A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…people could enjoy a movie without liberals injecting their politics into it.
It’s too late for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, whose writer contentiously tweeted in the wake of Donald Trump’s election, “Please note that the Empire is a white supremacist (human) organization.” Original story creator Gary Whitta then responded to the tweet, “Opposed by a multicultural group led by brave women,” according to an article on the feminist news site The Mary Sue. Weitz and Whitta deleted their tweets after outrage from the Twittersphere.
Writer Maddy Myers titled the November 21 article, “Will Rogue One Appeal to Trump Supporters? Probably Not…Which Poses a Problem for Disney’s Bottom Line.”
Myers remarked that market analysts divined that the writers deleted their tweets due to Disney preferring to “leave politics out of a product.” Considering the American space epic has a global fandom, voicing political preferences might not serve well for the franchise.
“Parallels between the Empire and white supremacy is, apparently, something that goes too far,” lamented Myers. She added that it’s “almost impossible to remove the political aspects of Star Wars” as it has always espoused an “anti-imperialist” and “anti-totalitarian” message. Exactly, Star Wars has always been a warning against concentrated power in the hands of a large government.
Weitz also shared a picture of the Star Wars rebellion symbol with a safety pin on it, a symbol that lets minorities and LGBTQ people know that a person is a “safe space.” The picture was captioned, “Star Wars against hate. Spread it.”
After deleting the tweet, Weitz tweeted, “My apologies. You have a right to enjoy it as you wish; and I don’t wish to harm my colleagues’ work either.”
A New Hope: that one day people can watch a movie without a liberal ruining it.
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