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[annathecrow]

Hello,

the weekly chat post has come again. Do you have something to talk about?

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In my corner of the world, we're traditionally celebrating that a religion's main dude died but came back (sorta). Nothing to do with Star Wars, but it led to a family visit and a SW-related discussion.

We were talking about LEGO, and my (very opinionated) dad said, roughly: "but they just keep making those Harry Potter and Star Wars sets, it's stupid, it's the same thing over and over".

And... hm. Firstly, I was of course pretty unhappy to hear SW compared to the TERF Financial Support IP. Then... does SW really look derivative from the outside? Hm. I could see it, maybe. Sure, there are new stories, but if you look at general merch it's Vader, Vader, Vader and some Stormtroopers, maybe baby Yoda? Oh, and then Kylo Ren-branded school gear, always installed in a stand right beside the same things with Elsa from Frozen. (What gender is your kid, magical ice princess or genocidal emo?)

Hm.