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As I said before, I'm a shameless fan of Star Wars and what it ONCE was. Nothing could ever make me lose my love for it. Not the coldest winter on Hoth, the most sweltering day on Mustafar, not even all the POO-DOO we've been inflicted with ever since I saluted the franchise George Lucas built last year. Man, what a year. The quality of Lucasfilm's Marxist Puritan 'activist entertainment' has gone so low, it's reaching UNDER the bottom of the barrel!
It's like Emperor Kathleen and whoever the hell is letting her drag Star Wars through the mud can't care anymore. We just saw that plain as damn day in the most recent Gina Carano-less season of "The Mandalorian", which I won't ever bother to watch out of protest. But rest assured, I've heard everything I've needed to know from fellow fans like Nerdrotic and The Critical Drinker -- those two among many others who love the galaxy far, far away have been given good reasons to drink, too. If you ever saw the canon "Star Wars Holiday Special" way back in the day, I'm sure you're still trying to forget that Bea Arthur and Harvey Korman were there and more than slightly out of place? Well, the bar is officially on the ground as far as cameos and storytelling quality goes. Lizzo -- of all people, Body Positivity Kween and Female Hutt Impersonator LIZZO and Jack Black(???) appeared in one of the episodes. I saw the now-infamous clip that went viral and was probably seen by more people than the whole damn episode in itself. I don't know what was more cringe, the fact Lizzo was less convincing as an actress than Natalie Portman when she played Padme in the prequels, or the grade school level writing. Yeah, appeal to the spirit of forgiveness...but the moment somebody *does* apologize, EXILE 'EM! WTF kind of message does that send?!
Oh, wait. The message came from Marxist Puritans, who show time and time again they're absolute hypocrites -- you know, they preach for 'tolerance and inclusivity', but will be TOTALLY intolerant toward Riley Gaines for trying to remind them about biological truth!
Most recently, and not too surprisingly, Electronic Arts hasn't made anything better with the video game "Jedi: Survivor", the sequel to the very well done "Jedi: Fallen Order". EA can't seem to care about the fans either because -- here's where no surprise is provoked -- they were in too much of a frigging hurry to get the game out and make money. The game is basically a broken mess that didn't seem to be tested!
I know things like those and so much more are enough to make a true fan lose heart...what's not so disheartening is the idea that Pablo 'Half my fans are Nazis!' Hidalgo might not be long for "The Mandalorian". Some are even wondering if Katee Sackhoff might be taking over the show as fan favorite Bo-Katan. Hey, what the hell, right? Her character is still a Mandalorian!
The way things are going, it may get to the point where Star Wars as an IP might lose so much value -- for godsakes, Daisy Ridley might be coming back as Rey, and I can only predict the storytelling will suck ***again*** and do her a great disservice ***again*** -- George Lucas might buy it all BACK for even less than he sold it in the first place! I know. That's asking for too damned much. But what's the solution until something that awesome happens? What's our recourse as fans when the universe we love is in the hands of those who can hardly even care about it?
Well, we can boycott any and all new product from Lucasfilm and Disney...unfortunately, that may be asking for a lot, too. In spite of all the bull and signalling and their clear and present preying upon kids, it would be hard as blazes to call for a boycott of everything from the House of the Mouse in the same way people have turned away in INCREDIBLE numbers from Bud Light. And even if we managed to do that, then what? Disney and Lucasfilm might go into the dumpster fire of financial ruin? It makes me wonder if the Marxist Puritans would be just as happy with that as they are bastardizing our entertainment and culture?
All things considered, I'd have to advise that we keep our love for Star Wars alive...or at least keep our love for Star Wars when it was great alive. Focus solely on the classics, from the original trilogy to the prequels and even the Clone Wars animated stuff. Don't just have watch parties with those who don't know how wonderful the franchise USED to be, demand that return to greatness with a single unified voice. Please don't give into apathy and defeat...believe me, I know that's tempting, but I'd rather fight for what I love. And nothing says you have to love anything created by Lucasfilm ever since Emperor Kathleen took over, right?
Hell, be creative however you want and try to show everyone how much you love Star Wars and why it's so awesome. That's what I'm going to be doing. You see, I've got a story in mind that will be set in the Star Wars universe, and the art you see above is a humble preview of what I've got cookin' in my imagination right now. ^___^ You can see both HK-47 and Mira from the "Knights of the Old Republic" video games...but you must be wondering who the beautiful Jedi Knight is in the middle?
Well, I can't go too far into things at the moment, but she's an original character from my heart and her name is Shayala Tarses...her model is an amazing creation of fellow Deviant , who I've been talking with a LOT. The story in my noggin will be set right after both "KOTOR" games...and I can say no more for now. When the story does come here, I hope to knock the socks of my fellow Star Wars fans off by bringing you a story that will remind you of what that galaxy far, far away used to be like. And if I can inspire any one of you in the process, then I honestly couldn't be happier!
In that spirit, May The Fourth Be With You!
Giving credit where it's due!
XNALara created by Dusan Pavlicek; XPS created by Dusan and XNAaraL
Models:
HK-47 by !
Both Shayala Tarses and Mira were meshmodded by the singular ! x 100!
The Ebon Hawk by !