I’ve been here since 2003. I was a mere 13 years old back then. The site’s purpose was to get the original, unaltered Star Wars trilogy properly released and preserved. That was the goal we rallied behind. We didn’t require an orthodoxy interrogation to join and participate. When people started doing edits or even preservation of prequel material, we didn’t tell them we thought their efforts were a waste of time.
Nowadays, there’s quite a bit of Dr. Evazan and Ponda Baba around here. Someone comes into our cantina and we feel the need to announce that we don’t like them. That is uncalled for most of the time. There have been trolls as there always have, but I don’t like the bum’s rush people seem to be getting lately.
And, Frink. I love ya, but you’re the most obvious offender of the above right now. The more you tighten your grip, the more young users will slip through your fingers [into the forum]. (Hmm… That metaphor didn’t work at all!) I like the humor Frink brings to the table, and even half of the smartassery. But we are painting ourselves as an unwelcoming place full of fundamentalists.
I love ya too but I reject your opinion of the situation. When someone comes here claiming that the PT is better than TFA, ROTJ, or any-god-you-choose-help-us ANH or ESB, when they insist the PT are good, well-made movies, when they willfully ignore the racist tinge of TPM, I’m going to mock it. When someone comes here and asks for an invite without any intention of sticking around or contributing in any way, I’m going to mock it. When someone has the opinion that Rey is a shitty character and (more importantly) if you think otherwise you are just thinking with your dick, I’m going to call it out as bullshit. When someone makes fun of Down syndrome AND accuses me of making up my FUCKING DEAD DAUGHTER, I’m going to call them an asshole and do my damned best to get them banned. When that person keeps coming back with new accounts, I’m gonna do my best to get him banned again and again. When someone calls Rey a loathsome mysogynist term like a “Mary Sue” I’m going to call them out for being mysogynist. When someone is too chicken-shit to notify the mods or Jay about my behavior, but won’t shut the hell up about it, I’m gonna call that out. When someone brags (!) about pirating TFA, I’m going to call them a pirate and an idiot.
In the immortal words of Drew Rosenhaus…
