Episode I: difference of opionon

Now I know there is a lot of people out there who hate or dislike Episode 1 for... well hundreds of difference reasons. I do not mind the movie myself. It is bearable at times, dependign on my mood. It is so bad other times that I just laugh, or scoff or whatever. But mostly the way I get through this movie is through comedy. My brother and I have a little running gag that George Lucas is a Racist lol(just to be funny, not seriously) and that there are many horriblly racist things in conjoncture with episode one, or star wars in general for that matter, in the latter episodes anyway.

Lando is the only Black person in the original trilogy. Obviously the gungans(Meesah Jar Jar Binks, Me sah dance around and...) are a bit controversial, but then again what isnt, depending on how you see things, or choose to see things. Everyone is different right?

Well one day i was looking, wherever and found many articles about episode 1 and how others, fans, crtics thought many of the same things, and for different reasons, for the same reasons, based on whatever speculation. Now, my brother and I were just joking to pass the time, nto serious at all. But ive heard some damn good theories, and though i cant take most seriously, some are intriging. Obviously others think what we were thinking, so how many think along those lines when it comes down to episode 2?

I don't. Criticisms of racism in Star Wars are rather unfounded.

As to Lucas' personal opinons, I don't know enough to judge.

That is what I often say. I mean besides to be stupid and funny I didnt think anyone thought seriously about things like this.

I don't think there is racism in Star Wars. If there is any, then I'm sure it's unintentional. Or should I say: Georgie issa uhmmm ... clumsy. There are so many things in the PT in general that were not though through very well, this racist connotation that people have could just be the result of that.

I wonder though, if Jar Jar was played by a white guy, would these allegations of racism still exist? If not, then they are certainly unfounded.

Ahmed Best was unfortunately given the freedom to create his own character.

So Ahmed Best is a racist?

I like Episode I, very much. But it was criticized for stereotyping some of the aliens: Jar Jar, the Japanese-charactoristic Tray-Fed guys, and the slave-owner. I tend to think those criticism were without merit.

Mace Windu has his own light saber color, then he got to fight Palps. Lucas liked Jackson though.

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george lucas is racist.....he doesnt like vodka which is white....but prefers crown which is brown.....er vice versa ...hehe....who cares hes rich enuff to have whatever opinions he wants....IMO he should stick to jack daniels which makes you color blind

You are drunk... go to sleep.

u know Im gonna take your advice...L8R all !oh tell the folks passed out at the milk bar I said high or bye er whatever...lol....L8R

Sure. Cya.

The reason the OT is rather sparsse on colour is not racism but it is because- despite the space ships- Star Wars is very old fashioned, in the Western European tradition. It is based on the Princess/Knight/Wizard fairy tales, which obviously were all white phenomena.

I mean, just look at Lord of the Rings! It's a matter of the culture behind them. Likewise, there are plenty of ancestral African and Asian style stories without a white person in sight, and this is no problem at all.

More modern tales will be more multicultural- check the Matrix.

All that politically correct BS.

In Spike Lee's early joints there were hradly any white folk. No one called that racist...

Lucas was also trapped by the OT. Anakin had to be white, Padmé had to be white, Kenobi had to be white, and Palpatine had to be white, all based on the old trilogy.

Yoda was still green.

Basically Lucas made the next most prominent characters, Mace and Jango, non-white.

Yeah, politically correctness...

Lando was black.

I get what the thread starter is saying though....

I'd often found myself laughing at the bumbling Jamaican fool Jar-Jar, the cowardly, greedy Japanese Nute Gunray and Rune Haako, and of course the tough, griseled old Jewish Watto, who says: "Mind tricks don't work on me... only money."

Course, I always thought that it was just me reading into things. 😛

Heck no... it is all kinda obvious, but it is more satire (not very funny satire!), kiddie style... I'm sure no harm was meant.

And Jabba is an affront to slugs everywhere. What you call laziness I call living!