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Well, Stan Lee is Jewish. "JJ Abrams" sounds pretty Jewish. It's a conspiracy!
I threw Abrams in there because a few people with no lives thought it was outrageous that a stormtrooper could be black in the new Star Wars movie and that it meant he supported white genocide. (In movies with Yoda, Chewbacca, fish headed aliens, Ewoks, Jabba the Hutt, jawas, sand people, etc, they're outraged a storm trooper is black???)
I threw Abrams in there because a few people with no lives thought it was outrageous that a stormtrooper could be black in the new Star Wars movie and that it meant he supported white genocide. (In movies with Yoda, Chewbacca, fish headed aliens, Ewoks, Jabba the Hutt, jawas, sand people, etc, they're outraged a storm trooper is black???)
The first semi-legitimate question about that was the confusion of "Stormtrooper" and "Clone Trooper." Easily made if one hadn't been paying attention: After the Republic was replaced by the Empire, the clone troopers were retired and replaced with naturally born Storm Troopers. In fact, last week's episode of the canon "Star Wars: Rebels" explicitly spelled it out. A character made a the Stormtrooper/Clone Trooper error and was very clearly corrected on the difference.
The first semi-legitimate question about that was the confusion of "Stormtrooper" and "Clone Trooper." Easily made if one hadn't been paying attention: After the Republic was replaced by the Empire, the clone troopers were retired and replaced with naturally born Storm Troopers. In fact, last week's episode of the canon "Star Wars: Rebels" explicitly spelled it out. A character made a the Stormtrooper/Clone Trooper error and was very clearly corrected on the difference.
it caused a lot of outrage when the first trailer showed a stormtrooper taking off his helmet and he was (gasp) black!
well, maybe not a lot of outrage, but a small and very vocal group of people with too much time on their hands were outraged by this alleged travesty.
(and, the original clone from the movies - Jango Fett - was based on a brown-ish skinned guy from New Zealand of Maori descent, no?)
it caused a lot of outrage when the first trailer showed a stormtrooper taking off his helmet and he was (gasp) black!
well, maybe not a lot of outrage, but a small and very vocal group of people with too much time on their hands were outraged by this alleged travesty.
(and, the original clone from the movies - Jango Fett - was based on a brown-ish skinned guy from New Zealand of Maori descent, no?)
I stipulated "semi-legitimate."
For people who thought the Imperial troopers were still the Jango Fett clones, it was a legitimate question. The appearance of Jango Fett and the clones had been well established in both the prequel movies and the canon animated "Star Wars: Clone Wars." But as I've said, the Empire had begun using naturally born Stormtroopers long before Episode 4. Knowing that, a Stormtrooper could be any color.
Being upset merely because he was black instead of white was not a "legitimate" Star Wars question.
For people who thought the Imperial troopers were still the Jango Fett clones, it was a legitimate question. The appearance of Jango Fett and the clones had been well established in both the prequel movies and the canon animated "Star Wars: Clone Wars." But as I've said, the Empire had begun using naturally born Stormtroopers long before Episode 4. Knowing that, a Stormtrooper could be any color.
Being upset merely because he was black instead of white was not a "legitimate" Star Wars question.
The non clone Stormtrooper is from the expanded universe, now known as "legends" and not really canon.
I honestly don't mind, I've dated black girls and honestly race isn't an issue to me. Plus ebven if the stormtroopers were still the clones in the original trilogy, I am sure the Camino facility was shut down by the new republic in the thirty something years in canon the new movies are time jumping.
What I honestly think was the case is that there were people complaining about a diverse cast for Star Wars while many movies have been branded as whitewashing roles, in particularly the more recent Egyptian movies like Exodus: Gods & Kings and the new one that Lionsgate released and then apologized over. Some people just want to see white men be the main stars, I don't care personally. AA black Nick Fury works as well as a white Nick Fury, well maybe a bit better based on who was cast for that role. I honestly don't know a white guy with the commanding presence and ability to speak on screen that Samuel L. Jackson has.
The non clone Stormtrooper is from the expanded universe, now known as "legends" and not really canon.
"Star Wars: Rebels" is canon, and just last week they explicitly stated that the Republic's Clone Troopers were clones but the Empire's Stormtroopers are not clones.
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What I honestly think was the case is that there were people complaining about a diverse cast for Star Wars while many movies have been branded as whitewashing roles, in particularly the more recent Egyptian movies like Exodus: Gods & Kings and the new one that Lionsgate released and then apologized over. Some people just want to see white men be the main stars, I don't care personally. AA black Nick Fury works as well as a white Nick Fury, well maybe a bit better based on who was cast for that role. I honestly don't know a white guy with the commanding presence and ability to speak on screen that Samuel L. Jackson has.
The black Nick Fury first appeared in the comics in 2001 as one of the "alternate world" Marvel heroes. In fact, very early on the comic character was designed to look like Samuel L. Jackson while the movies were still a gleam in Stan Lee's eye.
"Star Wars: Rebels" is canon, and just last week they explicitly stated that the Republic's Clone Troopers were clones but the Empire's Stormtroopers are not clones.
The whole thing was that the initial stuff came from the expanded universe novels which were not canon. I didn't realize Rebels used that too....
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The black Nick Fury first appeared in the comics in 2001 as one of the "alternate world" Marvel heroes. In fact, very early on the comic character was designed to look like Samuel L. Jackson while the movies were still a gleam in Stan Lee's eye.
The movies weren't a dream and Stan Lee was afigure-head by that point with several restructurings going on at Marvel during the 1990's. I do know the story of the Ultimates Nick Fury being Jackson but my point is they could have easily chosen to take a white actor to be Fury based on the 616 Fury look. That said, Marvel did get a good amount of money off selling their rights to different studios but nothing compared to the amount from Marvel Studios.
The whole thing was that the initial stuff came from the expanded universe novels which were not canon. I didn't realize Rebels used that too....
The movies weren't a dream and Stan Lee was afigure-head by that point with several restructurings going on at Marvel during the 1990's. I do know the story of the Ultimates Nick Fury being Jackson but my point is they could have easily chosen to take a white actor to be Fury based on the 616 Fury look. That said, Marvel did get a good amount of money off selling their rights to different studios but nothing compared to the amount from Marvel Studios.
You realize "gleam in the eye" is a common figure of speech that just means "a long time ago," right?
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