[SymbiSpidey]

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Originally Posted by kylactus

I don't know, I don't think of a bikini as that big a deal anymore. no one I know of has complained about ROTJ as being misogynistic until now. I don't understand when there are films about graphic bondage, rape and murder, why a classic movie is under fire all of a sudden. my guess, a small fringe element of society at large demands we all see things there way. for them there is no room for negotiation, and no understanding of what it takes to maintain a civil society with free speech. They win or they cry foul. with Star Wars heating up again these self appointed crusaders that think they're brave, bold, and revolutionary, feel the need all of a sudden to point out to us that everything we've ever been exposed to is wrong and bad. and the only way forward is not to have any independent thought. that may hurt someone's precious feelings. the "progressive" mind sees the majority as bad, and any ideas that aren't there own as evil. freedom only applies to them in there minds. It's just a childish need to feel important. I hope some loud boring jackass with too much time on there hands revels in the privilege of having there tombstone read: here lies Susan, she made such an important impact on the world by banning slave Leah figures that world peace was possible."

From what I understand, the issue isn't that the Slave Leia outfit exists at all. The issue is that, despite being an outfit that is mostly insignificant to the overall story of RotJ, it has become the single most marketable version of the character solely because it depicts Leia in a skimpy outfit, which is pretty bad when you consider that she wore the outfit because she was Jabba's implied sex slave. It reduces the character to the one scene in the movie where she was subjugated and held against her will. Granted, Leia DOES kick some ass in the outfit, but she also kicks ass in every other outfit she's ever worn.

And yeah, there are depictions of rape in certain films, but you don't see people fetishizing those scenes and buying all of the action figures depicting that character in that particular moment because it's "sexy".

Even still, I don't think the slave outfit by itself is necessarily offensive. I just think the obsession with it prevents other, more iconic outfits from getting the spotlight.