STAR WARS
Characters By Screen Time
Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader - 164:30
Luke Skywalker - 130:15
Obi-Wan Kenobi - 113:15
Han Solo - 81:15
Leia Organa - 73:45
Rey - 73:30
Padme Amidala - 72
C-3PO - 60:45
R2-D2 - 56:30
Chewbacca - 49:15
43 minutes and 15 seconds of good Star Wars.
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#star warsStar Wars has always had its finger on the pulse of the cultural fear of the moment. In the original trilogy in the 1970s and early 80s, it was The Man– an evil establishment that needed to be purified by a younger generation. In the prequels of the 90s, it was evil corporations secretly colluding with a corrupt government to create endless war.
Now, in early 21st century America, the villain is an unstable young white man who had every privilege in life, yet feels like the world has wronged him. Unbeknownst to his family, he finds and communicates with a faraway mentor who radicalizes him with a horrific, authoritarian ideology. By the time his family finds out, it’s too late, and now this unstable young white man has this horrific ideology, access to far too many weapons, and the desperate desire to demolish anything that he perceives as a threat– or is told to perceive as a threat.
“As disappointing as it was to see Rey left out of the Target six-pack of The Force Awakens figures, it came as an even bigger shock when fans discovered Hasbro’s popular Star Wars: The Force Awakens Battle Action Millennium Falcon set comes with a light-up Millennium Falcon, a BB-8, a Finn, a Chewbacca…and no Rey. [Hey, she’s only the PILOT - PF]
“Command the Millennium Falcon and strike against the formidable power of the First Order,” reads the Hasbro product description, accompanied by the image of a young boy playing with the set. “Imagine its amazing stealth as it dodges asteroids and blasts enemies. Its movie-accurate decoration helps capture the excitement of the latest saga.”
The omission of Rey from the Millennium Falcon—the ship that she flies in several key Force Awakens scenes—drew sharp criticism from fans. It reminded them too well of how Star Wars studio Disney similarly treated Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow this year in its male-centric rollout of Avengers toys. Despite playing a crucial role in the Avengers team of superheroes, Black Widow was included in only a fraction of Disney and Marvel’s official merchandising.
More problematically, like Rey, Black Widow was rewritten out of her out of her own scene in Age of Ultron products depicting her motorcycle-flying sequence, replaced by Captain America and Iron Man. Toy partner Hasbro did the same to Gamora, the lone female hero of Guardians of the Galaxy, who could only be found on a handful of officially licensed items despite the fact that 44 percent of the Marvel ensemble’s opening weekend audience were female.
“It’s frustrating and stuff, and it bums me out,” added Guardians director James Gunn of the Gamora toy snafu. “I had a big conversation about this yesterday with one of my producers at Marvel about trying to make sure, especially, that Gamora is represented more in [merchandise] and all the Guardians toys.”
But the difference between Age of Ultron, Guardians of the Galaxy, and The Force Awakens is that in the Star Wars sequel Rey isn’t just one member of an ensemble of heroes: She’s literally the lead character.”
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HEY HASBRO!!!
IM SO FUCKING MAD
This is why my son has his own Monster High and Rapunzel stuff. If “boy toy” lines keep neglecting female characters, I will keep giving him mine.
I went to Target today and their entire Star Wars aisle was newly stocked after Christmas- and there literally was not ONE. REY. TOY. IN THE ENTIRE AISLE. Not even Rey’s PICTURE on a toy. NOT. ONE.
That’s ‘cuz the ones that exist are being scalped. She’s in assortments, but look her up on Amazon or eBay. You can get a Rey if you’re cool with spending $50 on one, while you can get Fin or Poe for at or below retail without any middleman markup.
Reys aren’t going to even make it to some shelves because stockroom folks will yank them out of the cases and scalp ‘em for three-to-four times what they cost.
*Kylo reaches behind his shoulder to receive an item from Rey through the Force*
*Kylo pulls it into view, stares at it, and throws it at the ground, cursing*
“STOP SENDING ME POOPS REY”
Disobedient. Disrespectful. Traitor!
#why would they cut this (via @jadelotusflower)
We know why they cut it.
because the movie was pushing three hours and at a certain point you gotta make tough decisions
No dipshit. Because Rian Johnson is a racist. Get your head out of your ass. He made time for a shirtless scene from one of the ugliest men in Hollywood but somehow found time to cut a moment of bravery and heroism from the black man who is supposed to be the male lead of this trilogy. Stop pretending you don’t know what the hell people are talking about.
oh right i forgot finn has no other moments of bravery and heroism in this movie
not like he liberated those space horses and gave those kids hope, or he tried to fly himself into a giant death laser to save his friends, or he kicked phasma’s ass in the very scene this brief exchange was cut from
right, sorry
Um…. didn’t Rian Johnson write and direct this whole movie??? He created, worte and directed that scene and I’m pretty sure he didn’t do it just for the sole reason of having it deleted in post????
edit out your own SJW content to OWN THE LIBS
zeromayhem
siphersaysstuff
Who is your dad, now?
I WILL reblog this video every damn time I see it because this kids is A GENIUS
