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May 9, 2026 11:35 PM
GuyLuomo
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Pphunk77
Help me Obi-Juan-Que-nobi , you’re my only hope!
tinytyrant
nice. woke is being aware of history. the anti-woke have zero interest in history being common knowledge being keen to repeat it etc.
lonelyrangerofthedreams
It’s not anything get too woke, it’s all the rest getting to fascist
MrSatisify
B0ardski
anybody that uses that buzzword wants to stay asleep.
PanNonOpticon
FYI https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/origins-princess-leias-hairstyle/
GrenithTheSkald
The entire Ewoks slaughtering Stormtroopers was based off of the Vietnam War and how the "superior" and better equipped Empire (U.S.) were getting slaughtered by a much more under-equipped force using guerrilla tactics on their home turf. The Empire was also based off of Nazi Germany when you realize that EVERY SINGLE person in the original trilogy in the Empire is a white-skinned male. With only the rebellion alliance and protagonists like Lando being non-white or non-human.
100% woke
RayMC
Nice. I think that movie was still not too good though.
qtRaven
Kbantar
They were called Storm Troopers. No hidden subtext in that.
GrenithTheSkald
Storm Troopers were elite German trench-raider units in WW1, and were not actually related to Nazi Germany at all. So given the pre-internet era of the original Star Wars films, it was unlikely that many people would have even picked up on the fact Storm Troopers were meant to be associated with the themes of the German Empire.
Kbantar
They seemed clearly Nazis to me when I saw it as a kid in the 80s. And I'm an oblivious twit.
Exyr
Is she related to Zack de la rocha?
Targe0
Probably, the question is how closely.
DocFunkenstein
I like the fucktard who say the same thing about Star Trek, which was even more "woke" than Star Wars can even comprehend during its original incarnation.
LurkingSarcasm
What's even more ironic is they only noticed because they "woke" and now are seeing it everywhere
InfocalypseRising
Like, wokeness is kind of the entire point of Star Trek even
Goldensands
That'll happen when you bother to discuss and educate about philosophy yh
Bridgeru
If Star Trek is meant to be woke then why is the best episode ever, the Inner Light, a dream? Checkmate, Leftists!
meganical
They had a black woman working right alongside everyone and nobody acted strange around her or told racist or sexist jokes
wadatahmydamie
A black woman, a Russian, and a Japanese man
RichterCa
...walk onto a starship bridge.
TheNameIWantedWasTakenSoIEndedUpWithThisOneInStead
Oh my....
MrBlueSands
Original Star Trek also featured many episodes that glorified military discipline and chain-of-command. And the occasional fan-dance or green-paint burlesque show. It's almost as though properties like these were the product of a bunch of people with different values scrambling to get in on time and under budget without a clear consensus vision of the ideological message they were conveying. But, yes, I too savor little nuggets of left-leaning politics in old entertainments.
Darkwell
Star Trek was absolutely a product of its time, yes. But it also deliberately tried to be forward thinking and progressive. Different ethnic groups working together. Nations that were enemies at the time (Cold War) working in harmony.
Pretending that they tripped and fell into progressiveness is disingenuous.
MrBlueSands
It's likewise disingenuous to pretend that any of these half-century-old products of many hands are a perfect match for a contemporary person's concept of Progress or Idealism. I don't begrudge any person reading their ideals into such a cultural monolith as a War or a Trek in the Stars, no matter how admirable or abhorrent I find that person's ideals. But I do feel deeply suspicious of our tendency to give cats like Lucas and Rodenberry an excess of credit for matching our ideas of virtue.
CallMeCourierSix
Keep talking buddy. No one is listening to your bullshit.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/entertainment/star-trek-has-remained-socially-progressive-over-50-years
VegaJuniper
I do love how Voyager had Chakotay, a character who was native American, or as they say in the 24th century, an indian.
NotACanadian
Played by a non-Native (or at least extremely detribalized Mexican) and given all sorts of hokey conflicting New Agey stereotypical backstories because the consultant largely responsible for his character lied about being Native -- which was already known at the time but was buds with producer Rick Berman. Fun stuff.