Comics Lost Stars manga

Tarkin with a full head of hair is... terrifying.

 

Didn't see the colorized version posted yet...

 

So she's going to be an ethnic Korean after all in this artist's imagination.

 

Mu, weren't you going to stop posting in this section of the boards? She doesn't look Korean at all.


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Oh dear, it's Jude!

 

oh kay then.

Edit: I needed to edit this post because I just absolutely need to say this:
How the ____________ is saying a SW character is Space! some ethnicity or another "racist humor?" I mean come on! There is a whole thread where it's devoted to say we need more Space!diversity... The whole reason my post above is not in that other thread is because this thread is regarding artwork around Ciena Ree and Thane Kyrell's artistic portrayal by a Japanese artist.

So, unless I say so and so SW character is ethnic! whatever RL ethnicity is considered a racist remark, I don't know what you are talking about.

 

I think part of it is your post came across as "an Eastern Asian artist is naturally going to draw a woman of color as a race similar to his own." And another part of it is that the post didn't even need to be made in the first place. Like, why was it needful for you to point that out? It came out as (perhaps unintentionally) derogatory, which might not be as bad if many of your posts about Aphra and other characters didn't come off in a similar manner. For the record, I'm not sure you're intentionally being racist or making off-color jokes. But that's very much how it's coming off.

 

If indeed "an Eastern Asian artist is naturally going to draw a woman of color as a race similar to his own." A question must be asked, is the artist wrong? How does Ciena looks like canonically? Is it up to the original writer, the reader, or some artist, cosplayer? If I read Harry Potter books, and I think of Hermione Granger as Caucasian, and the play makes her a person of color, am I suddenly a racist?
Second The post was a statement. It was not a joke, not even a corny one.
Third: If I said Aphra, when drawn by certain artists, looks like Caucasian, or Native American, and not really Asian, am I a racist? That's just my opinion on her ever changing figure on the comics. It's a bunch of other people who says because of Aphra is Asian she can't be with Luke and can't be Rey's mom. Not me.
Last, I'm not saying it's happening in the world everywhere civilized right now, but is it okay for a person of color to discriminate against a non coloured person? Or a homosexual to discrimiate against straight people? Cause if you think it's okay, that's Diversity Alliance talking. Some people, I'm sure not everyone, are not after equality, t hey are after superiority, or REVENGE!

 

I'm...not sure what your point is. Ciena is canonically black. Aphra is canonically Asian. That's the extent of it.

 

I'm saying people are too sensitive. Making stuff out of air.

 

I don't want to sound daft, but can someone explain this comic to me? This a canon webcomic adaptation of Lost Stars published originally in Japanese? But there is also a English translated version? Just want to make sure it's canon before I drive in. Loved Lost Stars. If it's canon, I hope it's good and also not a straight up, boring adaptation (the best adaptations are more than a straight-up retelling).

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The English translation is not official and not done under the supervision of Lucasfilm. It's by a fan who knows both languages. But the comic in the original Japanese is canon.

 

Thanks for the clarification. I assume it's roughly correct then. Is the English translation technically a bootleg then?

And we probably have no way of knowing if there will ever be an officially translated English edition (or so I'm guessing).

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There was--eventually--an English translation of the Japanese webcomic adaptation of the original trilogy. And that was done by the same company. So, I think there's at least a chance of an official English translation.

 

It is an official adaptation, however I suspect that much like the previous LINE webtoon, it walks a canon grey area due to cultural interpretation.

 

So I started reading it. I'm pretty meh on it so far.

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What? Did you think someone would care about Ciena?

No, this is all about THANE!

The IMPORTANT ONE.

 

I think it's really cool that some of the characters look like the actors Claudia Gray said she imagined would play them. Not Thane and Ciena, but Nash looks like a manga-style Tom Mison and Jude looks like Liza Weil.


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To be fair, this kind of thing is very common in manga and arguably worked very well in Berserk. However, I'd argue the Battle of Hoth is a bad starting point and Jakku would have been much better.

Even if Hoth is more famous.

 

Probably the author wants to emphasize the "Rebels vs. Empire" theme to the target audience in Japan. If it starts like the novel, the rebellion element won't really appears until later.