And as someone else posted, you really have to be from the group being stereotyped to really be in a position to tell if it is offensive. Most of the people claiming it is offensive are from the same pool of White Americans as GL. Not really the group that should be leveling such a charge as that is the very group that has perpetuated these stereotypes.
I’m Jewish, so do I now have your permission to find Watto’s portrayal offensive?
The argument that “Lucas is a white American therefore no other white American can have a different opinion on this” is pretty strange.