In Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, the Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi travels to the secretive planet of Kamino, where he discovers the existence of a clone army that would feed the so-called Clone Wars and eventually serve as the model for the evil Galactic Empire’s stormtrooper infantry. Didn’t the prequels reveal that all stormtroopers were white clones? But a few corners of the Internet turned to the internal logic of the Star Wars universe to appeal the presence of a black stormtrooper. In other threads and on Twitter, some people registered mere racist shock. People on Reddit compared the trailer to a scene from the 1987 Mel Brooks spoof Space Balls, a gag that plays up a black stormtrooper as jive-talkin’. Maybe the only people more alarmed than Boyega by his circumstances were commenters surprised by the sight of a black man’s head emerging from the white plate armor of an Imperial stormtrooper. ![]() He is surrounded by desert: in all likelihood the rolling dunes of Tatooine, the homeworld of both Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader. The man, who is played by John Boyega (of Attack the Block), pops into view perspiring and panting hard. Abrams and scheduled for release in December 2015-opens on a black man wearing a stormtrooper’s uniform. ![]() That’s because the official trailer that aired Friday for the next film in the Star Wars saga- The Force Awakens, directed by J.J. Earlier today, it seemed like #BlackStormtrooper might actually eclipse #BlackFriday as a trending topic.
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