Star Wars has women in it, and apparently, for many, that’s a problem. Star Wars is a multibillion-dollar franchise with an increasingly female fanbase. Photo by Daniel Cheung || UnsplashBut, as Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker looms on the horizon and The Mandalorian streams on Disney+, the story on the ground is very different: women, so seeming legions of fans proclaim, are ruining Star Wars. There’s been, over the last six years, mountains and mountains written on the cultural crisis at play, and as I’m not an expert on Star Wars fandom, I’m not going to rehash them; business is my specialty. Whether it be Star Wars, sports, or some other fandom, let’s examine the central claim that unites all of these community revolts: that “real fans” are being ignored, abandoned, or rejected in favor of women and people of color, “real fans” implicitly being white men.

Source: Forbes December 06, 2019 15:45 UTC