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    That Time Carl Sagan Called Out “Star Wars” for All White Cast

    Mary Anne ButlerBy Mary Anne ButlerJuly 13, 2021Updated:July 13, 20212 Mins Read
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    The year is 1978. “Star Wars” has already made a deep, Death Star trench-run sized mark in the cultural zeitgeist, striking a chord with fans of all ages. But one ‘fan,’ with a certain observation, brings his thoughts to the forefront during a visit to the most watched television program of the day. We’re talking of course of the one and only Carl Sagan, and his visit to “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson,” dated March 2nd, 1979.

    During the segment, Sagan mentions something in particular about the first of the cosmic conflict programs- that all the humanoid characters are white. True, this is well before “The Empire Strikes Back” and the introduction of Bille Dee Williams‘ Lando Calrissian happens, but it is absolutely a fair observation.


    “Star Wars starts out saying it’s on some other galaxy, and then you see there’s people. It’s extremely unlikely that there would be creatures as similar to us as the dominant ones in Star Wars. And there’s a whole bunch of other things; they’re all white. The skin of all the humans in Star Wars, oddly enough, is sort of like this [gesturing to his own hands]. And not even the other colors represented on the Earth are present, much less greens and blues and purples and oranges.”


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    Mary Anne Butler (Mab) has been part of the fast-paced world of journalism since she was 15, getting her start in album reviews and live concert coverage for a nationally published (print) music magazine. She eventually transitioned to online media, writing for such sites as UGO/IGN, ComicsOnline, Geek Magazine, Ace of Geeks, Aggressive Comix (where she is still Editor-in-Chief), Bleeding Cool (where she was News Editor), and now Nerdbot as Editor-In-Chief. Over the past 10 years, she’s built a reputation at conventions across the globe as a cosplayer (occasionally), photographer (constantly), panelist and moderator (mostly), and reporter (always). Interviews, reviews, observations, breaking news, and objective reporting are the name of the game for the founder of Harkonnen Knife Fight, a Dune-themed band with an international presence. Though she be but little, she is fierce.

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