starwarsfandomh8speopleofcolor: hijadepavlov:[images: first, a picture of kathleen kennedy, a whit
starwarsfandomh8speopleofcolor: hijadepavlov: [images: first, a picture of kathleen kennedy, a white woman with thin lips, brown hair and blue eyes. then shots of felicity jones, daisy ridley and emilia clarke, all white women with brown hair (emilia with fuller lips and daisy with brown eyes, but otherwise all very similar). then, an image of kelly marie tran, an east asian woman with a rounder face, wider and shorter nose and dark eyes and hair. last, a picture of bel powley, another white woman with thin lips, brown hair and blue eyes who also has a similar nose and bone structure to the previous four white women.] So, according to a person who claims to have worked in the casting of the recent Star Wars movies, “Rian Johnson was very adamant about having a woman of color playing the [new character in Star Wars: Episode VIII] to “subvert expectations”. His pick was [Gina] Rodriguez from the get-go, but something didn’t gel there at all with anyone else but him. Kathleen Kennedy’s favorite was Bel Powley. Kelly Marie Tran didn’t come into the fray until a little later.” Now, I just want to point this out: The first woman in the upper row is Kathleen Kennedy. Next are the three female leads that got cast in the Star Wars franchise since she’s been in Lucasfilm. Then we have Kelly Marie Tran, the woman who will play a main role in the next SW movie, and Bel Powley, the woman that Kathleen Kennedy wanted for that role. Qwhite interesting, isn’t it? And for reference Gina Rodriguez is Afro-latina so her skin is brown and she looks nothing like the five white women. getting KMT was a miracle. mod m See what I mean? Kathleen Kennedy is the same producer who whitewashed The Last Airbender, so…. -- source link
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