him.
The Original Trilogy focuses on Anakin&#8217;s son, Luke, who is determined to redeem his father. In &#8220;Return of the Jedi,&#8221; Vader fulfills the prophecy by saving his son and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMzg2X18rm0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">killing</a> Palpatine. This pivotal moment is the perfect <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDqgJye7hyc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conclusion</a> to Anakin&#8217;s story.
As George Lucas himself <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/x86yxf/george_lucas_about_anakins_redemption/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">put</a> it, “Anakin is very different in the end. The thing of it: The prophecy was right. Anakin was the Chosen One, and he does bring balance to The Force. He takes the ounce of good still left in him and destroys the Emperor out of compassion for his son.”
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Decades later though, Disney’s writers decided the ending wasn’t concrete. In 2015, they launched a new trilogy with &#8220;The Force Awakens,&#8221; introducing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-eEKGt-26I" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mary Sue</a> character, Rey, as the central protagonist. Despite having a severe lack of training, her power was comparable to many Jedi masters before her.
Disney’s &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; writers do not shy away from their intent to reflect a feminist worldview. Back in 2015, director Sharmeen Obaid-Chino spoke at a Women in the World event. At this event, she <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1742583950944432607?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1742583950944432607%7Ctwgr%5E51c61c89de8aad8aee736ba61075c109c5347f3a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mrctv.org%2Fblog%2Ftierin-rose-mandelburg%2Fgoal-new-star-wars-film-director-make-men-uncomfortable" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> that her goal is to “make men uncomfortable.”
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Here’s the feminist director of the next Star Wars film saying that her goal is to “make men uncomfortable.”
This movie is destined to be Disney’s biggest flop yet. <a href="https://t.co/KaihbiA7Oj">pic.twitter.com/KaihbiA7Oj</a>
&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1742583950944432607?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The trilogy truly hit rock bottom with its final film, &#8220;The Rise of Skywalker,&#8221; where Anakin’s redemptive sacrifice was rendered void. Emperor Palpatine was unexpectedly revealed to be alive, with an initial explanation that was widely <a href="https://x.com/_marinaharrison/status/1654181027185668096?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticized</a> by fans. In a one line bombshell, Resistance pilot Poe Dameron claimed “Somehow Palpatine returned.”
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“Somehow… Palpatine returned” will go down in history as the worst line in Star Wars history <a href="https://t.co/aiytJ3zjYC">https://t.co/aiytJ3zjYC</a>
&mdash; marina! (@_marinaharrison) <a href="https://twitter.com/_marinaharrison/status/1654181027185668096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Disney&#8217;s new trilogy met its climax with the now unfulfilled prophecy being completed by Rey, who <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX4OZuBIUuA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">kills</a> Palpatine once and for all.
Aside from the writing in that specific movie, political correctness has been an issue in the &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; universe at large. Just days ago, actress Gina Carano<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gina-carano-sues-disney-elon-does-gods-work-pays-for-her-lawyers" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> announced</a> on X that after three years she is filing a lawsuit against both Lucasfilm and Disney for her firing from “The Mandalorian.&#8221;
The firing stemmed from her resharing a post that drew parallels between the political climate at the time and Nazi Germany.
According to the <a href="https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GinaCarano-v-Disney.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">complaint</a> filed in federal court: “A short time ago in a galaxy not so far away, Defendants made it clear that only one orthodoxy in thought, speech, or action was acceptable in their empire, and that those who dared to question or failed to fully comply would not be tolerated.”
In addition to the mishandling of Anakin&#8217;s legacy, numerous other flaws in the writing have been highlighted by those deeply invested in the story. Mark Hamill, renowned for his portrayal of Luke Skywalker in both the Original Trilogy and Disney&#8217;s sequel trilogy, expressed dissatisfaction with how his character was depicted. Hamill <a href="https://screenrant.com/star-wars-8-last-jedi-mark-hamill-luke-issues/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticized</a> the portrayal, stating, &#8220;He’s not my Luke Skywalker.&#8221;
When it comes to &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; — a franchise boasting perhaps the most devoted worldwide fan base — every aspect of the writing should be meticulously crafted. However, instead of enlisting passionate fans capable of distinguishing between real-world politics and the fictional “galaxy far, far away,&#8221; Disney persists in allowing politically charged progressives to shape storylines.
Unless a retcon of Disney&#8217;s sequel trilogy materializes, the story of Anakin Skywalker, which fundamentally embodies the saga of &#8220;Star Wars,&#8221; stands tarnished. For this, Disney&#8217;s actions should be deemed unforgivable by fans.
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Jacob Falach is a writer and student in Nashville, TN. You can find him on Instagram at: @jacobfalach
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

