Bros Of The World Are Angry “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” Has A Female Lead

Last night, Disney dropped the long-anticipated trailer for Gareth Edwards’ Star Wars sideways-prequel Rogue One (set between Episodes III and IV).

It looks and - thanks to Alexandre Desplat’s new take on John Williams’ iconic score - sounds great.

With glimpses of the beloved, canonical character Mon Mothma and those leggy AT-AT walkers, you’d think there’d be little for Star Wars fans to complain about.

Oh, except for the fact that, just as in The Force Awakens, Rogue One has a female lead.

As you no doubt could have seen coming from a mile away, men's rights activists (which remains a ridiculous thing to be) are furious about the casting of Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso, the hero of this particular tale.

YouTube, as it often does, has the offending evidence:

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And so forth.

Not present in Lord Bombo or Pong The Boy’s complaints are the statistics that show females only comprised 12 per cent of protagonists in the top grossing films of 2014.

Also, if we’re evaluating the number of Star Wars movies with a female lead, that number sits at just 25 per cent.

Last year, the men's rights group (again, hilarious) Return of Kings organised a boycott of Star Wars: The Force Awakens for its casting of Daisy Ridley in the lead role, as well as the hiring of a non-white co-star in John Boyega.

It... didn't go great.

As of this writing, The Force Awakens has collected more than $US2 billion worldwide, making it the third highest grossing film in history.

We think Rogue One should do just fine at the box office, especially among Star Wars fans excited to see a diverse cast of characters at play. Sorry, GaLoS.

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