'Star Wars' Actor John Boyega Has the Perfect Response to Black Stormtrooper Critics

[Deadpool1986]

The first human face we see in the new teaser for Star Wars: The Force Awakens is actor John Boyega — and some people aren't too happy about it.

While the trailer for the seventh installment of the epic fantasy all but broke the Internet over the weekend, some Star Wars fans can't seem to wrap their head around the appearance of the Attack the Block star as a black stormtrooper lost in the desert in a galaxy far, far away.

For die-hard Star Wars fans, Boyega's appearance in stormtrooper armor doesn't mesh with the history of the fictional Star Wars universe. After all, aren't all of those stormtroopers meant to be clones of Jango Fett, merciless bounty hunter of Star Wars Episode III: Attack of the Clones, father of the enigmatic Boba Fett in the original trilogy, and decidedly not black? Others compared the trailer to a scene from Mel Brooks' classic 1987 spoof Space Balls, while others still offered, um, more interesting critiques.

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"The black stormtrooper's name is To'ken, a warrior from the Social Justice squadron."

Boyega offered a classy response to his critics on Instagram on Saturday:

Boyega's right: Star Wars fans should probably stop obsessing over the significance — narrative or otherwise — of his skin color in the film.

"A black stormtrooper can very well be a black stormtrooper in the Star Wars Galaxy without there being any great significance to it," explains the Atlantic's Kriston Capps in his excellent analysis of race in the Star Wars universe. "What distinguishes the Star Wars universe from the Star Trek universe is the fact that, outside of the goose-stepping ranks of the Imperial military structure, its universe is pretty chill on race, if not totally post-racial. No one in the Rebellion bats an eye when Lando Calrissian and Nien Nunb copilot the Millennium Falcon during the Battle of Endor in The Return of the Jedi, even though the former is a black man from Bespin's Cloud City and the latter a fish-faced smuggler from the humid caves of Sollust. Neither of them appears to mind taking orders from Admiral Ackbar, the high-ranking Mon Calamari military mastermind, either."

So well played, Boyega. We're looking forward to seeing you kick ass come December 2015.

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[*L*E*G*A*C*Y*]

Get used to it...LOL.

Homeboy is probably on cloud nine right now...

 

[labrokejames]

enjoy the press my dude:thugbaby:

 

[Un-AmericanDreamer]

swagging on em.

 

[ScoopNScore]

I love how some of the cacs tried to justify themselves saying that all the stormtroopers were supposed to be clones, so that's why they objected to it .

Yeah, like them nikkas ain't sound different in Episodes 4, 5, and 6. Maybe they stopped using Djangos once the Old Republic ended . Maybe a brotha wanted to get a Spacebuck out there n the Empire was the only ones hiring in the galaxy

Wonder what they'd say if it was a pale-skinned dude instead, since Django Fett looks more Indian than anything :whitej:

 

[NaijaProdigy Redux]

Boyega walking around LA like

 

[KeysT]

I love how some of the cacs tried to justify themselves saying that all the stormtroopers were supposed to be clones, so that's why they objected to it .

:stoptislime: Yeah, like them nikkas ain't sound different in Episodes 4, 5, and 6. Maybe they stopped using Djangos once the Old Republic ended . Maybe a brotha wanted to get a Spacebuck out there n the Empire was the only ones hiring in the galaxy

Wonder what they'd say if it was a pale-skinned dude instead, since Django Fett looks more Indian than anything :whitej:

I read somewhere that legitimately by the time time period that this movie was supposed to represent happened Stormtroopers were getting drafted..so those people using the clone excuse aren't really star wars fans/racist

 

[KOOL_G_TRAP]

the real storm troopers were moors

 

[karim]

has it occured to anyone, that maybe he isn't a stormtrooper, but just wear the Uniform as a form of disguise? After all, he seems to be on the Run in the couple of seconds we see him in the trailer.

 

[Scuti]

 

[Zombi_Jeezus]

Wow I just recognized him. Dude was dope in attack the block. Star wars fans just want shyt to bytch about. Hell the blueprint for the clones looked like a maori warrior. I bet this flick is gonna be awesome. JJ aint gonna disappoint.

 

[Black Magisterialness]

I love how some of the cacs tried to justify themselves saying that all the stormtroopers were supposed to be clones, so that's why they objected to it .

:stoptislime: Yeah, like them nikkas ain't sound different in Episodes 4, 5, and 6. Maybe they stopped using Djangos once the Old Republic ended . Maybe a brotha wanted to get a Spacebuck out there n the Empire was the only ones hiring in the galaxy

Wonder what they'd say if it was a pale-skinned dude instead, since Django Fett looks more Indian than anything :whitej:

fam Django Fett was a Kiwi....dude is South Pacific as fukk...so if anything all stormtroopers should me Maori or Samoan or Tongan or something. White people get really stupid when it comes to their cultural "institutions". Lucas is married to a black woman, brehs.

 

[ManxOfxThexYear]

 

[DaPresident]

If they wore masks, how did ANYONE know what race a trooper was?




White folks always mad they don't have the monopoly on something...Mad at a black stormtrooper? Really? SMH yet WE always playing the race card, WE always bringing up race...

 

[ManxOfxThexYear]

If they wore masks, how did ANYONE know what race a trooper was?




White folks always mad they don't have the monopoly on something...Mad at a black stormtrooper? Really? SMH yet WE always playing the race card, WE always bringing up race...

Of course breh, anyone who isn't white is the real racist for bringing up race, I thought you knew