P sure Asian characters were in SW before -- there were two in Rogue One alone, just off the top of my head. So, "literally the only Asian representation in Star Wars films" is a bit strong
You can be happy or unhappy, but you can't say "KMT is literally our only representation in Star Wars films," which is a direct quote of you, and is not true.
Why would the actress burn bridges by saying "oh yeah Disney definitely screwed me"? No one is dumb enough to put their career at stake by badmouthing the last movie they were in.
Yeah it means "used for emphasis or to express strong feeling while not being literally true."
The best Asian Star Wars characters need to show up in live action at some pointP sure Asian characters were in SW before -- there were two in Rogue One alone, just off the top of my head. So, "literally the only Asian representation in Star Wars films" is a bit strong
It doesn't, sorry. It has another meaning, the original one, that is the most common meaning, and it was the one intended here, which the author is copping to. We're done here.
I'm not just "technically correct," though I certainly am that. You are the one diminishing the contributions of Asian actors to three of the last 4 Star Wars movies released since 2016. Calling them "Buddha" and acting like they were shit when they were in the central cast and got their own posters, claiming that having two legendary Chinese actors rounding out the protagonist crew in a movie that outperformed Episode 9 on its opening weekend amounts to nothing is definitely... a choice. Push for more, sure - more diversity is great, but what is this need to pretend these contributions practically never happened and are essentially worthless? Rogue One you have those two characters just for East Asian representation, plus Riz Ahmed if you want to expand to the rest of the contintent. Then in Episodes 8 and 9 there is Rose and her sister, and there are plenty of side characters like Ken Leung's character, X-Wing pilots, and outside the films there's Tiya Sircar's character, the Battlefront II protagonist ... Yes, I'm going to call out a comment like "KMT is literally our only representation." It isn't true and you erase people's work when you say that.
Been waiting for her to show up in Mandalorian!The best Asian Star Wars characters need to show up in live action at some point
I'll sound like a dick here. But the actress that played Rose's sister also existed, albeit briefly.
About the same amount that Rose had in this movie.
Maybe they should have established her death in the text crawl at the beginning. JJ remains a hack!!
You really need to clamber down from that hill you're so intent on dying upon.
I think the main threads have been pretty light. Threads like these are separate from things like the OT I think.
It would have been difficult knowing how they used her specifically in relation to Ben, but yeah.
Her death should've been the opening words in the crawl of ROS, with the fallout of it being the excuse to push Kylo in whatever direction the creators wanted. Could've even done some stupid 'wants to revive her so he goes looking for Sith secrets...oops, Palpatine is still kicking!' to mirror Anakin and Padme.