How Disney’s Feminist Writers Ruined ‘Star Wars’

How Disney’s Feminist Writers Ruined 'Star Wars'

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Our friend Gina Carano, whom The Daily Wire hired after Disney fired her from “The Mandalorian” for the great sin of saying that people should not dehumanize one another, is suing The Walt Disney Company.
Gina was fired from “The Mandalorian” after she posted a meme saying, essentially, that othering can end with murder. I thought that was a mainstream point of view, but Disney fired her. So, we hired her and she was in “Terror on the Prairie,” a big win for all involved.
According to <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/02/gina-carano-sues-disney-mandalorian-1235816821/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Deadline Hollywood</a>:
<blockquote>Three years after ex-MMA fighter <a href="https://deadline.com/2021/02/mandalorian-gina-carano-lucas-film-responds-to-controversial-statement-1234691898/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carano was axed by the then Bob Chapek-run Disney</a> for comparing the political climate in America to Nazi Germany, Carano on Tuesday sued Disney and Star Wars shingle <a href="https://deadline.com/tag/lucasfilm/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lucasfilm</a> for dropping her from the bounty-hunter series – and the X/Tesla owner is paying for her lawyers.</blockquote>
Elon is paying for her lawyers.
I love it.
According to <a href="https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GinaCarano-v-Disney.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the complaint</a> filed in federal court:
<blockquote>A short time ago in a galaxy not so far away, Defendants made it clear that only one orthodoxy in thought, speech, or action was acceptable in their empire, and that those who dared to question or failed to fully comply would not be tolerated. And so it was with Carano. &#8230; The rule of law still reigns over the Defendants’ empire … and Carano has returned to demand that they be held accountable for their bullying, discriminatory, and retaliatory actions — actions that inflicted not only substantial emotional harm, but millions of dollars in lost income.</blockquote>
You&#8217;ll recall that it was in February 2021, not long after she had been in “The Mandalorian,” that Lucasfilm put out a <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/mandalorian-star-gina-carano-out-lucasfilms-after-abhorrent-social-media-n1257429" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scathing statement</a> on their business with her: “Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future. Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable.”
By the way, there was no social media post denigrating anyone based on cultural or religious identity at all.
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“Defendants also discriminated against Carano by treating her differently from her male co-stars who also made public, political statements on social media,” the lawsuit states.
That is absolutely true. Pedro Pascal, who is the star of “The Mandalorian,” put out a meme basically about how illegal immigrants were being held in detention facilities like concentration camps.
He put out that tweet — nothing.
“Her male co-stars were not disciplined, let alone terminated in a way to destroy their careers even though some would find their statements ‘abhorrent,’” the lawsuit states. The lawsuit notes Pascal’s statements as well as guest star Mark Hamill comparing Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler.
So Carano is amplifying all that. And then Elon Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1754956541252263941" target="_blank" rel="noopener">put out</a> a statement <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-offers-more-legal-support-for-anyone-discriminated-against-by-disney-as-gina-carano-is-cheered-for-her-lawsuit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, “Please let us know if you would like to join the lawsuit against Disney.”
Revenge is best served cold.
Elon tweeted, <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1755007753289134162" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, “If you were discriminated against by Disney or its subsidiaries (ABC, ESPN, Marvel, etc), just reply to this post to receive legal support,” because he received from an anonymous source evidence that showed Disney general entertainment content and inclusion standards that looked like they violated basic civil rights law and seemed to create all sorts of racist hiring practices.
People are going to take him up on that. I would not be surprised to see Disney sued from a thousand different directions over that because DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) must, in fact, die.
Elon is doing God&#8217;s work on that one.

