ForceCast 261: Engendering Controversy

It may have been a slow news week, but the controversy brought on by a possible female lead in Episode VII continues! To further discuss gender representation in Star Wars, we brought in two bloggers who have written extensively on the subject: Bria from Tosche-Station.net and Tricia Barr from FANgirlBlog.com. After the discussion, stick around for updates on CEII, Disney's D23 plans, and more!
==Guests==
*Bria from Tosche Station
*Tricia Barr from FANgirl Blog
==Show notes==
*The HoloNet
**No news!
*Discussion Segment
**Bria from Tosche Station and Tricia Barr of fangirlblog.com join us to discuss race and gender representation in Star Wars. Building on a recent blog post by Bria, we revisit the topic of a possible female lead in Episode VII and the issues surrounding diversity in the franchise, especially on screen.
*The Comlink
**We read emails from Caroline and Tom about our discussion in episode #259 about women and Star Wars.
*Fan Focus
**George Lucas To Receive National Medal of Arts
**Disney Details D23 Plans, Including Star Wars Presence
**TFN Interview: Crucible Author Troy Denning
**J.W. Rinzler tweeted about audio and video clips that will be included in the eBook versions of his Making of titles. Those tweets are here, here, here, and here (the last one is from Del Rey).
**CEII: Exclusive Celebration Store Merchandise
**CEII: Gentle Giant Ltd. Exclusive For Germany
**CEII: Exhibitor List Now Available For Germany
**CEII: Join The Cantina Crawl In Germany
**CEII: Bounty Hunt Challenge
**Rancho Obi-Wan Celebration Europe Exclusive Patch
**Star Wars Celebration Europe: Rancho Obi-Wan Exclusive Foil Logo Shirt
**The Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Roleplaying Game Is Now Available!
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*Quotes go here.