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You knew this would come now that Disney owns it. Sanitizing the past like banning the Confederate flag.
 
Is this for real? Outrage over a semi-sexy "slave" outfit on a not-very-sexy young lady from the early 80's?

When are people going to realize the real problem is Marilyn Monroe and sanitize her? And Ginger on Gillgan's Island. She's way too sexy.
 
Honestly I can see a parent's concern, especially if they are not familiar with the character. On the surface it is a scantly clad woman with a chain around her neck :lol

But, like anything one person's offense can easily become a big story and turn into something more significant than it ever needed to be.

They should really spend their time protesting the truly offensive toys from the Star Wars prequels.

Repped :lol

Let me put my Mod hat on:

Let's avoid any political underpinnings in this discussion; I could see this bringing in a lot of recent events and getting heated.
 
"Daddy daddy! Can you buy me this one? I really want it! Look at his gun! Its awesome! Aint nobody gonna mess with him!"
Hold on son, I need to make a call to channel 6 and protest this other figure with a chain around the neck. What will they come up with next? I'm disgusted!"

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****ing inbreeders!

These are the same idiots who rallied to ban peanut butter! So sorry if you're used to eating cockroaches for lunch, but here in NA we eat peanut butter and jam!
 
I can see where the parent was coming from, but in this age where people are going around looking for reasons to be offended, all I can say is it's too bad he missed an opportunity to talk with his child about slavery and human exploitation (to whatever degree the child's age would allow it) instead of modeling for his child how to be offended, which is so well modeled by people in our society that I cringe to think how entitled and offended the next generation will be.
 
The real problem here is: Disney is the kind of company that will listen to a few idiots and make "adjustments".

Welcome the new "Disney Special Edition" of the OT.

**first offense to fix: remove Leia's chain and give her a CGI cover-up cape.**
 
You knew this would come now that Disney owns it. Sanitizing the past like banning the Confederate flag.

Unreal...comparing a sci-fi toy to a symbol that stands for white superiority. Check your privilege. You could of talked about the Native American genocide being wiped out of school history books instead, that's sanitizing.
 
Barbie is sold in a revealing Bikini and yet nobody seems to complain?.In Fact,you can go to the BEACH and see much worse.

This country is being over sensitive and politically correct about everything and it's getting ridiculous now
 
The article is thin on detail. Lots of stuff shouldn't be marketed to kids "as young as four", but the horse has well and truly bolted. The best way to combat stuff you don't like is to frame them as good teaching moments for your kids imo.
 
Yep this thread is worthy of locking. Companies need to set limits and focus test. There are numerous connotations that one could take from this (scantily clad, a woman with a chain around her neck, enslavement, etc.), and perhaps Slave Leia figures should be moved up to a different category 7+, 10+, whatever. It does not mean that the product would not be offered period, it just tells parents that it depicts a character in attire that some might find objectionable. The same could apply to a reveal or burnt head Vader, a severed arm Anakin, and a cut in half Maul. As such they might only relabel it. The only folks who are really going to worry about this are teen and adult collectors. Slave Leia is one of my favorite depictions, I have the PF, used to have the GG bust and statue, am absolutely looking forward to a HT version or will get one bashed if necessary, and we have action figures from when my kids were little. Grow up. Companies and governments try to be PC because they know that their customers and citizens come from different backgrounds as opposed to a monoblob. People only whine about political correctness when it doesn't apply to them. But turn those tables around and all of a sudden their limited little minds understand maybe it's not so much fun to be on the short end. It's almost laughable to consider this a case of going too far. It's a case where one vocal parent has pointed out something which the overwhelming majority of us could not care less about. However Disney can choose to ignore or enact a pretty simple relabeling remedy. Labeling music "explicit" didn't muzzle artists, instead it gave them even more latitude (I can't believe some of the stuff my kids listen to). Unrated DVDs outsell regular cuts something like 3-to-1. So this is not the end of the world as we know it, these types of things happen all the time.
 
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I agree with others here. This should have been a teaching moment. The father could have told his daughter how not to ruin franchises with "special editions" and ill-conceived prequels. Hell, he could even have used ROTJ as an example of a franchise starting to roll down hill, and that this should be a wake up call for a genuinely fresh and innovative approach by the filmmakers. A shame that this just ended up being one more missed opportunity. :(
 
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