65 John Boyega says 'Star Wars' was 'whitest,' most 'elite space' while reflecting on racist backlash (archive.ph) posted 1 year ago by altmehere 1 year ago by altmehere +65 / -0 29 comments share 29 comments share save hide report block hide replies
The characters of Fin and Poe were both humiliated by feminists. The “racist backlash” to Fin was almost entirely in China.
Fun fact. Poe was supposed to die in the first movie. Abrams changed it after casting the actor who played Poe because he liked his performance so much.
"Good looking hotshot space pilot" seems like it should have been impossible to fuck up as an archetype in a Star Wars movie but they did it.