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Following Trainwreck writer and star Amy Schumer’s rather racy use of several beloved Star Wars characters in her GQ cover shoot, Lucasfilm condemned the magazine on Twitter.

On screen we’re presented with a woman who is celebrated for being excessive and free, antagonistic toward the traditional modes of family-making.

Schumer’s response to said “blind spot” suddenly being on the media’s radar was – despite her usual tendency to transcend comedic norms – a pretty typical defense. “Amy Schumer’s jokes are racist”. “I will joke about...