One of the stars of the Star Wars saga scorns fans after accusations that the franchise makes “leftist propaganda”.
In an interview granted to the program “Jim and Sam” of SiriusXMthe actor simon peggwho appeared briefly on The Force Awakenshas rated fans of starwars What “Hollywood’s most toxic“. When the actor was asked which fan base was the most damaging of the franchises he had been in, Simon Pegg was crystal clear. “Lucasfilm’s Galactic Saga Fanbase Seems To Be The Most Toxic Right Now“He admitted bluntly.
Then Simon Pegg called himself “toxic fan” from Star Wars, since he made jokes about Jar Jar Binks in the first stand-up comedy sessions he did in his life. However, he has since apologized to the franchise itself. lucasfilm. In fact, she has admitted that she feels terrible for having been part of those kinds of toxic people who are harmful to the saga.
“I apologized for all the horrible things I said about Jar Jar Binks.“said Simon Pegg when talking about toxicity in Star Wars. “Because obviously there was a damn actor involved with that character. He was getting a lot of criticism and… he was a human person. Because he received a lot of hate from all the fans, he suffered. He suffered a lot. I feel terrible for having been part of that“.
The possible “forced diversity” of the Lucasfilm saga
After saying that, Simon Pegg compared fans of the saga star trek with lovers of the Star Wars franchise. He said that the so-called “trekkies” had been inclusive of the audience from the beginning, while the Lucasfilm saga “I include a little more diversity all of a sudden and everyone started talking about it“. It seems that he is not convinced by warsie work with diversity…
“There’s nothing like, ‘Oh, suddenly they’re waking up.’ No. The Star Trek saga woke up from the beginning“said Simon Pegg on the subject of diversity. “This is hugely progressive. In Star Wars all of a sudden there started to be some diversity and all the viewers started talking about it. That is very sad“.