[DiogenesLamp]

But I don't think one can blame whatever's wrong in the current series on political correctness. Make everybody White and the movies wouldn't be any better.

No, they wouldn't, but that doesn't mean political correctness did not contribute quite a lot to how bad they were.

I don't think female warriors resonate with the 14 year old boy demographic, (which is supposedly the target audience for this sort of stuff) at least not in the way of "I want to be like her."

Boys want to see heroes that they can imagine are them. They want to be inspired by someone for whom they can suspend disbelief that they are not this person doing heroic deeds on the screen.

[RinaseaofDs]

If Leia would have suddenly popped in a small, soundless pink mist as she got blown out into space during the slow speed chase, it would have improved things.

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It seems like I read an article in which George Lucas is quoted as saying he modeled the rebels after the Viet Cong. Are you saying this is disputed?

I'm not saying anything was disputed. I'm saying that there was always politics of a sort in the movies and people always saw politics in the movies.

I don't think female warriors resonate with the 14 year old boy demographic, (which is supposedly the target audience for this sort of stuff) at least not in the way of "I want to be like her."

Is that the only way things resonate? I never wanted to be Luke Skywalker or Princess Leia or even Han Solo, but I still enjoyed the pictures. If enough things get blown up it hardly matters which good guy does it.