The finale of the second season of the series “Star Wars: The Mandalorian“(The Mandalorian) became a pictorial epitaph on a tombstone titled”new trilogy from Disney“. And some comrades from Lucasfilm from this “burns”.
Now the studio is conditionally divided into two factions. The first group is led by Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni. ANDThey are the ones who can be thanked for “The Mandalorian” and “Clone wars“.
The second group is led by the head of Lucasfilm Kathleen Kennedy… We have to “thank” her for the mediocre new trilogy, the first financial failure in the history of the franchise (“Han Solo: Star Wars. Stories“) and split the fan audience.
Yoda who hates fans
One of the top managers of Lucasfilm can be attributed to the Kennedy team. This is about Pablo Hidalgo, who is part of the studio’s script group and holds the post of creative director. Unofficially, Hidalgo is called in the studio “Yoda“. Its main task is to monitor the integrity of the new canon. As admitted J.J. Abrams, when working on a new trilogy, he had to constantly communicate with the creative director.
Such a person must be a Star Wars superfan. In reality, things are different.
Pablo Hidalgo has been with Lucasfilm since 2000 and is responsible for the production of a number of different Star Wars encyclopedias and books. However, in recent years he has distinguished himself by working exclusively on controversial projects, including “The last Jedi” Ryan Johnson (the film that dealt the most powerful blow to the franchise) and the animated series closed for the second season “Star Wars Resistance“(it is better to forget it altogether, like a bad dream).
Many questions have arisen for the work of the script group Lucasfilm, just look at the new trilogy and the game Star Wars: Battlefront II from Electronic Arts… We should also mention the struggle of the Respawn studio for the ability to use the Jedi in the game. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order…
Attention! Spoilers for the second season of The Mandalorian are possible!
This week, Pablo Hidalgo has become a new target of criticism for insulting fans.
Cause? A week ago, a video was posted on the Web in which a popular Canadian YouTube blogger Star Wars Theory (2.79 million subscribers) shed tears while watching the final episode of “The Mandalorian” when it appeared on screen Luke Skywalker… For this, some users began to troll the blogger, which can be called a normal reaction on the Internet (in the same way, they ridiculed a friend who burst into tears while watching a movie trailer “Skywalker. Sunrise“).
It is not normal that a senior Lucasfilm employee has joined in the persecution of a cancer survivor. Hidalgo wrote in a thread initiated by one of the trolls the following: “Emotions are not for sharing.” By doing this, he only threw wood on the fire, after which SJW activists joined the case, who had previously stated that crying men should be the norm.
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In response, Star Wars Theory and other fans criticized Hidalgo’s statement. The writer hastened to delete his post and restricted access to the account. But at the same time, he fixed the image of the publication in the form of a “header” on Twitter for public viewing, which only exacerbated the situation: fans of “Star Wars” began to demand the dismissal of Hidalgo.
As a result, Pablo Hidalgo published a “penitential post”, in which he stated that he was allegedly not fully understood, and in the message he sarcastically mocked himself. This did not diminish the wave of criticism, because the statement was considered insincere, for which there were good reasons
This is not the first time a top manager has tried to mock a Canadian blogger. At one time, Star Wars Theory made a fan movie about Darth Vaderthat the audience liked. Hidalgo, on the other hand, dismissively dismissed the news, comparing the blogger to a massage therapist providing sexual services Mickey Mouse…
The writer hates even people who really like the new Disney trilogy. For example, he constantly mocks fans who ship various characters from Star Wars.
The joke is that the Lucasfilm screenplay team worked on a book in which Lando Calrissian admires her ass and “front bulge”. You can also remember Hidalgo’s good friend – an artist Ethan Van Sciverinvolved in a pedophile scandal.
Brand discrediting
There are a few things to understand here. In such a high position, Hidalgo speaks on behalf of Lucasfilm, damaging the company’s image during a difficult period of the pandemic. Needless to say, the Star Wars brand destroyed by the Kennedy team, which Favreau’s team is trying to restore with colossal efforts.
This isn’t the first time Lucasfilm has tried to hit fans in the past few years. Representatives of the studio are extremely sensitive to any criticism in their address and are not afraid to snap back and directly insult people on social networks over the past few years.
In contrast, Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni, in their interviews, speak emphatically respectful of the audience, which then brings money to them. Fans reciprocate, which proves the success of The Mandalorian.
Lucasfilm has not yet reacted to Pablo Hidalgo’s behavior. As stated in the podcast Midnight’s Edge screenwriter Tom Conkle, such a demarche for a high-ranking representative of the studio is an unacceptable act, under normal conditions Hidalgo would be fired (once again, we remind you that Star Wars Theory has 2.79 million subscribers).
The scandal confirms all the rumors of a “civil war” at Lucasfilm. The entire future of the Star Wars franchise is now being built on the foundation of The Mandalorian. And this infuriates the Kennedy “losers” faction, whose failed work was pushed into the background.
Yes, this isn’t the first time Pablo Hidalgo has tried to make fun of Star Wars fans. But this is the first time his publications have provoked such a powerful backlash of negativity.
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