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Star Wars Author Chuck Wendig Calls Star Wars Fans White Supremacists
One Angry Gamer ^ | June 4, 2018 | Billy D.

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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TOPICS: Books/Literature; Chit/Chat; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: chuckwendig; lucasfilm; stardouches; starwars; wending
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To: EdnaMode

Hollywood Hates America and the American way of life


21 posted on 06/05/2018 6:24:11 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: joma89
They hate you. But they want you to willingly fork over your money to them

How else are they supposed to Fund their Jihad against America if the serfs don't pay??
22 posted on 06/05/2018 6:26:07 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I think it was over $200 million.


23 posted on 06/05/2018 6:26:36 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: max americana
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..

Yepper. Hollyweird smack talks the conservative wing all the time. Sure makes it unlikely they will get any money from those who know how to avoid letting their cash make it to their pocket. No popcorn for the Dis Me gang.

24 posted on 06/05/2018 6:31:50 PM PDT by Boomer (Leftism is the Moral Equivalent of the Plague)
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To: EdnaMode
"Aftermath invited controversy for its inclusion of a gay man as a lead character.": Chuck Wendig
25 posted on 06/05/2018 6:33:29 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: otness_e

Yes, same guy.


26 posted on 06/05/2018 6:34:41 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: EdnaMode

He must have felt a disturbance in the force.


27 posted on 06/05/2018 6:42:55 PM PDT by Tai_Chung
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To: EdnaMode

Who’s the bigger fool? The white supremacist fans or the one that writes the stories that attract the white supremacist fans?


28 posted on 06/05/2018 6:44:03 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: EdnaMode

I just thought they were nerds.


29 posted on 06/05/2018 6:45:50 PM PDT by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the 0zarks)
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To: EdnaMode

The very 1st Star Wars Movie was that incredible. What was that, 1977?! Now a day I wait 6 months and rent at Red Box for 2 dollars. And it is like, gee that was boring. And that is for just about for every movie...no matter what. A lot of times I would rather watch reruns of Wagon Train and Rawhide than to bother with today’s Hollywood.


30 posted on 06/05/2018 6:46:54 PM PDT by Trumpet 1 (US Constitution is my guide.)
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To: Fedora
One fan's response to Chuck Wendig
31 posted on 06/05/2018 6:47:22 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: EdnaMode

Well that will sure help bring them into theaters to see that lame latest Star Wars drek.


32 posted on 06/05/2018 6:48:17 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Yeah, it’s disappointing how badly they treat their customers.


33 posted on 06/05/2018 6:51:47 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

““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.”

And attacking your fans, calling them white supremacists, isn’t weird? It’s like taking a half a billion $$ and setting it ablaze.


34 posted on 06/05/2018 6:56:26 PM PDT by Heart of Georgia (truth will trump their lies)
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To: EdnaMode

You stated original trilogy. Then you mention Disney.

I don’t much care for anything BUT the OT; not huge on those “pre-quels” by Lucas either.

And now more and more we’re hearing from Lucas that it really is about the mean old evil US against the nice freedom-fighting VietCong. Too bad that’s NOT the way we view it. Much like “Patton” was spectacularly bad at putting Patton in a negative light.


35 posted on 06/05/2018 7:20:31 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Heart of Georgia

He could have said a lot of different things to ‘criticize’ the fans, but he chose to call them White Supremacists. That, in my opinion, gives significant insight into what is going on in his head, and what he thinks about a significant number of the people who have made him wealthy. In reality, it is he who is the idiot, as he doesn’t even understand what made the Star Wars movies popular in the first place. He doesn’t seem to get it, but this hasn’t stopped him from looking down his nose and judging.

At some point in the course of our nation, people began to equate ‘intelligence’ and knowledge with whether or not a person acts in a specific way, and regurgitates a specific set of ‘acceptable’ opinions. What the self-proclaimed intelligentsia doesn’t understand is that knowing which utensil to use in a restaurant, what wine pairings are acceptable, the difference between Stilton and Gorgonzola, and spouting the same old sophomore year sociology beliefs and diatribes does not make you smarter, more creative, or your opinions more valid and valuable than those who work with their hands and can’t tell you what the plot of Othello is.


36 posted on 06/05/2018 7:40:31 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: max americana
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.

I may spend $4-$5 for a digital copy.

37 posted on 06/05/2018 8:17:15 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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To: freepertoo
Solo was one of the worst films I didn't walk out on. It was ghastly - no coherent story, ridiculous plot, no soul, mindless action, no reason to care about any of the characters, and certainly not the SJW robot.

It deserves the scorn that many are directing its way.

38 posted on 06/05/2018 8:27:33 PM PDT by corkoman
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To: max americana
I would rather wait for the torrent and download it than pay for it.

I don't do the Torrent thing as the Government has hacked it and track people downloading copyright stuff.

I still want to find that HD version of the original Star Wars movie that was made a couple years ago. It was made by SW fans and is somehow from the very original film before it became Episode IV. I have a VHS copy of that original movie and it doesn't have the Episode IV on the opening scroll. I really would like the HD version as Lucas changed so much of it and turned it into a partial PC product.

39 posted on 06/05/2018 8:31:52 PM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: corkoman

It basically made Han Solo a pussy chaser. Everything he did was motivated by that. The woman he cared about was just an opportunistic female that did whatever/whoever was in her best interest at the moment.

Not good if you want to have a manly, likeable rogue.


40 posted on 06/05/2018 8:51:09 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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