In the hours before tickets went on sale for a movie that won’t come out for another two months, Star Wars fans felt a great disturbance on Twitter, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in hatred, and were suddenly silenced by #BoycottStarWarsVII. Racists, many of whom are also Donald Trump supporters, are protesting “anti-white propaganda” The Force Awakens for promoting “white genocide,” because oh no, there’s a black guy in the trailer?
The underlying belief, according to Twitter user @DarklyEnlighten, who identifies as a neoreactionary and with the Pro-Trump white supremacist “alternative right,” and previously tweeted that he hopes Trump would turn out to be a fascist, is that Star Wars “belongs” exclusively to white people. (Via)
There aren’t that many minorities in the Star Wars universe — after seeing A New Hope, director John Landis memorably asked George Lucas, “Is everybody in outer space white?” — but to these horrible trolls, one black guy, or one woman, or one Jew is enough to send them crying to Twitter.
Hey, jerks, get used to it.
https://twitter.com/genophilia/status/656071066746384384
https://twitter.com/genophilia/status/656107591995494400
https://twitter.com/DarklyEnlighten/status/656165064882302976
https://twitter.com/officialCritDis/status/655937941194285056
https://twitter.com/officialCritDis/status/655937448141287429
https://twitter.com/cuckservative/status/656197019124551680
You get the point. The responses to the hatred have been great:
George Lucas reading your #BoycottStarWarsVII tweet. pic.twitter.com/KhM5Rmz3AE
— Funny Or Die (@funnyordie) October 19, 2015
so here's a picture of the dude that started the #BoycottStarWarsVII hashtag. it all makes sense now… pic.twitter.com/L1eCdeY67e
— Peter Simeti | KING CRYPTID #5-9 Funding Now! (@petersimeti) October 20, 2015
#BoycottStarWarsVII because something meant to be fun and joyous and spiritual and hopeful is not suitable for racist pricks.
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) October 20, 2015
Racists trolls started #BoycottStarWarsVII because the lead characters in the movie are Black.
Wookies=cool
Aliens=cool
Negroes=HELL NO— Tariq Nasheed 🇺🇸 (@tariqnasheed) October 19, 2015
https://twitter.com/StephEvz43/status/656235373425590272
https://twitter.com/Bro_Pair/status/656180648277889024
https://twitter.com/paulengelhard/status/656187410095714304
If you're serious about #BoycottStarWarsVII then this is the version of the film you should be forced to watch pic.twitter.com/VsE5tWPnLv
— Dan Entwistle garciansmith.bsky.social (@Garcian_Smith) October 19, 2015
☀Just a reminder #BoycottStarWarsVII: SPACE IS BLACK. pic.twitter.com/yGotYZwQJm
— Dark Matters (@DarkMattersProj) October 19, 2015
https://twitter.com/big_business_/status/656174143549906944
George Lucas and his stunning wife Mellody Hobson guffawing at these #BoycottStarWarsVII fools pic.twitter.com/EVWy3ZFCZT
— @PiaGlenn (@PiaGlenn) October 19, 2015
https://twitter.com/Diane_7A/status/656193148373368832
I'm boycotting the sexist #BoycottStarWarsVII hashtag until #GirlcottStarWarsVII starts trending
— Eli Braden (@EliBraden) October 19, 2015
#boycottstarwarsvii because it shamelessly violates canon. R2D2 looks NOTHING like this pic.twitter.com/IewRLd5RIx
— Virgil Texas (@virgiltexas) October 19, 2015
#BoycottStarWarsVII has me like pic.twitter.com/Uu5hSzM9wc
— 🥇🆙🔝👳🏿♂️ (@KingMiller_) October 19, 2015
https://twitter.com/AudraEqualityMc/status/656209060421894144
https://twitter.com/zoated/status/656216282325479424
#BoycottStarWarsVII is a genius marketing move. You're guaranteeing me I can sit in a theater with no racists? Can I buy my ticker now?
— ben schwartz (@benschwartz_) October 19, 2015
See ya, trolls.