Star wars: The portrayal of minority and female characters

[Aegon]

I was working in order of canon not release.

I was working in order of actual Star Wars movies, of which there are 3 (or 4, if you want to count the recent sequel).

The prequels do not even deserve to be called Star Wars movies.

Since the newest one is just a remake of ANH, there are still really only 3

[Anomalocaris]

I was working in order of actual Star Wars movies, of which there are 3 (or 4, if you want to count the recent sequel).

The prequels do not even deserve to be called Star Wars movies.

Since the newest one is just a remake of ANH, there are still really only 3

Actually, real Star Wars is defined by a remorseless, implacable darth Vader. Therefore there are only 2 Star Wars movies.

Episolds 1-3 did sort of look nice and extend the nerdy back story, so they might be thought of as third rate fan fiction produced with a big budget. Episold 6 is a sort of foreshadowing of the qualities to come with episolds 1-3.

The newest one didn't remake ANH. It aped ANH.

[Lemonvariable72]

There isn't scientific consensus that humans can be divided into "races", however I feel that most of those scientists just don't like the word "race" and the negative connotations that come with it (i.e. racism). There are clear differences between certain sets of humans that seems to be genetic, and denying those differences is dangerous. Whether you call it race or not is irrelevant IMO.

The word "race" describes something that doesn't exist. It's an ancient term used to distinguish "us" from "them". You can see examples of it in the Bible where certain people living in specific 5km radius Canaanite cities are described of being a different "race" to the Hebrew race, or if you prefer, God's "holy race" as in Ezra 9:2: "For they have taken some of their daughters to be wives for themselves and for their sons; so that the holy race has mixed itself with the peoples of the lands."

There are certainly ethnic traits - but do bare in mind that our understanding of ethnicity is far more fluid than that of "race". And there are actually several ways in which to describe a person's ethnicity, with no one way being perfect.

Perhaps the word enthicity is a better term for what i am trying to describe, because the context to which I use the term race is simply genetic differences between groups of people. I certainly, and I think anyone reading my comments will agree, that I don't try to use the term in a us and them ways, rather just as a acknowledgement that there are physical differences in different peoples from different parts of the of the planet I.E white people have far lower rates of lactose intolerance then native Americans. These are simply facts. Now what most racist would ascribe as racial traits are actually cultural and in truth the persons minute physical differences have little affect on the person as a whole. IE you take some a person with white skin and a person with black skin and raise them both in the same way (all things being equal) them statically one is no more likely to do something then the other. IE a crime.