![]() ![]() Read more of Lacina’s Star Wars analysis in the Washington Post. With the recent Star Wars sequel trilogy where Kelly Marie Tran appeared as Resistance mechanic Rose Tico having wrapped up in 2019, her time in the Star Wars universe has come to a close.Her Monkey Cage piece relies on data-driven analysis of tweets and websites. Lacina is a scholar of international relations, comparative politics, conflict, and Indian politics, with a specialty in civil and ethnic conflict. “There is no comparable left-wing media ecosystem where anti-TROS feeling can thrive and be monetized to the same extent.” Right-wing personalities sell Fandom Menace apparel,” writes Lacina. Popular anti-TLJ videos on YouTube have millions of hits, translating to tens of thousands of dollars for their creators. They also experience more online harassment, discouraging them from engaging the larger fandom.”Īnd it’s a question of monetary incentives: According to Lacina, one reason for the muted response is that “female, non-white, and queer fans control fewer fan outlets. Has there been a backlash by fans of TLJ to the latest movie? Not really. “This latest movie avoided that ire by moving Star Wars politically right,” writes Lacina. The latest Star Wars movie now largely eliminates Tran’s character. That’s why trolling of the film has been mild compared to the online backlash against TLJ.Īfter TLJ, the major character Rose Tico-played by Asian-American actress Kelly Marie Tran in TLJ-became the focus of Twitter harassment, much of it hate-driven, as Lacina, who conducted a formal analysis of the tweets, argued in 2018. Full disclosure: I did not know who Tran was prior to this film. In sharp contrast, she argues, TROS now deploys a fast-paced, sprawling plot, and conservative themes. This is Paiges younger sister, Rose Tico, played by San Diego-native actress Kelly Marie Tran. “After TLJ, an online campaign took issue with the film’s feminism, leftism, and diverse casting,” writes Bethany Lacina, an associate professor of political science at the University of Rochester, in an analysis for the Washington Post’s “Monkey Cage” site. Unlike the penultimate release- The Last Jedi (TLJ) with its feminist story line and more diverse cast-the ninth movie returns to the tried and true. He took to Twitter to see if Disney+ would be interested in creating a series centered around the Asian-American actress' character.While Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (TROS) left critics lukewarm, some audiences have been more generous in their assessment of the latest installment of the epic franchise. They've even initiated the hashtag campaign #RoseTicoDeservedBetter, led by Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Still, people are disappointed that Tran played a minimal role in the film. The producers included footage from Carrie Fisher’s deleted scenes from The Force Awakens for The Rise of Skywalker. ![]() We adore the character, and we adore Kelly – so much so that we anchored her with our favorite person in this galaxy, General Leia. The last thing we were doing was deliberately trying to sideline Rose. Those scenes unfortunately fell out of the film. As the process evolved, a few scenes we’d written with Rose and Leia turned out to not meet the standard of photorealism that we’d hoped for. We thought we couldn’t leave Leia at the base without any of the principals who we love, so Leia and Rose were working together. We wanted Rose to be the anchor at the rebel base who was with Leia. ![]() One of the reasons that Rose has a few less scenes than we would like her to have has to do with the difficulty of using Carrie’s footage in the way we wanted to. I remember hearing these words from Kelly Marie Tran’s character, Rose Tico, as I watched the final scenes of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and for a moment whatever other emotions I might have. The screenwriter spoke with Awards Daily for an interview released on Christmas Eve, explaining that while both he and Abrams love the actress, they weren't able to make the scenes that involved her and General Leia Organa, played by the late Carrie Fisher, believable enough to keep in the film. Abrams, attempted to explain the reasoning as to why the character wasn't on screen as much. Fans of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalkeraren't pleased with how little time Resistance member Rose Tico, who was introduced in The Last Jedi and is played by Kelly Marie Tran, received in the film.Ĭhris Terrio, who co-wrote the final installment of the latest Star Wars series with director J.J. ![]()
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