Who Shot First? A Star Wars Controversy Podcast

On today's episode, Alex and Ethan take a deep dive into the subtle microaggressions that were put on the character of Finn in The Force Awakens that might not have been seen by non-people of color. We are 2 white men talking about the problems with the portrayal of People of Color in the Star Wars Universe. We by no means speak for people or color. These are our own perceptions and would like to elevate other voices so that they may be heard. 

Here are the links to the powerful articles we used in today's episode.

https://www.thestreet.com/opinion/despite-what-you-ve-heard-disney-s-star-wars-the-force-awakens-is-racist-13408065

https://medium.com/fan-fare/the-force-awakens-and-the-story-of-finn-ee9e325d8c37

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/rey-finn-romance-removed-from-star-wars-the-force-awakens-novelization

We are back after a short break with a new release schedule of once a month. On today's episode, Alex, Ethan and Sarah welcome Chris Ryons of Broaxium to talk about the false marketing of Finn to the African American Community for The Force Awakens. Was it a bait and switch? A bait and wait? Was Finn ever given the opportunity that was shown in the trailers? Find out all this and more on episode!.

On today's episode, Alex and Sarah talk about the lighter controversy of are the Ewoks good or bad? Are they beneficial to Return of the Jedi or simply a marketing device to sell toys? 

Today we talk about the issue of domestic abuse representation in The Clone Wars. Rush Clovis hits on Padme and brings out all of the jealousy and anger from Anakin leading to a confrontation. Is this appropriate for children? Did they do it well? Correspondent Sarah returns to talk about this issue and bring new ideas to light. 

#UnwhitewastTBB

On today's episode we welcome Andrés from @SithtyMinutes to talk about the current controversy surrounding The Bad Batch tv show. Why do clones of a Maori man look like white people? Why does a white man voice people of color? Why is the one character that is voiced by a Jewish woman shows all the subtle signs of antisemitism? All this and much more where we called in the whole crew of Alex, Ethan and Correspondent Sarah. 

Check out this carrd made by tumbler user Clonehub UnwhitewashTBB.

Here are the other sources we used in the Episode

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/days-gone-actor-claims-its-often-too-expensive-to-hire-native-voice-actors/

https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-bad-batch-return-jedi-ableism/

https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2021/08/02/supercrips-solidarity-and-crip-families-in-the-bad-batch/

https://annessarose.medium.com/sinophobia-in-star-wars-animation-603e70ba74ef

https://unwhitewashthebadbatch.carrd.co/

Alex flies solo on this reaction to the newest Bad Batch episode where we see an end to the Clone Wars Kamino era and dig the hole a little deeper with the Unwhitewashing The Bad Batch.

TW: Domestic Abuse

On today's episode, correspondent Sarah Returns to help us dissect the romantic/toxic relationship of Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala. We talk about all things from does Anakin Gaslight Padme, does he abuse her or is it all just a tragic love story. We even discuss the fan theory of Padme being under the Jedi Mind Trick.

Links from the podcast

https://padawanlost.tumblr.com/

https://problemsacrossthestars.wordpress.com/

https://www.inverse.com/article/22510-anakin-skywalker-love-dark-side-padm-amidala-star-wars-prequels

https://insidethemagic.net/2019/12/star-wars-padme-theory-tm1/

https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-padme-and-anakin-no-sense/

https://aminoapps.com/c/star-wars/page/blog/anakin-explained-4-12-relationship-with-padme/beFo_uBkvmoPlNQKE3bwDNwgNNbwrB

Ethan returns to talk about the latest episode of The Bad Batch and how it keeps having problems with timelines. Also stick around until the end for a Special announcement about one of our upcoming episodes!!

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IT'S OUR 25th EPISODE!! In honor of such a wonderful achievement we will be diving into one of our most controversial topics, Padme Amidala. In today's episode we talk about Padme Amidala and debate whether she stays the amazing character she is introduced as in The Phantom Menace or if she suffers from a bit of sexist writing in the prequel ending Revenge of the Sith. Correspondent Sarah made an appearance so as to make sure Padme is properly represented. Let us know your thoughts!

Articles quoted in the episode

https://www.bustle.com/p/padme-amidala-deserved-better-in-star-wars-episode-ii-attack-of-the-clones-57732

https://lancemannion.typepad.com/wired_critics/2016/05/oconnell-star-wars-heroines.html

https://www.wired.com/story/star-wars-padme-amidala/

https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/why-attack-of-the-clones-is-the-worst-star-wars-movie-and-one-of-the-worst-movies-ever/slidelist/58871738.cms#slideid=58871733

https://www.cracked.com/article_16587_hollywoods-5-saddest-attempts-at-feminism.html

https://screenrant.com/star-wars-padme-amidala-biggest-plot-holes-no-sense/

Correspondent Sarah fills in for Ethan as we talk about Episodes 12 and 13 of The Bad Batch. We discuss the poor reaction to the most recent episode 'Infested' and why we care about the problems we see in Star Wars if we are supposed Star Wars Fans.