TheQuartering [4/15/2021]

Kathleen Kennedy has had a certain narrative about Star Wars fans for a very long time. Today we find out it’s all bologna.

According to BoundingIntoComics:

The Mandalorian actress Katee Sackhoff recently attempt to explain why the all female scene in the final episode of The Mandalorian works.

n a lengthy interview with Looper where she discusses her YouTube channel as well as Battlestar Galactica, Sackhoff is asked, “When you were cast on Battlestar, there was a pretty vocal group of fans that was pretty pissed about Starbuck being a woman. That seemed to change once the show came out, but looking at the season finale of Mandalorian, and it’s you and Mercedes and Gina and Ming-Na Wen driving almost all of the action, and people almost didn’t notice. As a sci-fi action star, have you seen the attitude towards women in that space change?”

First off, this question is laughable. Din Djarin actually has two huge fight sequences in the final episode. The first against a Dark Trooper and the second against Moff Gideon. Not to mention the final combat sequence is Luke Skywalker going ham on the Dark Troopers. But the all-female fire squad was driving almost all of the action…

Nevertheless, Sackhoff responded, “Absolutely. Yeah. Well, first and foremost, one of the reasons why Starbuck worked was that we never mentioned the fact that she was a woman. She was just a well-rounded, interesting, creative character in a world that was fun to watch. She just happened to be a woman.”