Disney never had a spine to start with and it doesn’t care about these current day ethical quandaries and diversity inclusions. People like to argue over it but it’s not true. This is a soul-less corporation that was about to tell some guy his wife dying in their park recently was her fault because she signed a D+ user agreement. They just want money, and they thought these projects were a way to make it. When the viewers and subs take a hit then we see shows getting cancelled (or removed). That’s all there is to it; numbers in a share holder meeting and money spent versus money earned.
Exactly. The culture war BS is an unpleasant distraction from the truth of the matter about Disney corporate. I just wish the unpleasant distraction wasn’t constantly being used by the not-so-nice part of the fandom. There’s this excellent video essay called “Sacrificial Trash” that gets to my point.
But back to The High Republic era, I do hope Plagueis is followed up on in future novels or comics. Perhaps James Luceno can return?