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Star Wars is set to head into the next chapter with Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy becoming the first woman and person of colour to direct a feature film for the franchise.<\/p>\n
However, the upcoming project is already facing backlash from conservative fans as they discovered the director sharing some poignant declarations during a panel alongside Meryl Streep and Jon Stewart.<\/p>\n
When asked by Jon whether \u201cpermeating the patriarchy\u201d is a goal in her work and what the reaction to it is, the Pakistan-Canadian filmmaker said: \u201cAbsolutely, I like to make men uncomfortable. I enjoy making men uncomfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n
The live audience chuckled and applauded her answer while the consensus online has been far less kind to the 45-year-old.<\/p>\n
American author Matt Walsh shared the unearthed clip on X, formerly known as Twitter, declaring: \u201cThis movie is destined to be Disney\u2019s biggest flop yet.\u201d<\/p>\n
READ MORE: <\/strong>Best shows to catch on Disney+ in 2024 – from Star Wars to Marvel<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n In the comments many agreed with Matt\u2019s prediction, adding: \u201cStar Wars has historically had a mostly male audience. This is studio suicide.\u201d<\/p>\n A second argued: “Come on Matt, Star Wars has sucked since Disney took over, this is just continuing that trend.”<\/p>\n A number of fans accused the studio of prioritizing \u201cwoke\u201d politics over the franchise\u2019s best interests while one claimed the company simply \u201cdespises their audience\u201d.<\/p>\n One disgruntled viewer questioned: \u201cWhy does everything have to be a political statement nowadays?\u201d with X CEO Elon Musk also weighing in on the debate with a simple: \u201cWow.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n During the panel, which took place at the Women In World Summit in 2015, Sharmeen expanded on her answer adding: \u201cIt is important to be able to look into the eyes of a man and say; \u2018I am here and recognise that. Recognise that I am working to bring something that makes you uncomfortable and it should make you uncomfortable because you need to change your attitude.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s only when you\u2019re uncomfortable, when you\u2019re shifty, when you have to have difficult conversations that you will perhaps look in the mirror and not like the reflection.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking to CNN on New Year\u2019s Eve, Sharmeen eagerly gushed over the project saying: \u201cWe’re in 2024 now, and it’s about time that we had a woman come forward to shape a story in a galaxy far, far away.\u201d<\/p>\n This comment has been similarly picked apart by critics who claim the director \u201cisn\u2019t respecting the history\u201d of the franchise as they confused female-fronted and female-led by referring to the sequel trilogy, which was fronted by Hollywood star Daisy Ridley but directed by JJ Abrams and Rian Johnson.<\/p>\n Sharmeen\u2019s new feature, Star Wars: New Jedi Order, follows 2019\u2019s The Rise of Skywalker and will see the return of Rey (Daisy Ridley).<\/p>\n While a release date has not been confirmed, it is expected around December 2025, according to Screenrant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [ad_1] Star Wars is set to head into the next chapter with Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy becoming the first woman and person of colour to direct a feature film for the franchise. However, the upcoming project is already facing backlash from conservative fans as they discovered the director sharing some poignant declarations during a panel …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[765],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18879"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}