“racist backlash” should be in air quotes too - the vast, vast majority of people were saying things like “wow the writers sure wasted that character’s potential” or “wow I was sure he was going to become a Jedi wtf happened” or “wow that subplot with him and the asian girl sure was pointless”…
“Niggers can’t be stormtroopers” was like….0.000000001% of the discussion, and those were probably the Chinese as we’d go on to learn
“racist backlash” should be in air quotes too - the vast, vast majority of people were saying things like “wow the writers sure wasted that character’s potential” or “wow I was sure he was going to become a Jedi wtf happened” or “wow that subplot with him and the asian girl sure was pointless”…
“Niggers can’t be stormtroopers” was like….0.000000001% of the discussion, and those were probably the Chinese as we’d go on to learn