Star Wars discussion

[Jetthebinturong]

Oh right the Poe/Finn thing. Yeah, that's almost certainly not going to happen, it's just wishful thinking on some fans' part. Obviously Finn is going to end up with Rey; that's the one thing we know for sure about these movies.

[Tam and Martin]

Yah, well there was even some talk about luke being the same way.

[Jetthebinturong]

There was?

Even if they were to go that route, I don't think they'd say so because if they didn't they'd reach a much larger demo and get much more money. I really think it would be terrible marketing strategy to reveal whatever "objectionable" content you were going to have in your film.

And are we forgetting that Luke kissed his sister several times?

[Jukka the Sling]

Mark Hamill apparently said something once to the effect of, "Who knows, Luke could be bi or something since his love life wasn't exactly explored."  I doubt that'll happen, though.

[Tam and Martin]

I doubt it will ever happen as well. Some people were suggesting that since he did love leah, then found out they were siblings, he wasn't inetersted in girls anymore so he went bi or something along that line. I thing there is also going to be something with a female villain that is married to another female in the movie though. Never heard more on it though.

[Jetthebinturong]

... Went bi?

Okay then.

I think there's a negligible chance of any of this happening.

[Jukka the Sling]

@Tam:  Ohhh, yeah, that female villain.  She's not in the movies, though; she's in one of the new EU books, and as far as I know she isn't actually married or whatever.  I saw a headline about that early last year and assumed for ages that it was referring to the movie, but it's really only a book.

[Tam and Martin]

@Jet, to be honest, I don't know how all that works. I will say that I know for sure I am NOT bi so i can't say i know how other people think they are or how they do think if they are bi.

I really hope they just stay away from it.

@ Jukka, yeah something like that. This is just all I've heard. I don't know how true any of it is.

[Jukka the Sling]

Disney's all about money, so they proooobably won't do anything too overt lest they alienate some of their fans.  I do wonder if they're gonna make just Poe homosexual, though.  I heard the actor might've played him as though he was, but without anyone else's knowledge?  (Anyone else have an opinion on this?)

[Søren]

I have no idea about Poe, but I agree that they won't risk alienating anyone. They seemed to stick really close to the norm, considering how TFA almost mirrored ANH.
But if either of them is gonna be, it'd be Poe. Finn needs to get with Rey. Just saying.

[Jukka the Sling]

@Soren:  So, would you still go see the next movie even if Poe was subtly that way?  Just wondering.  For me, it would depend on several variables.

[Søren]

Perhaps, it would depend. I don't know. ¯\_(?)_/¯

So, I got TFA.

[Jukka the Sling]

^ Cool!

So, what do you guys think of the Rogue One teaser trailer?  I have mixed feelings about it.  While definitely exciting, it seems to me that they're making it a bit modern, for lack of a better word.  (Also, the main character kind of looks like Katniss Everdeen, and many of the YouTube comments were saying that it felt like another Hunger Games movie.)  I feel like they're trying to tick all the boxes of political correctness.  "Let's have a kick-butt female as the lead, and let's have an Asian guy, a black guy, and a Hispanic guy as her team members!  Now everyone can see how inclusive Star Wars is!  Yay!"

Not that there's anything wrong with Hispanics or blacks or tough women or anything.  But really.

[Søren]

@Jukka the Sling As a half-Hispanic, I'm offended. (Just kidding. )

I think it looks awesome! I didn't see a Hispanic. Anyway, I loved Rey and Finn as lead characters in TFA, and I think this will also be awesome. And why not have them in lead roles? You're a sci fi series that has aliens, you're already really diverse. You even transcend the boundaries of mankind.

[Jetthebinturong]

The fact that it looks overly politically correct is the thing; it shouldn't. There shouldn't be any surprise when none of the leads of a film are white men, it shouldn't matter.

I will conclude that Rebel Woman looks like Katniss, but acts a lot more awesome in the trailer than Katniss did in any of the books or any of the trailers I've seen for the HG movies.