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Trump Fans Urge Boycott of Star Wars "Rogue One" Over Reshoot Claims

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday December 11 2016, @09:13PM   Printer-friendly
from the may-the-trump-be-with-you dept.

stormwyrm writes:

The BBC reports that supporters of US President-elect Donald Trump are urging a boycott of the Star Wars film, Rogue One, next week, over claims that scenes had been reshot after the election to make the film more of a thinly-veiled jab linking the president-elect to racism.

Supporters of Donald Trump are urging a boycott of the Star Wars film, Rogue One, due for US release next week.

The campaign began with a series of tweets from activist Jack Posobiec, who claimed the writers changed the film to add scenes linking Mr Trump to racism.

Screenwriter Chris Weitz said that this was "completely fake", though he and another writer have tweeted their opposition to the US president-elect.

#DumpStarWars has been retweeted 120,000 times in the past 24 hours.

In a Periscope video, Jack Posobiec, who is an activist with Citizens for Trump, claimed the writers had said the Empire in the film "is a white supremacist organization like the Trump administration and the diverse rebels are going to defeat them".

"They're trying to make the point of using this movie to push the false narrative... that Trump is a racist." he said.

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  • (Score: 2) by BsAtHome on Sunday December 11 2016, @10:02PM

    by BsAtHome (889) on Sunday December 11 2016, @10:02PM (#440082)
    It is a film, not a documentary. It is supposed to be in a galaxy far far away.

    There is the famous "All persons fictitious disclaimer [wikipedia.org]". I guess they feel it does not apply to them?

    Please lets not feed yet another of the gremlins of non-social regurgitating of non-news, sigh...
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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 11 2016, @10:14PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 11 2016, @10:14PM (#440086)

    Well, Trump is a semi-fictional person created by the media.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 11 2016, @10:14PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 11 2016, @10:14PM (#440087)

    Nothing but the totally wonderful and innocent story of how an empowered woman teaming up with a black guy and a tan guy against the evil forces of white male, other white male, and giant white male.

    • (Score: 1) by kurenai.tsubasa on Sunday December 11 2016, @10:58PM

      by kurenai.tsubasa (5227) on Sunday December 11 2016, @10:58PM (#440103) Journal

      Would be nice to see some diversity among the Sith [wikipedia.org].

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 11 2016, @11:02PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 11 2016, @11:02PM (#440106)

      Wait, is the black guy the one who used to be a stormtrooper for the white racist empire?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 11 2016, @11:10PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 11 2016, @11:10PM (#440110)

        Talk about whitewashing a black man :)

        (And yes I do realize that the armor is as much black as it is white.. coincidence? I think not!)

        • (Score: 5, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Monday December 12 2016, @01:19AM

          by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Monday December 12 2016, @01:19AM (#440153) Homepage

          Darth Vader was also an allegory of a Black man's giant phallus, and by extension the sexual prowess of the Black man compare to puny lil' ol White guys - As if the heavy breathing, voice by a Black man and large glans-like helmet weren't dead giveaways.

          This is why Vader was frightening - because his mere appearance caused the White rebels to doubt their own sexual prowess compared to the master. That Vader turned out to be White under the mask was only an afterthought, not important. What was important was the imagery the Vader suit represented.

          • (Score: 2) by RedGreen on Monday December 12 2016, @02:11AM

            by RedGreen (888) on Monday December 12 2016, @02:11AM (#440170)

            Some people just have too much time on their hands...

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          • (Score: 2) by Rivenaleem on Monday December 12 2016, @11:23AM

            by Rivenaleem (3400) on Monday December 12 2016, @11:23AM (#440309)

            Awesome. I now have another use for the BBD card in Cards Against Humanity. Thanks a mil Ethanol-fueled.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 12 2016, @05:20PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 12 2016, @05:20PM (#440451)

            "I can't breathe in this thing!!" - Dark Helmet in Spaceballs

            Thank you for reminding us of what a good film Spaceballs is, Eth!

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 12 2016, @01:08AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 12 2016, @01:08AM (#440151)

    Right, because nobody has ever thought of stealthily inserting political commentary into a piece of fiction before. There certainly aren't a buttload of examples of writers doing just that [tvtropes.org].

  • (Score: 2) by tisI on Monday December 12 2016, @02:54AM

    by tisI (5866) on Monday December 12 2016, @02:54AM (#440181)

    Fantasy can be scary too.
    Perhaps those Trump supporters should begin by filing an injury report: http://www.photokami.com/Hurtfeelings.pdf [photokami.com]

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