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LordofLore Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#7901: Jan 9th 2016 at 2:11:26 PM

5% of USA's population is asian-american. That's a ton of people. Hell, Star Wars has a habit of hiring from england and the rest of europe for non-main character roles already so that's even more people who could've gotten roles.

edited 9th Jan '16 2:12:47 PM by LordofLore

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#7902: Jan 9th 2016 at 2:12:43 PM

"If anything it just tells us there aren't very many Asian-American actors. The East is rather insular."

I think it has more to do with Hollywood preferring to use white actors.

I'm sure there's a ton of Asian-American actors out there.

wehrmacht belongs to the hurricane from the garden of everything Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
belongs to the hurricane
#7903: Jan 9th 2016 at 2:16:07 PM

well, yes, that's basically what was being implied.

LordofLore Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#7904: Jan 9th 2016 at 2:20:11 PM

Hell, do we even see Phasma's face in TFA? She has like 6 lines in the entire movie but if I had never watched GOT I would've never known how her actress looked beneath the helmet so whoever else could've played her if Hollywood didn't go people with some star power first.

edited 9th Jan '16 3:07:58 PM by LordofLore

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#7905: Jan 9th 2016 at 2:44:10 PM

Does Gwendoline Christie have a lot of star power? She's somewhat important on Game of Thrones but I wouldn't call her one of the cornerstones of the series. Has she done other things I'm unaware of?

LordofLore Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#7906: Jan 9th 2016 at 3:10:43 PM

GOT is enough for Hollywood nowadays. Everyone from there is getting roles left and right, be it historical movies, superhero movies or other tv shows.

CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#7907: Jan 9th 2016 at 3:13:20 PM

I doubt Phasma was written with Christie in mind, specifically.

"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
Falrinn Since: Dec, 2014
#7908: Jan 9th 2016 at 3:15:38 PM

[up][up][up] Her role as Brienne of Tarth in Game of Thrones is the highest profile role she's had prior to Star Wars by a considerable margin.

In fact according to IMDB prior to playing Brienne, she had only once before portrayed a named character...on a TV show I've never heard of.

edited 9th Jan '16 3:17:06 PM by Falrinn

LordofLore Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#7909: Jan 9th 2016 at 3:16:13 PM

The role was apparently written for a man before people got pissed at so few women being in the initial cast reveal so they went back to get someone else for the role.

theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#7910: Jan 9th 2016 at 3:17:19 PM

Gwendoline Christie is a good choice at being a tough, no-nonsense fighting woman. Her having a more expanded role in VIII is something I'm looking forward to.

Falrinn Since: Dec, 2014
#7911: Jan 9th 2016 at 3:21:24 PM

[up][up] I think it should be clear that as far as we know the role hadn't been cast at the time the decision was made to cast a woman as Captain Phasma.

I don't believe anyone was ever told they got the role only to be later told they lost it for reasons that had nothing to do with them personally.

edited 9th Jan '16 3:22:07 PM by Falrinn

LordofLore Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#7912: Jan 9th 2016 at 3:42:13 PM

No, it hadn't been cast yet because it was a more minor role than the new heroes but the role was written as if a man would play it. No one lost their job but some person who made a list of actors to interview probably got pissed when they had to restart the list.

blkwhtrbbt The Dragon of the Eastern Sea from Doesn't take orders from Vladimir Putin Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
#7913: Jan 9th 2016 at 8:06:58 PM

Add Ryan Potter and Daniel Henney to the list of East Asian descended actors.

Say to the others who did not follow through You're still our brothers, and we will fight for you
Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#7914: Jan 9th 2016 at 8:22:40 PM

I think they should have given Phasma just a bit more in this one. Not much, but folding like wet cardboard was kind of embarrassing. I picture something like this:

  • Finn: Disable the shields, or we shoot you.
  • Phasma: Please, I've read your psychological profile. You could never shoot someone in cold blood.
  • Han: I could.
  • Phasma: Well, then you'll have to do it, because I'm not helping you.
  • Finn: ...take off you helmet.
  • Phasma: Why?
  • Finn: I want to talk to you face to face.
  • Phasma: Fine. [takes off helmet] It doesn't matter, I'm still not—
  • Finn: [pistol-whips her unconscious]
  • Han: I thought we needed her.
  • Finn: Just her handprint should be enough. You know computers, right?

Writing a post-post apocalypse LitRPG on RR. Also fanfic stuff.
HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#7915: Jan 9th 2016 at 8:35:36 PM

So, Star Wars thread people, an opinion question: would you support, oppose, or have no strong opinion on the Legends continuity continuing as an Ultimate Universe sort of thing?

edited 9th Jan '16 8:35:42 PM by HamburgerTime

SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#7916: Jan 9th 2016 at 8:36:06 PM

I'd be fine with it.

My various fanfics.
Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#7917: Jan 9th 2016 at 8:46:33 PM

[up][up] As someone who loves the early Legends universe, the second Thrawn trilogy and earlier, I would be all for some new entries in that era.

Or an Xwing game set in the X-wing series up to the Thrawn era.

edited 9th Jan '16 8:47:41 PM by Memers

HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#7918: Jan 9th 2016 at 8:51:45 PM

I know some people were disappointed that Sword of the Jedi, a trilogy of novels about Jaina that supposedly would've tied off almost all the loose ends for the movie-era characters, never got to come out.

CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#7919: Jan 9th 2016 at 8:59:18 PM

Oppose. The fact that they would be advertised as non-canonical, despite being superior to the current Disney verse, would feel like a slap in the face.

"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
higherbrainpattern Since: Apr, 2012
#7920: Jan 9th 2016 at 9:53:36 PM

I actually think that the Disney continuity has got a lot of good stuff in it so far, but yeah, I'd be opposed as well.

If KOTOR gets remastered/remade for the current gen, that would be cool, though.

wehrmacht belongs to the hurricane from the garden of everything Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
belongs to the hurricane
#7921: Jan 9th 2016 at 9:55:25 PM

Kot R could use a bit of polishing yes. I've played it for about ten hours and it's clear that effort and love was put into the game, but it's also pretty clear that it was a game made in 2003.

HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#7922: Jan 9th 2016 at 9:56:13 PM

[up][up] Why'd you be opposed, just out of curiosity?

Karxrida from Eureka, the Forbidden Land Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#7923: Jan 9th 2016 at 10:04:53 PM

No opinion. Legends has good stuff and bad stuff based on what I've read, but I frankly just don't care about it.

CrimsonZephyr, I think you should wait a bit longer before declaring the new canon worse than Legends.

CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#7924: Jan 9th 2016 at 10:12:44 PM

At the rate they're going, I'll be long-dead by the time they move away from shitty Sequel Trilogy tie-ins, and the Sequel Trilogy is weak tea compared to the KOTOR era or the Republic comics. Like, they kill off the old EU, and first thing they shit out in its place is Aftermath.

edited 9th Jan '16 10:13:22 PM by CrimsonZephyr

"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
higherbrainpattern Since: Apr, 2012
#7925: Jan 9th 2016 at 10:13:13 PM

@Hamburger Time: I guess I'm not really in favor of stuff that's explicitly non-canon being advertised because it might confuse casual fans.

They would be like, "Wait, who the hell is Jorus C'boath? Who the hell is Luuke?"

edited 9th Jan '16 10:14:11 PM by higherbrainpattern


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