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Re: Lando minifig picutre HERE
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general
Date: 
Tue, 12 Aug 2003 00:02:23 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Michael Bosch wrote:

   If we had a Star Wars-type franchise that was evenly distributed among White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, etc, that LEGO decided to buy into, I think LEGO would have released minifigs in “real” skin tones. But, seeing as how a black actor didn’t enter into the original trilogy untill Lando...

Ever wondered why people that have been baked under the twin suns of Tattooine for generations have such fair skin? Luke and all his family should have been played by black people.

Cheers, Allister



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(...) Sunscreen. (...) Hmmm.. Don't forget Luke was only half Tattooini. Adieu Richie Dulin (2 URLs) Port Brique Somewhere in the South Pacifique (2 URLs) Misérable Building a safer South Pacifique (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)

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(...) After reading the posts, perhaps the issue is no longer "Does yellow=white?" but rather, "Why aren't there more people of color in the mainstream media?" If we had a Star Wars-type franchise that was evenly distributed among White, Black, (...) (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, FTX)

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