John Boyega Reflects on Star Wars Fandom’s Problem With Black Heroes

Since he contacted the time on the galaxy, far away, John Boyga was explicit in discussing the ways he felt frustrated and pushed, the racism he lived in to throw as one of Star Wars“The last generation of heroes, and the conflicts he faced on the Finnish trip via a trilogy. But as part of an interview with a new documentary for Apple TV+ about Black Men in Hollywood, the actor also opened the privilege of the white heroes.

“Star Wars He was always in the most white and elite space. It is a white concession that the black person is in it [it] Boyega partially said in an interview with No one on the call sheet: Parking Black Men in HollywoodNow it flows on Apple TV+, via a variety), before discussing the roads Star Wars Fans defends the lack of prominent personalities of non -white backgrounds.

“You can always say it’s something when some are Star Wars Fans are trying to say, “Well, we had Lando Callerian and Samuel Jackson was!” It is like telling how many cookies are in the cookie dough. Boyega continues that it is like that, they have spread there, brother. They wander around. “

Boyega frequently discussed what he felt about the role of the Finnish in an uninterrupted trilog Power awakensBut his recent comment indicates especially in the wake of the cancellation Acolyte, Star Wars A series is presented by a large non -white team, including the role of Amandla Stenberg, the bilateral pioneer like Twins Osha and Mae Aniseya. Acolyte He was the latest in a long line Star Wars Projects that found themselves the goal of poor intention and harassment of a variety before, and even after that, they were canceled in time last year, but also the latest in a long queue where Lucasfilm and Disney faced, following the fanatic harassment faced by representatives such as Boyega and Kelly Marie Tran during the trilogy and defense of their target.

For many of the steps taken by the studio to move to defend the talent of minorities – Boyega praised itself in the past, such as support for the open studio for Moussa Ingram yet Obi One Kinopi The actress faced a racist abuse of her performance because the imperial investigator Riva – it is clear that there are still a lot of ways to go to raise the most diverse roles in Star Wars“The future … and the ways of Lukasfilm and Disney to defend these possible stars from marginalization.

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