When Kathleen Kennedy wears a t-shirt that says “The Force is Female”, you can safely assume they’re trying to market Star Wars directly to women.
Some think it’s straight-up anti-male. I don’t think it’s intentionally trying to make men look bad, but I do think they dumbed down the men rather than lifted up the women, and it’s to the detriment of all characters. My complaints are with overall character development and inconsistencies in the universe, but that’s probably not something that most casual viewers would find problematic.
You might want to check out this thread:
Culture, politics, and diversity in Star Wars
The discussion gets a bit testy in spots, though.
Just curious: when you say you’re watching them “in order”, do you mean release order (Eps. IV/V/VI followed by Eps. I/I/III) or story order (I/I/III/IV/V/VI)?
Im watching them in this order, I started with Rogue one first and then A New Hope, ect…
Original triology
Episode 4-A New Hope(1977)
Episode 5-Empire Strikes Back(1980)
Episode 6-Return of the Jedi(1983)Prequel triology
Episode 1-A Phantom Menace(1999)
Episode 2-Attack of the Clones(2002
Episode 3-Revenge of the Sith(2005)Sequel triology
Epiosde 7-The Force Awakens(2015)
Episode 8-The Last Jedi(2017)…and so onIs this right? lol. I only got into the series because of that shirtless scene with Kylo… I am complete casual fangirl trash.
Everyone is free to enjoy Star Wars in their own way 😃
That’s the order I’d watch them in (minus going with Rogue One first, but I don’t think that really spoils anything). Which ones have you watched so far?
I started the series with The Force Awakens, then The Last Jedi, now I’m watching it in order correctly starting with Rogue one, then A New Hope, the Empire Strikes Back, and the one I’m on currently is Return of The Jedi.
Welcome JediKnightFay , and no , the force is female shirt that Kathleen Kennedy wore had nothing to do with Lucasfilm and the new movies , it was a completely separate campaign for Nike which you can read about here …http://boards.theforce.net/threads/the-truth-about-the-force-is-female.50049374/
I think that author has to be a special kind of naive to think PR people don’t know what they’re doing when they hand Kathleen Kennedy a t-shirt that says “The Force is Female” at a film festival and ask her to wear it. And she’d have to be a special kind of naive to put it on and not realize it would be seen by fans. “The Force” isn’t culturally relevant because of Nike and their creative team knew exactly what they were doing when they used that wording.
To be clear, I don’t think she was being anti-male or has some crazy feminist agenda. I think Lucasfilm is making a concerted effort to market Star Wars to women, and there’s nothing inherently wrong with that. I just wish they’d do a better job of it.