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Star Wars Memes

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Hello there. Somehow, Star Wars memes have returned. It's not a trap, this is where the fun begins.

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IMPORTANT

Please do not post the "good friend" or similar copypasta

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Our galactic citizens have requested more specific rules, so here are a few.

The general idea is, if you're looking here for rules, you're probably someone who doesn't need to have them spelled out. You're fine. But anyway:

  1. This is a community for Star Wars memes. This means typically screenshots of Star Wars media with some text or context that's meant to be funny and/or thoughtful. All SW media is welcome: movies, games, comic books, fanart... Other kinds of content, like video links or meta memes (about this community, or Lemmy), are fine as well, just keep it on topic.

  2. We are all friends here, and love (sometimes love to hate) Star Wars. Be nice to each other.

  3. As fans of fictional media, we can be passionate. If you very strongly disagree with something or someone, take a deep breath before reacting. Anger leads to the dark side!

  4. Everything in Star Wars has happened a long time ago, in a galaxy far away, and it's a rich universe of millions of words and millions of years of history. So current Earthly matters really shouldn't concern us here. In other words, leave politics, philosophies and convictions behind the door. This applies even if it's about something related to Star Wars.

  5. Original content is preferred. Reposts are fine, just please limit to a maximum of 3 per day, per citizen. It is recommended, but not required, to mark original memes as (OC) and reposts as (repost).

  6. Local mods are the Jedi council. They may take actions that are necessary to maintain peace and stability of the Republic, even beyond the rules outlined here. Follow their guidance.

  7. Regular rules of the Lemmy.world instance apply.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You're overthinking it. I don't generally have a problem with the plot of the movie or even these scenes, but I don't think Leia specifically in a bikini outfit is a commentary on how we can overcome sexual stereotyping. It's because people like seeing a sexy lady, including George Lucas.

Didn't Carrie Fisher say in an interview that Lucas said she couldn't wear a bra because they don't have bras in space?

Also think about that scene in the prequels where they're captive in the bug stadium and Natalie Portman is showing a lot of skin I guess because one of the monsters ripped her clothes. Why not make Anakin shirtless?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

James Kirk had his shirt ripped in similar scenarios so many times it was something they made fun of in Galaxy Quest.

And in the last movie I saw with Natalie Portman in it, Chris Hemsworth had his clothes completely removed.

As a general rule, I think if the actor's ok with it, then I'm ok with it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Didn’t Carrie Fisher say in an interview that Lucas said she couldn’t wear a bra because they don’t have bras in space?

She didn't seem to be particularly pissed about it. I assume he had cinematographic reasons and made the comment in jest. Heck if it weren't for people talking about it I would never have noticed, certainly didn't notice as a teenage horndog which is saying something.

Why not make Anakin shirtless?

I'll just leave this here. I only googled the scene the internet did the rest, don't shoot the messenger.