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Is there an in universe explanation for racial segregation within the Star Wars universe?

posted a year ago by FootOfDavros (8193)
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Currently trying - for the third time now - to make my way through this show and one thing which has stuck out for me is the weird diversity within the show.

e.g. The crusty hippies on that farmland planet had one, literally one, Mongolian looking chap among their number.

e.g. The Imperials, also on the farmland planet, and back on Coruscant have a very light sprinkling of very dark skinned "pure" black people.

Now obviously the real world explanation is some apparently quite limited attempt at diverse casting but what could possibly be the Star Wars Universe explanation for this?

Because we have a universe where humans have spread out over thousands of planets over a period of presumably thousands of years, yet have somehow retained racial purity. Wouldn't this mean that the humans within this universe must all be practicing racial segregation when it comes to breading and thus therefore all must be pretty racist? And they've maintained this racism over thousands of years?!!

I can't see another explanation - We should really be seeing a largely mixed race society by this stage of interstellar settlements and yet, no.

Has anyone who's read any of the Disney extended universe books come across any in universe explanation for this weird racial segregation that exists?

[–] FootOfDavros (8193) 6 months ago

Same issue exists in The Acolyte.

Racism is definitely alive and well a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...

[–] Enigmaticocean77 (2439) 4 months ago

Racism and sexism are alive and well within the Disney company.

[–] moviechatterer (15662) 6 months ago

🙄

[–] FootOfDavros (8193) 6 months ago

? It's a fair question...

[–] LanceDance (1312) 4 months ago

In real life, most people stick to others that look like them when it comes to breeding, regardless of whatever propaganda is pushing otherwise. Most parents want their kids to look like them, and there's nothing wrong with that. This is reflected in the fiction they write, and even if other galaxies do have intelligent life, it wouldn't be surprise if they do the same thing.

[–] TheCatman (286) 4 months ago

That's racist Tokenism.

It's where the writers of a story use a minority, typically a black person/character, to make themselves look good.

If you were behind the scenes someone said we need a "black" and an "Asian" for these scenes. Then, the casting director went out and found a "Black" and an "Asian" to stand there.

Generally speaking, casting is difficult. You need real actors for the movie and a lot of money is going into making the production so the actors have to give good performances.

So, if you get the idea that you MUST have an Asian kid in your movie you had better be sure the kid can act. Meanwhile, where will you find a really good Asian kid actor? If you can't find one there's probably a lot of white kids to choose from.

You better choose well because millions of dollars are on the line, so it's smarter to go with white actors.

The recent Star Wars movies had Finn played by a not very good looking black actor who had a stiff and confused quality. Marvel Comics also has a variety of shows with minorities and women that people hated because they didn't have good actors playing the characters.

When you cast based on race/sex and not talent, you get crap.

On an amusing note, the 1970s had many all black action movies. Sounds good, but the actors weren't very good and so the films are more comical that adventurous.