A History of “Star Wars” and Toxic Fandom: Part Two of Two
The circle is not yet complete …
This is going to get ugly fast.
48 hours ago I posted the first part of this article:
Response was swift, from outright denials of the existence of a toxic fanbase, to adamant, admittedly wistful agreement that true fans should come together in solidarity and “celebrate” the saga that once fired their collective imaginations.
Before we get to Disney and the relatively recent canon that many believe irreparably split the fans, I will touch upon a small, cultish project that touched some nerves.
Prequel Trilogy Fall-Out
Three years after the release of 2005’s “Revenge of the Sith,” 2008 brought us “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” the theatrical precursor to the long-running 3-D animated series (not to be confused with Genndy Tartakovsky’s 2003 traditionally animated series of the same name) which itself spun off 2014’s “Rebels” and the upcoming “The Bad Batch” for Disney.
