theprequelsrule said:

Gay Mandalorians are definitely the highlight of the EU. I can't wait for the movies.

As much as I'm cool with the gays, this bothers me. Why even put that in there? Maybe it's just my straight white male viewpoint that's wrong, but it always seems like pandering when people do that.

And to the Mandalorians, no less. "Hey, let's take a group that's known for extreme violence bordering on genocidal bloodlust and go out of our way to make them seem as touchy-feely and inclusive and accepting as possible."

I'm cool with there being more Mandalorians than just Boba and Jango, for the record, because there's a lot of Mandalorian EU (going back to the Marvel comics in the 80s) that's really great and I think they add a lot to the Star Wars galaxy, but they really put it in the hands of the worst writer ever when they let Travissty do her "magic." I'm just glad that her chapter is over that that the damage she did can be undone. I just hope Lucas doesn't screw me over with his Neo-Mandalorian Pacifist stuff.

I'm okay with it for now, like I've said before, because it's not a huge stretch to imagine that Satine swooped in after the massacre at Galidraan and was able to garner pacifist support (not too hard considering that almost all the warriors of the group had died). What would be a huge stretch for me would be if they, due to Lucas, remained pacifist and were able to beat down the Death Watch and have everything end happily ever after. I'm hoping that with these newer, darker seasons of The Clone Wars, we'll get to see Satine assassinated and the Mandalorians return to their warlike ways to show how hopeless things are leading up to the rise of the Empire.

I have faith in Dave Filoni to do the right thing, but in the end, he'll always do what Lucas says.