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No -- the reaction is TOWARDS the agenda reflected in the movie
There wasn't nearly the reaction to TFA as there was to TLJ. TFA created a young female protagonist in the place of the original triology protagonist. I don't recall that creating any controversy -- it was widely seen as a worthwhile re-setting of the story that gave opportunities to go in different directions. The lead female characters in the original trilogy and the prequel trilogy were the proverbial "damsels in distress" for the most part, and TFA broke new ground.
TLJ didn't do that -- TLJ reflected a conscious decision that something was "missing" from the first seven films, and that omission must have been intentional and had to be set right. The world is full of people who look different from the human characters in the original cast from 1977, and TLJ would reflect the world -- whether that change was necessary or not.
You only get to the point that the change is mandated if you believe that George Lucas and those who followed him were misogynistic racists, and cast white Anglo actors purposely to the exclusion of all others. THAT would need to be "fixed".
Every SW universe movie until RTJ had introduced characters of other ethnicities.
RO had a female lead, a Hispanic second lead, an African-Amercian key character, and two Asian characters in central roles. The characters were great, the roles were meaningful to the story, and the actors were great in them.
TLJ introduced stupid female characters doing stupid things for no particular reason other than to better make out the "rainbow" of the cast -- and at the same time downplayed the characters who had been introduced into the key roles in TFA. Rather than "Let's work to develop the characters handed to us, and move the story forward", we get "Hey, you know what we are missing? A chubby Asian girl. There are lots of them in the world you know. Write a part for one." Box checked.
You'll never convince me that, when cutting the film that the editors didn't, at some point, say to Johnson "Is there really a reason for this character?"
Like M&Ms, once you eat one its hard to stop -- hence TLJ's final product.
ROTFLMO. News? Hahaha. Dec 26, 11:33
Think of it like this - what would the debate over Star Wars would look like without external influence? Dec 26, 15:26
SW in general, or RTJ in particular? Dec 26, 16:32
SW since TFA. There has been plenty of messing with SW lore, bad characters and missed opportunities in these movies too Dec 26, 17:14
External to what? Has Star Wars never been shown in Russia? {nm} Dec 26, 17:03
That hasn't been the case with movies ever. Reactions to them have always been colored by the current social hot buttons. Dec 26, 20:09
No -- the reaction is TOWARDS the agenda reflected in the movie Dec 26, 23:27
Just saw online that Rose Tico had 1 min. 16 sec. screen time in STAR9 Dec 26, 23:59
short response inside Dec 27, 10:28
Wrong. https://twitter.com/Yair_Rosenberg/status/1210264926138318849 Dec 26, 17:22
From the author of the study Dec 26, 17:44
CNET: No half The Last Jedii haters were NOT Russian trolls.. totally debunked.. only 16 out of 1273 tweets, maybe Dec 26, 19:50
How about THINKING for a second instead of looking for crap to match your naive, manipulated views. Dec 26, 20:02
Oh my... Are you guys still doing this? TLJ is an abomination, period. Keep telling what you want... {nm} Dec 27, 12:12
You have proof they're related? His full name is Morten Bay Christensen and appears to be from Denmark. Dec 28, 10:58