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I Hate Star Wars!; Sue the Saga!
Topic Started: Mar 27 2012, 06:38 AM (6,628 Views)
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Conflict resolved.

Now get the Hell out of our Galaxy!
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Apr 10 2012, 07:09 PM
Knights of the Old Republic and associated games.
I played both KOTOR games, and saw nothing even remotely homophobic in them. In fact, one of the characters- Juhani- is apparently a lesbian and thus not someone you'd be seeing in a homophobic game.
Also, the company that made the first KOTOR- Bioware- has allowed for same sex relationships in a number of its games.

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Interviews about the second movie, as well as his personal control of the Expanded Universe media in regards to "unorthodox sexuality", in his own words.


OK, that's a better example. If Lucas had said such things, it would have been rather inappropriate for him.
However, I don't think Lucas is a homophone. Firstly, I hear he actually was one of the many who fought for the right to gay marriage in California. Secondly, some of the actors in the Star Wars movies, such as Hayden Christiansen (Anakin Skywalker) and Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) were gay, and it seems doubtful a homophobe would hire gay actors to play such important roles.

Furthermore, while there are no obviously gay characters in the Star Wars movies, there are some gay characters in the Expanded Universe material. As well as Juhani from KOTOR, we also have a Mandalorian gay couple- Goran Beviin and Medrit Vasur.
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I don't think Lucas is a Homophone. I can't think of any other meanings.
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I don't think Lucas is a Homophone. I can't think of any other meanings.
Is there really any other word related to George Lucas?
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You'll need to be more specific. You didn't even say which game(s), let alone which incident(s).


Knights of the Old Republic and associated games.

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Again, be more specific.


Interviews about the second movie, as well as his personal control of the Expanded Universe media in regards to "unorthodox sexuality", in his own words.

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I think John's overreacting a bit... Jabba isn't bisexual at all; he can switch genders. As for the lack of LGBT characters, the issue hasn't come up at all in the films (or the expanded universe, to my knowledge). It's kind of like saying that Farscape is racist because none of the main characters are black.


Lucas said he had male pleasure slaves as well.
Uh, did you not read what was said? Jabba can switch genders, so he would quite likely have male pleasure slaves. Pointing that out doesn't nullify the point made.
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You'll need to be more specific. You didn't even say which game(s), let alone which incident(s).


Knights of the Old Republic and associated games.

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Again, be more specific.


Interviews about the second movie, as well as his personal control of the Expanded Universe media in regards to "unorthodox sexuality", in his own words.

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I think John's overreacting a bit... Jabba isn't bisexual at all; he can switch genders. As for the lack of LGBT characters, the issue hasn't come up at all in the films (or the expanded universe, to my knowledge). It's kind of like saying that Farscape is racist because none of the main characters are black.


Lucas said he had male pleasure slaves as well.
Uh, did you not read what was said? Jabba can switch genders, so he would quite likely have male pleasure slaves. Pointing that out doesn't nullify the point made.
>Implying he needs to switch sex in order to enjoy the male slaves.
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I don't think Lucas is a Homophone.
Homophone? A gay telephone? Or a telephone only to be used by homosexuals? Have we started segregating homosexuals now? I thought my country stopped doing that.
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Homophone is a word that sounds like another, but is spelled differently.

Like they're/their/there, pair/pear, and Fakey/Wiseass.
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Argh...one little spelling mistake and I accidentally end up practically creating a new topic on the thread.

Anyway, my point above still stands. There are gay actors in the Star Wars movies and gay characters in the Expanded Universe material. These things throw a wrench into Faa's earlier accusations of homophobia (though to his credit, he seems to have retracted at least parts of his accusations).
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They don't have to be spelled differently. I fired an arrow from my bow and it struck the bow of the SS Rose, then I rose up and walked away.
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They don't have to be spelled differently. I fired an arrow from my bow and it struck the bow of the SS Rose, then I rose up and walked away.
Aren't those homonyms?

Eh, well, considering what the threads about:

I hate George Lucas. I hate the exapanded universe. I hate the fanatic fans even more.

I like Star Wars though. I mean, it could have been better. Leiah (sp?) would have made a better protagonist then Luke, or Han Solo, and the end of the first trilogy left a bit to be desired. Beyond that Star Wars is a pretty good movie series.

Also, and I know I'll wake up with a bloody horse's head in my bed tomorrow for saying this, the prequels were good with a much more satisfying ending. Anakin the emo turning into a bad ass was fun to watch and the historical parallels was done in a breathtaking way that sadly went over a lot of people's heads (I sound so arrogant saying that:) ). Compared to Luke's pathetic bsing around in front of the Emperor refusing to fightback while his friends and last living family were out there fighting for their lives you can see why I think the second trilogy was ended better.

I could talk about why I hate the fanatics and Lucas himself, but you can all think of reasons why. You'll probably be right.
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Anakin the emo turning into a bad ass
Simon did it better. And he didn't piss around for a few movies while becoming badass.


After a few episodes of emo, he became badass again via a speech and a big fucking drill.

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Bah, you've not seen Shinji go from whiny bitch desperately looking for his fathers approval into badass mecha pilot willing to do anything to save Rei.

I mean he almost brings about the end of the world in doing it, but still.


The idea of the rise of Darth Vader was a good one, but I think it was poorly executed. The first film should have been Anakin and Obi Wan kicking ass and saving the galaxy, along with the first half of the second film, then things go downhill.
Edited by lamna, Apr 13 2012, 02:17 AM.
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