Star Wars News | Filoni on Critics | Stenberg a Victim?

Star Wars News | Filoni on Critics | Stenberg a Victim?
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Throughout Star Wars' history on Disney+, the franchise has largely been faithful to the more familiar eras of the Star Wars Timeline. For instance, The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett occur between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, while both Obi-Wan Kenobi and Andor take place between Revenge of the Sith and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. However, that's all about to change with the High Republic-era Disney+ series The Acolyte which was reportedly built around actress, Amandla Stenberg.

Stenberg is no stranger to blockbuster franchises. Her first breakout role was in 2012's The Hunger Games as the young, 12-year-old tribute Rue.

In the years that followed, Stenberg has starred in The Hate U Give, Dear Evan Hansen, and most recently, Bodies Bodies Bodies, while also generating both negative and positive attention for outspokenness and activism on social media.

On the heels of the release of Bodies Bodies Bodies and ahead of The Acolyte, Stenberg has opened up about her experiences with cancel culture and how she doesn't expect it to end anytime soon.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter about her personal experience with cancel culture, Amandla Stenberg answered the question "Do I care that I have been canceled?" while also confessing that it's likely her "fate."

“I consider myself one of the lucky ones because now I don’t have to live with some perverse, distorted Catholic guilt. This guilt that seems to derive from the Catholic Church around if I am a good person or not. The world decided that I’m not going to Heaven, so I’m fine with that. See you in hell!”

In regard to criticism over her choice of roles and personal stances, Stenberg explained that the fact she likes "to speak openly about the person that I am" is what "invites some canceling from the far right:"

“I like to speak openly about the person that I am, and that invites some canceling from the far right. Then there are folks on the far left who think that I have done things that have not been inclusive, or that I have unfairly taken up space within media, or that I’m in cahoots with the entertainment industry when it comes to representation of Blackness.”

In other news, Dave Filoni spoke on the recent criticism that all #starwars is the same. Saying, "We love seeing the development of all these series and how from the new show we’re doing with Jon Watts, Skeleton Crew, and… but when you look at Andor and you look at Obi-Wan, you look at Mando, you look at Boba. They all do have a different feeling, a different tone, and I think that’s remarkable, and really speaks to the serialized nature of Star Wars, and how it can be a very flexible galaxy. I mean, it is a galaxy, so there’s so many stories to tell that it’s exciting. But I don’t know yet. I’m waiting to see a little more as I put together what that tone becomes, because it’s evolving right now. It’s evolving."