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Gina Carano Sues Disney. Elon Does God’s Work, Pays For Her Lawyers

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Actress Jodie Foster revealed the reason that she passed up an iconic film role — Princess Leia in the original &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; trilogy — during a recent talk show appearance.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jodie-foster-roasts-gen-z-over-really-annoying-workplace-habits" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Foster</a> joined &#8220;The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon&#8221; on Wednesday to promote her new HBO series, &#8220;True Detective: Night Country&#8221; — and Fallon asked her whether it was true that she turned down the role.
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Jodie Foster was almost Princess Leia in <a href="https://twitter.com/starwars?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@starwars</a>! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FallonTonight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FallonTonight</a> <a href="https://t.co/Ac1JVeHJYE">pic.twitter.com/Ac1JVeHJYE</a>
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&#8220;I saw this on the internet, it resurfaced somehow, that you were offered the role of Princess Leia from &#8216;Star Wars,'&#8221; Fallon prompted.
&#8220;I was, yeah. And they were going for a younger, you know, Princess Leia, but I had a conflict,&#8221; Foster said. The actress, now 61, would have been just 15 when the first film was released in 1977.
&#8220;I was doing a Disney movie, and I just didn’t want to pull out of the Disney movie because I was already under contract so I didn’t do it. And you know, they did an amazing job,&#8221; Foster added. &#8220;I don’t know how good I would have been.&#8221;
The Oscar winner went on to say that she might have gone with a different hairstyle if she had taken on the role of Leia, joking, &#8220;I might have gone with a pineapple.&#8221;
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The role of Leia, the princess-turned-general, ultimately went to the late actress Carrie Fisher. Others <a href="https://screenrant.com/star-wars-leia-actors-almost-played/#meryl-streep" target="_blank" rel="noopener">who were considered</a> for the role reportedly included Jane Seymour (&#8220;Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman&#8221;), Geena Davis (&#8220;A League of Their Own&#8221;), Sigourney Weaver (&#8220;Alien&#8221;), and Meryl Streep.
The Disney movie Foster had already committed to was 1977&#8217;s &#8220;Candleshoe.&#8221;

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Jodie Foster Reveals The Reason She Nixed Playing The Iconic Princess Leia

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Feminist director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy said &#8220;it&#8217;s about time&#8221; a woman shaped a &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mark-hamill-uses-star-wars-voice-to-warn-ukrainians-about-air-raid-on-app" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Star Wars</a>&#8221; movie after being picked to head the next one from Disney.
The Pakistan-born filmmaker will head an upcoming untitled film set for a 2026 release that will follow the story of Rey Skywalker, a female Jedi Master, <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/12/31/exp-nye-2024-pakistan-obaid-chinoy-123111aseg3-cnni-world.cnn">CNN</a> reported. She is the first woman and the first person of color to direct a Star Wars movie.
&#8220;I&#8217;m very thrilled about the project because I feel what we&#8217;re about to create is something very special,&#8221; Obaid-Chinoy told the outlet.
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Here’s the feminist director of the next Star Wars film saying that her goal is to “make men uncomfortable.”
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&#8220;We&#8217;re in 2024 now, and it&#8217;s about time that we had a woman come forward to shape a story in a galaxy far, far away,&#8221; she added.
In a viral clip posted on <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1742583950944432607?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a> by The Daily Wire&#8217;s Matt Walsh, Obaid-Chinoy said as a director, &#8220;I like to make men uncomfortable.&#8221;
&#8220;I enjoy making men uncomfortable,&#8221; she added. &#8220;It is important to be able to look into the eyes of man and say &#8216;I am here&#8217; and recognize that. And recognize that I am working to bring something that makes you uncomfortable and it should make you uncomfortable because you need to change your attitude.&#8221;
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&#8220;It&#8217;s only when you&#8217;re uncomfortable, when you&#8217;re shifty, when you have to have difficult conversations, that you will perhaps look at yourself in the mirror and not like the reflection, and then say maybe, &#8216;there is something wrong with the way I think&#8217; or maybe &#8216;there is something wrong with the way I&#8217;m addressing this issue.'&#8221;
Very little is known about the movie other than what Daisy Ridley, who plays Rey Skywalker, shared in November 2023 with <a href="https://collider.com/new-star-wars-movie-daisy-ridley/">Collider.</a>
&#8220;The story is really cool,&#8221; Ridley said. &#8220;I&#8217;m waiting to read a script because, obviously, I don&#8217;t have any other updates. It&#8217;s not what I expected, but I&#8217;m very excited.&#8221;
Later, she told The <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/star-wars-daisy-ridley-lucasfilm-1235671446/">Hollywood Reporter</a>, &#8220;I haven&#8217;t read anything, but I know the story. It&#8217;s really worth telling, worth exploring, and I think people will be excited.&#8221;
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Star Wars Director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Feminist Director Says ‘It’s About Time’ A Woman Shaped A ‘Star Wars’ Film

