Racist?

lol, someone on FE.org tried to make that point and was dead serious.

She would have rathered kiss a Wookie after all, can't be all that racist towards them!

Thread continues to amaze.

Leia's "Walking carpet" line grates on me. So does "I'd just as soon kiss a Wookie!". What if Chewie was African? Would she say "Would somebody get this black guy outta my way?" and "I'd just as soon kiss an 'S'-word*!" ? It may all seem silly to some, but it bugs me.

Also,  to whoever said that Leia is a stuck up snob in SW, I disagree. She's a military leader who's mostly only posing as royalty to disguise her real motives. She's been captured and tortured and now she's being rescued by some guys who don't know what the hell they're doing. I'd be grumpy to.

* Boondocks, anybody?

ray_afraid said:

Leia's "Walking carpet" line grates on me. So does "I'd just as soon kiss a Wookie!". What if Chewie was African? Would she say "Would somebody get this black guy outta my way?" and "I'd just as soon kiss an 'S'-word*!" ? It may all seem silly to some, but it bugs me.

Also,  to whoever said that Leia is a stuck up snob in SW, I disagree. She's a military leader who's mostly only posing as royalty to disguise her real motives. She's been captured and tortured and now she's being rescued by some guys who don't know what the hell they're doing. I'd be grumpy to.

 

* Boondocks, anybody?

Snooki?

ray_afraid said:

 

Also,  to whoever said that Leia is a stuck up snob in SW, I disagree. She's a military leader who's mostly only posing as royalty to disguise her real motives. She's been captured and tortured and now she's being rescued by some guys who don't know what the hell they're doing. I'd be grumpy to.

I agree.  Captured, family & home destroyed, tortured, rescued by a kid and a pirate, Ben killed - she gets a pass for anger and being unfriendly.

CP3S said:

ray_afraid said:

Leia's "Walking carpet" line grates on me. So does "I'd just as soon kiss a Wookie!". What if Chewie was African? Would she say "Would somebody get this black guy outta my way?" and "I'd just as soon kiss an 'S'-word*!" ? It may all seem silly to some, but it bugs me.

Thank you! By some of the other comments, I was thinking everyone thought I was a bit nuts. Glad to see I am not alone.

You guys know Wookies aren't real, right? :p

I stand corrected.  I officially encourage everyone to protest the blatant racism in Star Wars by never watching it again.  We should all probably stop coming here as well, since this site apparently supports a racist movie.

Adywan better take all of the racism out of ESB:R

Akwat Kbrana said:

Mostly innuendo. "Look at the size of that thing!"

"Get on top of it!" "I'm trying!"

"You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!"

"She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts."

Etc.

I don't know what's funnier - this post, or the fact that people thought it was serious.

The whole "walking carpet" thing is an excellent example of why films are important cultural artifacts, and windows into the time they were created. There is no way that line would be in SW if the movie were made today, for the reasons described in this thread.  But those were different times, and such comments weren't considered questionable then.  This, George, is one reason why we preserve them.

I'm surprised Lucas didn't remove/change the line for the same reason he made Han shoot second.

And to answer the original question... in my opinion, SW was the better movie.

I'm surprised Lucas didn't put a disclaimer before the film, warning people that Star Wars contains brief racism towards wookiees...

Hey! Maybe he's done that for the blu-rays! And also included a intro by

Wookiee Goldberg.

Wow, people really need to relax if they think Leia is being racist. And if she is, so what? I think the line is funny, not ha-ha funny, but funny. The comment about it being there if SW was made today makes you think what kind of a world we live in...

greenpenguino said:

I'm surprised Lucas didn't put a disclaimer before the film, warning people that Star Wars contains brief racism towards wookiees...

 

Hey! Maybe he's done that for the blu-rays! And also included a intro by

Wookiee Goldberg.

LexX said:

Wow, people really need to relax if they think Leia is being racist. And if she is, so what? I think the line is funny, not ha-ha funny, but funny. The comment about it being there if SW was made today makes you think what kind of a world we live in...

*AHEM*

I was being silly..

Hence the Wookiee Goldberg joke

greenpenguino said:

LexX said:

Wow, people really need to relax if they think Leia is being racist. And if she is, so what? I think the line is funny, not ha-ha funny, but funny. The comment about it being there if SW was made today makes you think what kind of a world we live in...

*AHEM*

I was being silly..

 

Hence the Wookiee Goldberg joke

I didn't mean you but the discussion before it.

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

The whole "walking carpet" thing is an excellent example of why films are important cultural artifacts, and windows into the time they were created. There is no way that line would be in SW if the movie were made today, for the reasons described in this thread.  But those were different times, and such comments weren't considered questionable then. 

They aren't questionable now.  If the movie were made today, I see no reason why the line wouldn't still be in there.