The Illustrious Jerry

I'm a Canadian, I pay more taxes than you!

The conductor has a copy of the movie running with a sort of visualization of the click track to help him stay synchronized to the picture.

I'm here by accident, I was looking for the Tauriel thread.

I feel like Queen Amidala would wear something with that pattern. Probably a deleted scene somewhere. 
 
It it is a nice tablecloth though, yes.

Love the tablecloth!

In regards to 1), I see that you’re compiling data!  Neat!  Make sure you include the tweets/threads they were replying to.  I’d be interested in seeing if Lucasfilm employees (from their non-Lucasfilm-affiliated accounts) call somebody sexist or racist for an actual film criticism, and not just for saying something sexist or racist!
 
in regards to 2), I think that’s really overselling the idea that the boycotters are important. I also don’t necessarily agree with hand-waving anything based on Memorial Day.  There are all sorts of reasons why a movie doesn’t match expectations, and simple answers are probably the best ones.
 
Were expectations too high to begin with?  If they hadn’t had to course correct, this would have been a “low budget” Star Wars movie, and that opening weekend would have been very cozy.
 
Did the normies not care about Solo?  I wager that’s the biggest.  My spouse didn’t want to see it, so I went alone.  One of the five people I eat lunch with at work didn’t like it, and the other four don’t plan on seeing it.  Here are some of the things they talked about yesterday:  “The trailers don’t look good.” “I’m kind of Star Warsed out.” “It’s one I’ll just wait to see on Netflix,” “I like the main ones because I like Rey, but I’m not really a Star Wars person.” 
 
The last one was my spouse btw.  All of them liked-to-loved The Last Jedi (I’ve still never met anyone face to face who flipped their kid about TLJ) and none of them are the type of person who follows entertainment news or RottenTomatoes scores or dumb fan fights.
 
So if that’s an accurate sample of what is BY FAR the largest portion of the movie audience (randos who don’t keep up with movie news and just see movies) lacks a driving interest in seeing this for numerous reasons.
 
And then there are the few hundred guys with angry Twitter accounts and YouTube channels, and if they didn’t buy tickets (although I’m not sure how they have such specific complaints if they didn’t), that affected it too.

Really? They can be fuckin' frightening sometimes.
 
 

I thought the self-sacrifice was pretty heroic. 

LOL. You and some other fans do sound rather sexist. Just saying.  
You still haven't answered my question.  Why are you so threatened by feminism?
 
Like I said, I don't think Kennedy is going anywhere.  Episode 9 will be hugely successful. 

Many of the "idiot" fans voiced their complaints and were dismissed and accused of being ignorant, racist, and sexist by Lucasfilm employees. (FYI, I'm putting together a compilation of evidence.)
 
If Lucasfilm continues to ignore the fans, their business will continue to drop. This has been happening since TLJ... and will continue to happen until changes are made.

Harrison Ford was the one who wanted Han killed. He had no interest in continuing the role. Sacrificing Luke was necessary to the story, it didn't contradict anything Lucas had created.

Kitten,
This is why I don't respect you. You make a false statement and someone comes along who unequivocally demonstrates it to be so and you respond as if it had never happened. You will literally say anything to keep your false narrative alive. Including when you attempted to suggest that passing judgement on child slavery was a kind of social justice moment that something like Star Wars shouldn't pass judgement on because it might be too preachy and make certain people uncomftorable. That was the moment I lost all respect for you. 
 
As for George not approving of Disney's material. First of all it's no longer his to approve or disprove of. He willingly sold the franchise with the intention they continue to build off of his canon. Secondly there is little evidence he doesn't largely approve of what Disney is doing. George did have an issue with the sequel trilogy not being about the twins but it remains to be seen if they will end up brother and sister. I personally think they will but who outside of Lucasfilm knows? He would have asthetically made Force Awakens look differently than it does  but then again it's no longer his to make. We know that he liked Rogue One and Solo a lot. Solo was the one stand alone film that we know he wanted them to do. He was complimentary toward TLJ and I know of no actual quote to dispute that. 
 
So when you say George didn't approve of this Disney material not only is that not entirely accurate it also misses the point. You continually grasp at straws to keep your hateful agenda alive. That's not going to bring me to your side. 

And so it is.

“I don’t read that stuff. I haven’t read any of the novels. I don’t know anything about that world. That’s a different world than my world. But I do try to keep it consistent. The way I do it now is they have a Star Wars Encyclopedia. So if I come up with a name or something else, I look it up and see if it has already been used. When I said [other people] could make their own Star Wars stories, we decided that, like Star Trek, we would have two universes: My universe and then this other one. They try to make their universe as consistent with mine as possible, but obviously they get enthusiastic and want to go off in other directions.” – George Lucas, from an interview in Starlog #337
 
Kitten the EU was never canon.
 
 
 
It's more that I just don't respect you.

You can see here the death star orbiting that farrest moon of Endor. Although the weapons systems of this death star are not yet operational, the death star does have a strong. Defense. Mechanism.

No, there were lead by a six foot salmon.

You know what?  In ROTJ the rebels were led by Mon Mothma, a woman!  Feminist agenda!

My SWD story:
 
I went to see Darth Vader one time. There was a big crowd, and my dad lifted me up onto his shoulders. Darth Vader saw me and gave me a thumbs up!
 
That was a few years ago. Since then, I've become increasingly suspicious that it wasn't really David Prowse under that helmet, and that James Earl Jones may not even have been in the country at the time. 

A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets. But now you know there was a man named Flynn. And that I saved him. In every way that a person can be saved.
 
- Rose

Yawn

I haven't seen a bad SW movie since AOTC. TLJ was awesome. 

She can't do that! Shoot her! Or something!

I'm very much both excited for and dreading where Abrams takes it.  I don't think he could or would write a script as dense as that, which might be exactly what's needed to resolve the story.  I just hope he doesn't go too far in the other direction and over simplify every thing.

The world in general has a history of treating women like garbage in some ways. However, in some ways women have always had special privileges and treatment. The world has always been a very hypocritical place in every direction.
 
That's a great point about her taking heat from leftists for not having hired a woman director yet. She has, in many ways, a thankless job. George took heat for years. The people whining that she isn't listening to the "fans" need to recall that George never catered to them. Or anyone. George single mindedly did exactly what he wanted to do and if anyone didn't like it he didn't care. Personally, I admire that. 
 
I don't consider myself on the leftwing at all and even I can see that the fanboys who are screaming that she is turning Star Wars into an SJW movement is absurd. She has been trying to attract a larger female audience but not at the expense of the already established male audience. And certainly not at the expense of the integrity of the Star Wars canon. Most people are reacting the way they are becuase they can't envision in their minds where TLJ is going. It is probably the most dense Star Wars film ever made and they simply don't know what to make of it or the future and they are responding in the only way they know how. ANGRILY.