Chris Fritz's Blog - Posts Tagged "rant"

I don't know where else to talk about this so here's me getting on my soapbox. So recently Disney announced a new line of Star Wars Lego sets. Including a new set featuring Boba Fett's starship called the Slave 1. The only problem is the name of the set isn't called the Slave 1 it's just called Boba Fett's Starship. Now I can understand the decision to do this nobody wants the name of their products to be associated with slaves. Slavery is very bad and making this politically correct naming choice is not a bad decision. Here's my problem. Even though they made this change Disney has no problems with slavery. Here's what I mean. Back in 2019 when Disney was filming the live action remake of Mulan they decided to film in the Xinjiang region of china for authenticity working very closely with the Chinese government. Now in the Xinjiang region of China the government is currently carrying out its genocide of the Uighur Muslim people. A facet of this genocide is forced labor. So with all of this in mind it's not unreasonable for me to say that it is a possibility that slave labor was utilized in making the 2020 live action reboot of Mulan. So when Disney tries to rebrand the Slave 1 as Boba Fett's Starship it's an empty gesture that leaves a bad taste in my mouth. They're trying to appear progressive but when it comes down to it they'll do anything to make money.

That's the end of my rant thanks for reading I really needed to get that off my chest.