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Disney’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens action figure set is pretty sexist

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A Disney action figure set for Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been criticised by fans for not including any female characters.

Spotted in a store by New York Times bestselling author, Jamie Ford, the six-item set includes Finn, Chewbacca, Poe Dameron, Kylo Ren, a stormtrooper and a TIE fighter pilot – all male characters.

That’s right, the consumer product team at Disney decided to put in two nameless action figures instead of Rey, very much the main character of the movie, or even Gwendoline Christie’s character Captain Phasma.

On the Disney Store website where the product can be found it says: ‘Let the First Order and the Resistance do battle with this set of posable Star Wars figures. It pits Finn, Chewbacca and Poe Dameron… Read the full story


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