“I don’t even want to get into it.”
There are few social experiences more psychologically draining to me right now than hearing a man casually bring up “Star Wars.” That’s not because I think every criticism of Disney’s sci-fi franchise is sexist or secretly fascist. Frankly, after more than a decade of wildly underwhelming creative leadership by former Lucasfilm Ltd. president Kathleen Kennedy, who stepped down in January, I’d say some backlash was warranted.
But sometime between “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and Elon Musk breaking up with the Trump White House, “Star Wars” discourse stopped feeling like normal movie chatter
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