I Am Proud Of "The Last Jedi"'s Inclusiveness Because I Am A Fish Nun

I Am Proud Of The Last Jedi's Inclusiveness Because I Am A Fish Nun
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Finally, some representation.

Since I was a mere child fish-nun, I have loved the Star Wars franchise. The vast and sprawling galaxy far, far away has always inspired my imagination in a manner I can’t fully explain. Still, as enthralled with the travels of Luke, Leia, Han, and Obi-Wan were for me, I couldn’t help but notice that all the main characters of the movies were white... and also not fish-nuns.

Then The Last Jedi came along.

It’s important to have heroes that look like you represented on the big screen. Rian Johnson gave me that. He may spell his first name like a total freak, but he finally gave fish-nuns our due. Also, he got Mark Hamill to act his ass off, and that was dope. Man did that dude bring it.

Anyways, if the critical and commercial success of The Last Jedi has taught us anything, it’s that there needs to be more fish-nuns in pop culture. I am expecting Rian Johnson’s new Star Wars universe trilogy to be all about fish-nuns. And if he’s in need of a lead fish-nun for the series, he knows where to find me. Haha, just kidding. No but seriously.

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