Are people losing interest in Star Wars because they went feminist/woke or because of oversaturation?


I for one am supportive of Star Wars taking a more feminist and diverse direction with the new movies, but others might have different opinions. I just think that society has changed, and it's natural to include more people of color and women in prominent roles in popular films and franchises.

But I think the real reason why people are losing interest in Star Wars is because they're releasing a new movie every year and that means that Star Wars is not as special when they do that. You used to have to wait 3 years in between new movies and in the case of a new trilogy, it would be 10+ years.

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1. Woke culture is absolutely a thing and to think otherwise is crazy retarded.

2. SW fans didn’t turn on SW because of fatigue. That’s a bullshit “muh Russian bot troll” excuse made up by blue haired blobs and various morons. Why didn’t people get Marvel fatigue? They pump out movies like crazy. Wanna know why? A LOT OF THEM ARE DECENT MOVIES WITH GOOD WRITING.

3. SW fans turned on SW because TLJ took an absolute dump on a beloved franchise. Some could argue TFA was the main cause but TLJ was the nail in the coffin. There’s no political agenda, there’s no Russian troll conspiracy, it’s simply Disney was given the keys to SW and for the most part they’ve absolutely botched it every step of the way.

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It’s just boring. The characters are forgettable, the story is lame, the effects fail to impress...

Star Wars was meant to be one film. Everything beyond “A New Hope” has just been pushing the universe’s luck.

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I think people are critical of the new Star Wars bc it seems like they prioritize “wokeness” over good storytelling and likable characters. Lots of it feels very forced and rushed and generally messy. And when they’re critical of the lazy virtue signaling prioritized over actual good movie making, they’re assumed to be racist, misogynistic etc

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I think it's oversaturation for sure. But not just within itself but all the big effects spectacles together we are bombarded with each and every month for the last ten years now. Before it was maybe a few scifi/fant films a year. Now it's every month not to mention all the damn tv shows as Well.

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MCU doesn't have this issue. It's not that.

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I think its over-saturation and not so much the lead being female more that she is a Mary-Sue / Poorly Written if she had more flaws and actually had to learn the way of the Jedi and not just naturally know everything I mean if they had her written the way she is in Episode IV they would probably have her rip the Death-star in half with the force instead of a lucky shot.

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Leia was awesome, everyone loved her - both in the SW universe and in real life.

Padme was good - even "Mr Plinkett" in his reviews said she was a brilliant genius. She was also a sharp shooter, and would always stand her ground.

Star Wars fans don't hate or dislike female characters. It's just that Rey has even less depth than Padme, and the films feel soulless and hollow.

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George Lucas was making women actual action heroes 3 decades before wokeness came along.

Wokeness turns women into caricatures, and its just not fun to watch...ever.

Wokeness also turns nonwhite actors/actresses into tokens. Woke politics loves tokenism.

It's disgusting. Media forcing this crap down our throats is disgusting.

Star Wars is a meme now because of it.

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Oversaturation? How so? If anything is oversaturated, it's the Marvel superhero movies. SW only comes every 4 years or so, hardly a call of any saturation. I think it's a combination of what you mentioned and pissing core fans off by saying "just don't see it then." It still brings in at most a billion in profits though.

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