It was a non-Force-sensitive character who said it.The problem is that if you change the way the Force works and then you put such a provocative message spoken by a prominent old Star Wars character in your new film, you are directly calling out the old fans and rubbing it in their face that you have changed their beloved universe.
It's kind-of fun to see Han Solo of all "people" talk as if he knows how the Force works.
Certainly after all his cynicism about it in the Original Trilogy.
But just like with Kylo Ren's quote, I would consider the validity of the source.
And actually, in that particular in-film context, it seemed to fit and made sense to me.
Plus it was fairly funny, I thought.
There are plenty of criticisms I can think of levelling against the Disney Star Wars era.
This isn't one of them though. Not for me anyway.
That'd be a first for me!You're focusing too much on the details and not seeing the bigger picture.
Usually big picture is the first thing I see.
"The making of the Star Wars prequels" did the same thing.And there is no denying that these actions have directly contributed to the segregation of the fandom and the toxicity now brewing in the fandom.
I don't blame them for reacting and I never will.You can't blame the old fans for reacting, for defending their heroes, their culture, and their beliefs.
They've got their rights to their opinions.
But as much as it might feel different, in truth those heroes were never "theirs".
And the culture and beliefs around those characters differ from person to person.
What I do blame the fans for is the level of toxicity that they go to.
Reference to the Buccaneer's Reef?If, as a prominent publisher, I start to distribute pirate stories that speak badly in their depictions and themes about the PiratesAhoy! legacy, website, and community, and then when the community is provoked/enraged, I start calling them names in public media, stigmatising them, and continuing to provoke, hurt, and insult them through the content I produce, I am far from innocent, and I am responsible for what happens.
Isn't that kind-of what Disney themselves did with the fifth movie?Imagine if I created a Pirates of the Caribbean movie in which I turned Jack Sparrow into an uncharacteristically useless, wannabe, pathetic character, who no longer knows how to swing a sword or how to be witty, who no longer wanted to sail, and then, in the same movie, I made one of the characters make an arrogant, direct reference to how Jack has forever changed, how useless he is compared to the other, so-much-better new characters, and imply how the world is better off without him.
That one literally goes against something established in the second.
The reason seems simple: there isn't a singular vision of malice at all.
It's people being people.
Or, more accurately, flawed people being flawed people.
I feel a need to say that you oppose propaganda; yet a page like Disney Star Wars is Dumb effectively has propaganda as its name.Disney has in fact been engaged in bullying the old fans from the start: (deliberately) emotionally provoking them and then verbally and emotionally abusing them, and encouraging the same behaviour in their followers -- leading by example.
No balanced perspective can be expected there.
As contrast, here are two articles about Disney Star Wars that I read in the past two days:
'The Rise of Skywalker': The Heartwarming Reason Daisy Ridley Loved Her Bizarre Wrap Gift from J.J. Abrams
Disney+ Releases Score-Only Version Of ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ On Its Streaming Service
They both acknowledge the less-than-perfect bits, but have good in there too.
And certainly for a John Williams fan like myself, that second one is pretty darn good news!
I've heard some rumours about that before.Disney did exactly this kind of misappropriation with [...] Mulan
Not knowing the details, I am going to assume that it is true and it could've been more culturally appropriate than it was.
Still, it's the ONLY Disney animated musical that I actually like. And I like it A LOT!
As far as I'm concerned, taken on its own merits and unhindered by any prior knowledge, I reckon it is a good film.
I got the impression they genuinely tried to be more appropriate there than they have been in the past.most recently Moana
I'll be curious to see what happens with the 2020 live-action remake of Mulan:
That'll be a bit of a make-or-break for me!
I love the original and think it is a PERFECT film to turn into live-action.
Much more so than "The Lion King" or "Beauty and the Beast".
So far I've enjoyed the life-action remakes, while again acknowledging that they're not perfect either.
Certainly those two I mentioned felt relatively on the pointless side.
But I watched "Aladdin" a few days back and, after hearing quite a bit of bad press, was pleasantly surprised by it.
All of those have the bonus though that I didn't much care about the originals.
Not so with Mulan. That one deserves to be done RIGHT!
And I am not at all sure I can trust "Disney" to actually pull that off.
They're already at a disadvantage that the music by Jerry Goldsmith was EPIC, but he is no longer around to do the new one.
They hired Harry Gregson-Williams instead, who most certainly can do a very good job as well.
I'll be very, very curious to see though what it turns out like.
Anything could happen...
All I can say is: I dearly loved Star Wars. In fact, I still do.Anyone who dearly loved the old Star Wars, the Lucasverse, soon found themselves marginalised, publically attacked in the media, and socially discriminated against and persecuted in mainstream Star Wars fan communities.
I'll admit I never got completely swallowed by the EU, but I read more than my fair share of books and watched the entirety of The Clone Wars.
I dare say that makes me a bigger-than-average fan.
I never felt marginalised or publicly attacked by Disney.
I haven't been very active in mainstream Star Wars fan communities, but I've watched all sorts of recent YouTube videos, looked at some Reddits, even dared venture into the depths of some comment sections.
And I've been debating it on the John Williams Fan Network forum too (especially recently after the release of TROS).
There's clearly PLENTY of discrimination and persecution going on there.
I managed to avoid being too much on the receiving end of it, but I have zero doubt that it happens.
And I am really sorry you got the short end of that stick.
You don't deserve to. Nobody does.
So if you want to talk excitedly about what you love about old Star Wars, you are very welcome to do so here!
You might even excite me enough to look closer into it again myself.
There's plenty there still left to be explored for me.