Racist scandals all around Lucasfilm are gaining more and more absurd proportions. But this time it went to the production team. “Mandalorian“(The mandalorian) and chapters of the studio’s animation projects Dave Filoni…
This week at Disney + the first two episodes of the new animated series were released “Star Wars: Bad Batch“(Star Wars: The Bad Batch). The main characters are a group of defective clones from Unit 99.
According to the canon “Star Wars“(Star Wars), soldiers Grand Army of the Republic created from the genetic material of the Mandalorian Django Fetta… The mercenary, his son Bobu Fetta and all the clones are played by a New Zealander Temuera Morrison… However, to give more personality to the characters of the clones in some projects, other actors may also voice.
So what is the cause of the conflict? Studio staff in Hollywood’s worst sin – whitewashing. We are talking about a situation where the roles of colored characters are given to white actors.
According to a group of “fighters for social justice”, Lucasfilm allegedly made the clones too light-skinned. Other characters, including the clone girl, also drew criticism. Omega and the young Jedi Caleb Dume (he is Kanan Jarrus). As evidence, frames from the animated series are cited “Clone wars“(The clone wars) and “Insurgents“(The rebels).
Lucasfilm did not comment on the scandal in any way (it has refrained from official statements in recent weeks). But reliable portal sources Gizmodo (it was he who was first leaked information about the dismissal Gina Carano) in the studio said Dave Filoni’s team is working to fix an issue with the lighting model.
The animators ‘toolkit has already been tweaked to tweak the special effects in the animated series by making the characters’ skin tones darker. Changes will affect all 16 episodes of Bad Batch.
However, the decision may not satisfy the activists, since the clones in the Lucasfilm projects are voiced by several actors, among whom there are white artists. And some do not like the fact that the main characters of “The Bad Batch” are too different from the background of other clones. Discontent is associated with the pallor of the cyborg clone Echo and the blonde Omega.
Lucasfilm has long been known for its craving for reworking finished material, which is associated with the director George Lucas, who refined his films several times, which did not always work for them. The second season of the series also did not avoid edits. Jonah Favreau “The Mandalorian”, when an outside member of the film crew accidentally got into the finished material.
But the loudest “patching” story in Hollywood happened in 2019, when the premiere of the film adaptation of the musical took place. “Cats“(Cats). Due to poor audience reaction to the trailers, the studio Universal began to cut costs, which caused special effects to suffer.
As a result, after the premiere, a new version of the film with slightly modified graphics began to be brought to cinemas, which became the subject of many jokes. This did not save Cats from commercial failure.
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