Posted on 06/05/2018 6:05:26 PM PDT by EdnaMode
The author of the Star Wars: Aftermath trilogy, Chuck Wendig, went on a Twitter rant against Star Wars fans, calling them #GamerGate, #ComicsGate, MRAs, Incels and white supremacists.
He started off the rant on May 31st, 2018, exclaiming that he went down a rabbit hole of crappy Star Wars fans after they threatened to boycott his upcoming book and were glad Solo: A Star Wars Story tanked at the box office.
Chuck Wendig ✔ @ChuckWendig I help I fell down a weird rabbit hole of [expletive] Star Wars fans
oh my god these people
Chuck Wendig ✔@ChuckWendig What a weird thing to be a fan of a thing you so obviously despise.
There’s a string of tweets from Wendig, as he unloads on the very people that help make the fandom what it is, writing in succession…
“Here’s what happened, for context: some numbnuts tagged me into some thing about boycotting my upcoming Darth Vader annual issue (out in August!), and there… I saw some [expletive]
“Current idea is that SOLO is “tanking” — I guess by having the fourth biggest opening in 2018 so far — because of SUPERFANS who so hated the Last Jedi so bad that their magic hate powers caused a sorcerous boycott of SOLO.
“And that’s astonishingly goofy on so many levels.
“First, that fans — again, FANS! — are happy — HAPPY!? — that Star Wars is faring poorly. It’s like rooting for your own child to fail. It’s like hoping your own puppy falls down some steps. It’s so weird.
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Keep talking. Love it.
A New Hope indeed.
You dont like what we are shoving down your throat about a storyline OTHERS BEFORE US made you love?
How dare you!
This time, WE are the rebels.
Its funny when the Empire folks run around thinking THEY are the rebels.
Has he stopped beating his husband?
I’m a big Star Wars fan and I think he’s right. Not about white supremacy, but about Solo. Fans killed a good movie without even seeing it. It was very unfair.
Isn’t he the same guy who accused his critics of the first Aftermath trilogy book of being the Empire and homophobes, while likewise implying the Empire was homophobic (which actually is false, at least under the Disney rendition, due to Lords of the Sith actually having an openly lesbian moff who is “married”)?
Yeah, wasn’t fond of his entries (and I really hated how he ruined Palpatine there. I’m sorry, but I fail to see how a guy who literally tried to goad two people into committing cold blooded murder against him specifically to turn them to the dark side, and later implied when dueling Yoda that he not only was expecting Vader to surpass even himself, let alone Yoda, but if anything was looking forward to it, would just try to blow up his own Empire post-mortem simply because he died prematurely.).
All I can say to him is, can it, unless you want Disney’s brand to tank even further by alienating your customers, in which case, be my guest.
See folks? They hate you. But they want you to willingly fork over your money to them. Please stop. Stars Wars is not worth it.
JoMa
I have not seen the last 3 but the first 3 really did have very few Blacks. Not that, that fact should be all that unusual.
From what I have read, the last 3 have become extremely leftist in every way.
“Also, [Diana in Wisconsin] is a fan of ONLY the original trilogy and doesn’t consider the Disney movies to be Star Wars films.”
Amen!
P.S. Disney is evil. EVIL. Boycott them any way you can.
I also liked the movie. And, I was biased going in because of the negative press.
Not every movie can be like losing your virginity. Sometimes, it’s just a good ride.
To be fair, Solo kind of had it coming after Kasdan Jr. and Donald Glover stated right before release that Lando Calrissian was pansexual and implied it would actually factor into the film’s plot. And that’s of course ignoring The Last Jedi (which I personally consider slightly better than The Force Awakens, although only because unlike The Force Awakens it wasn’t a straight-up remake of The Empire Strikes Back, but I digress...).
What you said. +1,000,0000
Bizarre - but it does make me glad I’m not a Star Wars fan.....
>>I’m a big Star Wars fan and I think he’s right. Not about white supremacy, but about Solo. Fans killed a good movie without even seeing it. It was very unfair.
It wasn’t unfair. Disney has killed the franchise but it has the resources to keep milking the cow to death. Only the fans can give it the merciful death it deserves because Disney is not going to make it right again.
I think fans killed the movie because they've finally gotten sick of the leftist corporations turning around and donating their profits to our destruction.
Quit giving money to Disney.
Fourth biggest opening? What were production costs?
I had the screener for a few days as I have connections in my line of work with the Dis Me folks. It’s “OK”. Usually my lefty radar would go off, but it wasn’t like I was watching an Oliver Stone film expecting a hard left movie.
I would rather wait for the torrent and download it than pay for it. Just sayin as I know a lot of Freepers wont give their money to Dis Me..
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