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Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro blasted the direction the Star Wars franchise is headed under Disney’s Kathleen Kennedy with the announcement of the next movie’s new woman director, calling it another entry in Disney’s “woke universe of nonsense.”
“I&#8217;m a huge Star Wars fan of the original series and even the prequel series, which has grown on me over time, especially in comparison to the garbage that has been churned out by Disney,” he commented, acknowledging, “Disney has done a couple of things that are right, like the stuff that Dave Filoni (the exec producer of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels) is doing over there. That&#8217;s good stuff. Star Wars: Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels is stuff my kids typically like.”
“But Kathleen Kennedy has just destroyed the series,” he charged.  “Star Wars is one of the great IPRs in all of human history, tens of billions of dollars worth of IP. And they&#8217;ve now decided to turn over the universe to a person named Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. So who exactly is this person?”
“She&#8217;s mostly famous for having made a couple of nonfiction documentaries that won Oscars about feminism and anti-feminism in Pakistan, which is fine, but what does that have to do with Star Wars?” he asked. Noting that Obaid-Chinoy was one of the directors of Miss Marvel, the 2022 series from Disney, he pointed out, “No one watched &#8230; no one wanted to watch and no one cared.”
“They&#8217;ve decided to put her in charge of the next Star Wars movie, which will focus in on Rey,” he noted. “You remember Rey? Or maybe you don&#8217;t. She is the star of the last Star Wars trilogy in which they killed off all the characters you love in favor of characters that no one gave any hoots about whatsoever. No one has said the name Poe Dameron in years because no one cares. No one cares about Finn, and barely anyone cares about Rey.”
“So they got rid of all your old favorites or they killed off on uselessly and stupidly. And then they killed off Luke uselessly and stupidly,” he continued. “And then they killed off Leia uselessly and stupidly. And then they added &#8230; characters like Rose, an awful character who annoyed everyone so much that they literally wrote her out of the third movie, &#8216;The Rise of Skywalker.&#8217;”
He suggested handing the movie series to Filoni, saying, “Dave Filoni actually likes the series. Dave Filoni actually likes the characters. Dave Filoni actually understands what he&#8217;s doing in the Star Wars universe and what the universe is all about.”
“Instead, Kathleen Kennedy has hired this documentary filmmaker about the women in Pakistan. Also, she was the first artist to co-chair the World Economic Forum in 2017,” he stated.
Obaid-Chinoy had stated, “You know, I&#8217;m very thrilled about the project because I think what we are about to create is something very special. And we are in 2024 now, and I think it&#8217;s about time that we had a woman come forward to shape the story in a galaxy far, far away.”
“You had a woman who shaped all the stories in the galaxy far, far away. Her name is Kathleen Kennedy, and she sucks. She&#8217;s awful,” Shapiro declared. “In any fair universe, she would have been fired.”
“We don&#8217;t need a woman waiting to be saved by a man,” Shapiro said, saying that for the Disney execs, “Equity is the only thing that matters. Equity, equity, equity. We need a woman directing. How about you just make a good Star Wars film? What do you guys do for a living?”
“The answer is they please themselves,” Shapiro stated. “They please themselves on the stakeholder dime. That&#8217;s what they do because they like stakeholder capitalism. The World Economic Forum preaches it, after all &#8230; everyone in the world can be changed by entertainment.”
“That’s why you hire directors who have no history of directing anything good in this sphere and then decide that the way that you&#8217;re going to do this is by putting them in charge of the single most lucrative IP in probably all of human history,” he said.
“So slow clap for Kathleen Kennedy. She&#8217;s done it once again,” he concluded.

