Some Star Wars followers are upset, once more. Think about that. The newest freak-out activates a minor little bit of canon that was simply scrambled in episode 4 of Star Wars: The Acolyte. It has to do with the prequel films and the lifespans of 1 explicit race of aliens that actually doesn’t issue into something essential. The response from some folks has been so apocalyptic, although, that even the editors of Wookiepedia, the web repository for each little bit of arcane Star Wars lore you could possibly think about, have needed to come out and inform everybody to relax out.
The textbook definition of not having a traditional one started on June 18 after episode 4 of The Acolyte included a cameo by Ki-Adi-Mundi, the Excessive Council Jedi Grasp with the large brow many would possibly keep in mind from his transient appearances in The Phantom Menace, Assault of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith. Based mostly on the earlier understanding of Star Wars lore, Mundi would have technically been born 40 years after the occasions of Acolyte, which takes place close to the tip of the Excessive Republic period, roughly a century earlier than the tip of the prequels.
Complaints started pouring in concerning the inconsistency, with some followers turning them into one other cudgel with which to beat a Disney Plus present that sports activities a numerous character roster and casts a way more cynical mild on the “good man” Jedi and their house magic orthodoxy. It’s an unpleasant sentiment that’s existed because the fraught sequel trilogy launched and resurfaces each time anybody related to a brand new present or film doesn’t proof an entire and unimpeachable understanding of present Star Wars trivia.
“Disney has not solely destroyed Ki-Adi-Mundi’s (and the Cerean species’ lifespan) canon/lore, however has additionally character assassinated him and made him right into a liar,” learn one viral thread on the “Saltier Than Crait” fan subreddit. That’s as a result of along with retconning Mundi’s age, The Acolyte additionally seemingly contradicted his “the Sith have been extinct for millennia” line from the prequels by teasing a Sith villain for the present.
Because of episode 4, the Wookiepedia editors up to date Mundi’s biography, which incensed some followers much more. “Wookiepedia tried actual onerous to cowl that one up,” YouTuber StarWarsTheory tweeted. “Received all of it stay in actual time. I’ll publish the edit later. I actually didn’t suppose it may get any extra lore destroying. Shock shock.” Based on Wookiepedia, this resulted in a pile-on that included a well-recognized stream of on-line vitriol.
“We aren’t going to mince phrases on this one,” the location responded on June 19. “In case your response to an editor including a date to an article on Wookieepedia is to inform them you hope they and their pets die, you aren’t a Star Wars fan. Hate like that has no place right here, and you aren’t welcome in our neighborhood.” When one individual quipped that “I assumed gatekeeping had no place in Star Wars,” a sentiment typically expressed within the face of poisonous Star Wars purists, Wookiepedia instantly moved to close them down. “Telling folks demise threats are usually not welcome right here shouldn’t be gatekeeping. It’s primary decency.”
What makes the freak-out further foolish is that Mundi’s age and the common lifespan of his race, the Cereans, had been based mostly on expanded universe data which hasn’t technically been canon for years. It additionally doesn’t actually have any bearing on the universe or its occasions. Mundie wasn’t a Jedi Grasp till he was. He had a number of wives till he possibly didn’t. I get that if you’ve devoted massive parts of your time and power to studying made-up information about made-up locations, it may be onerous to let go. However there are issues that matter and issues that don’t, and methods to respectably categorical disappointment that don’t come off as thinly veiled rants about having to share your toys with different folks.
The Acolyte has loads of issues. Each piece of Star Wars media that isn’t Andor does. Who may have guessed it will have been an harmless Mundi cameo that despatched one other batch of Star Wars weirdest followers over the sting once more.
