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Report: Lego To Stop Production Of ‘Star Wars’ Set Due To Anti-Muslim Backlash

I bet they're replacing them with Taliban lego heroes.....I'm personally really offended by Chewbacca, since I'm so sensitive about my hairy legs. This is a complete joke.
 
Dear outraged Muslims,

If you're going to burn anything in protest, make sure it's Jar Jar.
Then you'll have my full support.


That's racist. Everyone knows that jar Jar is afro- caribbean.

what a disaster for george lucas after the whole mandelorians = hispanics = cloning = flood the galaxy = george lucas = racist fiasco.
 
Blame the media. For the grotesque double standard deference to Muslims shown to NO other religion or ethic group. In as sense, the terror attacks succeeded for which everyone is terrified unique of Muslims disapproving of anything made, said or shown.

Why don't they stop showing old Westerns that make Indians/Native Americans seem like murderous savages?
 
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You've got to be F$*%()ing Kidding Me. :doh[/FONT][/COLOR]

I swear, this level hypersensitivity HAS to be fake.
 
Damn, I had no idea Jabba the Hut was muslim. I guess it makes sense now. Right before he dropped Luke in the Rancor pit he yelled "ALLAHU AKHBAR!!! ALALALALALALALA!"

well, to be fair, the cultures and fauna of tatooine clearly takes it's inspiration from from arab culture and the ME environment. But this is a pretty common device, with everything from Dune, star trek, LOTR, and even the Song of ice and fire (the mongols clearly serve as the inspiration for the Dothraki)

But anyone taking issue with it is rather laughable
 
well, to be fair, the cultures and fauna of tatooine clearly takes it's inspiration from from arab culture and the ME environment. But this is a pretty common device, with everything from Dune, star trek, LOTR, and even the Song of ice and fire (the mongols clearly serve as the inspiration for the Dothraki)

But anyone taking issue with it is rather laughable

Does this mean the Klingons will be taken out of Star Trek? :lol:
 
Does this mean the Klingons will be taken out of Star Trek? :lol:

I knew there was a reason that Kirk screwed every alien race in the galaxy BUT klingons.
 
Most of the desert cultures in Star Wars and other sci-fi epics are based on Middle Eastern cultures. Even the architecture is pretty much the same. Hollywood has a knack for appropriating other cultures for its own uses, and Star Wars originates from an era where Hollywood cared a lot less about being PC.
 
http://brickset.com/news/article/?ID=6146

As a Lego hobbyist and reseller, I completely believe the `spin` coming from the Lego group. Items from licensed lines (star wars, Harry Potter, Toy Story...) Almost never stay on the shelves for more than two years. Most of them are only available for 8-14 months.

There is no news here...
 
Most of the desert cultures in Star Wars and other sci-fi epics are based on Middle Eastern cultures. Even the architecture is pretty much the same. Hollywood has a knack for appropriating other cultures for its own uses, and Star Wars originates from an era where Hollywood cared a lot less about being PC.


Can't exactly build a cape-cod in the middle of the desert.. :)


Tim-
 
Can't exactly build a cape-cod in the middle of the desert.. :)


Tim-

igloos, mate. Equal representation, and all
 
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You've got to be F$*%()ing Kidding Me. :doh[/FONT][/COLOR]

Its bull****.... the coverage on this has been .... pathetic to say the least.. lead by American rightwing rags....

LEGO.com About Us Reaction to criticism of LEGO Star Wars product:

The LEGO Group regrets that the product has caused the members of the Turkish cultural community to interprete it wrongly, but point out that the design of the product only refers to the fictional content of the Star WarsTM saga.

A few media have reported that the product is being discontinued due to the mentioned criticism. This is, however, not correct.

So basically Lego did not pull the product, it was discontinued and would have been discontinued regardless if there was criticism or not. Also Lego never appologized and in fact blamed the morons in Turkey for their miss-interpretation of Star Wars.
 
Its bull****.... the coverage on this has been .... pathetic to say the least.. lead by American rightwing rags....

LEGO.com About Us Reaction to criticism of LEGO Star Wars product:



So basically Lego did not pull the product, it was discontinued and would have been discontinued regardless if there was criticism or not. Also Lego never appologized and in fact blamed the morons in Turkey for their miss-interpretation of Star Wars.

There was a lawsuit in Turkey about Game of Thrones (As the Dothraki seem a little Turkic) so this hardly surprising from certain quarters. As much as I loved my stay in the country many seemed to have been raised with a persecution complex.
 
Is it me or are people becoming a little too sensitive these days? When minority groups protest about things as far reaching as this, they disvalue the importance and credibility of real and blatant acts of discrimination and/or prejudice. It sort of reminds me of the story of the boy who cried wolf.
 
Report: Lego To Stop Production Of ‘Star Wars’ Set Due To Anti-Muslim Backlash
April 1, 2013 11:59 PM
 
There was a lawsuit in Turkey about Game of Thrones (As the Dothraki seem a little Turkic) so this hardly surprising from certain quarters. As much as I loved my stay in the country many seemed to have been raised with a persecution complex.

Hardly the only ones that complains over this kind of stuff. The only reason this became a story and on these boards is because they were Muslim and it was brought forward by anti-Muslim jihadists on the right wing.
 
People are getting to sensitive about things these days, whether its the logo on google.com or a lego toy set. Actually sensitive probably isn't the right word, self-righteous is a a better choice. Anyway, people need to be less sensitive and that includes being less sensitive about other people's over-sensitiveness. Yes things like wanting production of a children's toy end because it offends you is stupid, but so is going on an angry tirade about it. It requires a response certainly, but it requires a calm reasonable response.

Maybe we can create a new character called F*** Mohammed (FoMo) , or KMAT (Kiss My Ass Turk), or an ugly-ass Muslim based on Chewie called Muzzy.


This is not a calm reasonable response.
 
People are getting to sensitive about things these days, whether its the logo on google.com or a lego toy set. Actually sensitive probably isn't the right word, self-righteous is a a better choice. Anyway, people need to be less sensitive and that includes being less sensitive about other people's over-sensitiveness. Yes things like wanting production of a children's toy end because it offends you is stupid, but so is going on an angry tirade about it. It requires a response certainly, but it requires a calm reasonable response.




This is not a calm reasonable response.

You feel free to kiss the ass of everyone else in the world, and show weakness.

Your inability to delineate between sarcasm and an angry tirade is comical, hence your opinion here has no value.
 
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