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‘What Do You Guys Do For A Living?’: Shapiro Blasts Disney Exec’s New Woke Agenda For Star Wars

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gina-carano-reacts-after-seeing-emotional-sound-of-freedom-film-calls-on-everyone-to-see-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gina Carano</a> absolutely skewered the president of Lucasfilm Kathleen Kennedy in response to what she called a &#8220;hilarious episode&#8221; of &#8220;South Park&#8221; that blamed the executive for recent Disney box office flops.
In a lengthy post on <a href="https://x.com/ginacarano/status/1718115256055267802?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a>, the 41-year-old actress — who was dropped by Disney in February 2021 over social media posts the company deemed offensive — praised the latest episode from &#8220;South Park&#8221; creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker titled &#8220;Joining the Panderverse.&#8221; In the episode, Kennedy is destroyed for taking successful films and recycling them except with minority women and woke characters.
The clip shows one part of the episode in which a group of Disney executives tell Disney CEO Bob Iger, &#8220;We don&#8217;t understand it, sir. We keep making the same movie over and over and pandering to everyone, but suddenly it&#8217;s not working.&#8221;
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This is the part where KK demands any YouTubers get censored off of YouTube for sharing and laughing at this hilarious episode, she’ll have YouTube disable the thumbs down option because of the ratio she’ll receive, then she’ll have her publicist ghouls make sure Variety and… <a href="https://t.co/CMgASHQBgz">https://t.co/CMgASHQBgz</a>
— Gina Carano 🕯 (@ginacarano) <a href="https://twitter.com/ginacarano/status/1718115256055267802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 28, 2023</a></blockquote>
Iger replied, &#8220;Then we&#8217;ve got to pander harder!&#8221; The episode&#8217;s version of Kennedy later shared that Iger had showed them an ancient Disney artifact, called the &#8220;panderstone,&#8221; that will make the &#8220;same movie over and over again while appealing to everyone.&#8221; However, it turned out Kennedy turned the stone too many times and ended up tearing a hole in the multiverse.
&#8220;This is the part where KK[Kennedy] demands any YouTubers get censored off of YouTube for sharing and laughing at this hilarious episode,&#8221; Carano wrote in response to the clip.
&#8220;She&#8217;ll [Kennedy] have YouTube disable the thumbs down option because of the ratio she&#8217;ll receive, then she&#8217;ll have her publicist ghouls make sure Variety and Hollywood Reporter run hit pieces about the South Park creators and their families smearing their names through every useful idiot she has under her thumb who would sell their soul to work for Lucas film,&#8221; she added.
&#8220;She&#8217;ll activate her online mob to repeat that the South Park creators are racist, bigot, transphobes, and demand the South Park creators publicly apologize by only using words she approves of and finally she&#8217;ll demand they subject themselves to a re-education course of 45 people in the LBGTQ community zoom call to sit there and listen of how badly they got their feelings hurt all over a little boop of a South Park episode,&#8221; Carano continued.
&#8220;Maybe just maybe the jig is up,&#8221; Carano concluded her post.
After being dropped by Disney, Carano&#8217;s first feature film was with The Daily Wire — &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/with-terror-on-the-prairie-gina-carano-takes-on-the-entertainment-establishment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Terror On The Prairie</a>.&#8221; The film marked the epic comeback for the former star after she was cut from Lucasfilm&#8217;s popular series &#8220;The Mandalorian&#8221; over several social media posts that were called offensive by some.

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Gina Carano Skewers Disney’s Kathleen Kennedy Over Hilarious ‘South Park’ Send-Up

Gina Carano Skewers Disney's Kathleen Kennedy Over Hilarious 'South Park' Send-Up

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