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Disney asked designers to rename the new Lego Star War Slave 1.

Started by Ratman_tf, June 27, 2021, 08:14:47 PM

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Ratman_tf

June 27, 2021, 08:14:47 PM
Just like it says on the tin.

https://www.brickfanatics.com/disney-asked-designers-to-rename-the-new-lego-star-wars-slave-i/

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I mean, what do you say to that kind of stupidity? The ship is called Slave-1. Boba Fett is an asshole who disintegrates bounties. (Unless asked not to by guys in black armor) His ship name is supposed to be awful. You don't name your villian's ship the "Inclusivity!"

More straws for the camel's back, I suppose.
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Zelen

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June 27, 2021, 09:43:39 PM
Renaming it to INCLUSIVE-1 would be a good move, reinforces that inclusivity and slavery are interchangeable.

Spinachcat

#2
June 28, 2021, 12:44:27 AM
Quote from: Ratman_tf on June 27, 2021, 08:14:47 PMI mean, what do you say to that kind of stupidity?

I recommend the response "Disney Delenda Est."

But Inclusive-1 is pretty awesome.

HappyDaze

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June 28, 2021, 01:07:21 AM
If Disney finds the word "slave" so bad that they have to remove it, I'd like to see just how much worse they can make the dialogue from TPM regarding the status of Anakin & his mother. I wonder if it will be as amusing as when Hancock is edited for TV and "say asshole one more time" becomes "say psycho one more time."

Godfather Punk

#4
June 28, 2021, 06:00:42 AM
EmployedPrisoner-1

oggsmash

#5
June 28, 2021, 12:50:38 PM
 Maybe they are like Grandmaster from Thor ragnorak, and prefer the term, "Prisoners with Jobs" as he finds "that other term" so troubling?  I really thought that was a good jab by a pretty woke guy about being SJW about words.

Pat

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June 30, 2021, 07:25:23 AM
An internet petition to change the name to Uyghur-I would probably infuriate Disney.

Ghostmaker

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June 30, 2021, 08:44:03 AM
Now it's just 'Boba Fett's Starship'.

Sigh. Some days I can't tell if these people are running a grift, or if they really are so pathetically thin skinned that the mere mention of slavery makes them cry and crawl into a carton of ice cream.

Shrieking Banshee

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June 30, 2021, 11:26:04 AM
Quote from: Ghostmaker on June 30, 2021, 08:44:03 AMSigh. Some days I can't tell if these people are running a grift, or if they really are so pathetically thin skinned that the mere mention of slavery makes them cry and crawl into a carton of ice cream.

The answer is both. The thin-skins influence the grifters to be thinner skinned, and the grifters influence the thin-skinned to give them money.

Armchair Gamer

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June 30, 2021, 01:14:56 PM
Quote from: Ghostmaker on June 30, 2021, 08:44:03 AM
Now it's just 'Boba Fett's Starship'.

Sigh. Some days I can't tell if these people are running a grift, or if they really are so pathetically thin skinned that the mere mention of slavery makes them cry and crawl into a carton of ice cream.

There is some level of precedent for this--back in the 1980s, the Executor was marketed simply as "Darth Vader's Star Destroyer," IIRC. Maybe it's similar thinking that 'slave' is too grim a term to use for marketing to kids, although given what they're being taught as history, that's tough to square.

jeff37923

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June 30, 2021, 02:53:00 PM
Or they could be preparing a contest to suggest the new name for the Slave 1 as a promotional stunt.
"Meh."

HappyDaze

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June 30, 2021, 05:27:54 PM
Quote from: Armchair Gamer on June 30, 2021, 01:14:56 PM
Quote from: Ghostmaker on June 30, 2021, 08:44:03 AM
Now it's just 'Boba Fett's Starship'.

Sigh. Some days I can't tell if these people are running a grift, or if they really are so pathetically thin skinned that the mere mention of slavery makes them cry and crawl into a carton of ice cream.

There is some level of precedent for this--back in the 1980s, the Executor was marketed simply as "Darth Vader's Star Destroyer," IIRC. Maybe it's similar thinking that 'slave' is too grim a term to use for marketing to kids, although given what they're being taught as history, that's tough to square.
Hilarious when you consider how frequently people though his ship was the Execute-er (a sloppy saying of executioner) and have no idea what executor means.

Pat

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June 30, 2021, 06:42:50 PM
Quote from: HappyDaze on June 30, 2021, 05:27:54 PM
Quote from: Armchair Gamer on June 30, 2021, 01:14:56 PM
Quote from: Ghostmaker on June 30, 2021, 08:44:03 AM
Now it's just 'Boba Fett's Starship'.

Sigh. Some days I can't tell if these people are running a grift, or if they really are so pathetically thin skinned that the mere mention of slavery makes them cry and crawl into a carton of ice cream.

There is some level of precedent for this--back in the 1980s, the Executor was marketed simply as "Darth Vader's Star Destroyer," IIRC. Maybe it's similar thinking that 'slave' is too grim a term to use for marketing to kids, although given what they're being taught as history, that's tough to square.
Hilarious when you consider how frequently people though his ship was the Execute-er (a sloppy saying of executioner) and have no idea what executor means.
Not sloppy, just archaic. So there's a good chance it was deliberate. But definitely agree most fans were unaware and probably just thought it sounded right.
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