I love Star Wars for its whole escapist space fantasy schtick. While several people have been complaining that it should have gone darker, that really isn’t what I want personally. Star Wars has always been heroes being heroic, villains being villainous and stories that may involve hardship and tragedy but where those fighting on the side of good can triumph in the end and even a villain might find redemption.
That’s probably what didn’t sit right with me with Rogue One, as it felt odd to put a story which says “it isn’t that clear cut, people do bad things for good reasons and a noble cause won’t mean a happy ending” into a universe which has spent 40 years saying the opposite.
Tom_W1987 – Member
Plenty of good sci fi that has strong women leads, Star Wars EP8 wasn’t one of them. In fact, I’d say it does women a disservice – it’s saying that if women want to join the military they’ll still want to keep their cutesy pink hair and nails. Hardly bringing down stereotypes.
Never mind Rose, her sister and the A Wing pilot, eh? Also weren’t there a few women on the First Order bridges?
If episodes VII and VIII wanted to seem more politically prescient, they should have had the First Order being run by a bunch of disaffected late middle aged guys who wanted to make the galaxy great again, rather than a couple of kids who idolised a brutal regime they have no personal memory of. And Snoke should have had ridiculous hair. 🙂