It'd be cool if we had any of these whatsoever, to be fair. Guarantee you this lead won't be gay. Disney doesn't really offer LGBT+ representation outside of interviews and conveniently cut scenes.
I agree with the thrust of the point that casting white men shouldn't be a dirty thing — and it's particularly mean-spirited to decry the mocapping actor's appearance as "generic" — while also insisting that diverse protagonists are extraordinarily important, especially for IPs like Star Wars whose audience include children who need relatable role models. It's also sad that Jedi protagonists in particular are... exclusively white. (It's also rather transparent why the protagonist for the next big single-player Star Wars game is a young straight white dude.)
But casting a white male protagonist is still okay. Just not something to celebrate, and understandably disappointing to many, given gaming's severe diversity issues.
Great post.
Don't get me wrong, I would love to see more characters that look like me, and it's good to see things have improved over time. It's disappointing when that doesn't happen, but I'm not gonna write off a story on that count alone.
Hell, they seem to have a black female Jedi that isn't just a bit role/an alien, which is more to say than another other piece of Star Wars canon! Again, not to say they can't improve. It's still something!
In any case, I'm interested after that trailer. Wish they showed gameplay, but I have faith in Respawn and Stig to make it fun as hell. An action game as a Jedi in that era always seems weird to me; having the character lay low to survive flies in the face of the rad stuff people want to do as a Jedi. Definitely want to see what they have in mind!
