Never heard of this until now. But I’ve also not followed on the news of the show much. But I can still see it being plausible due to Mithrandir being Istari. Gender isnt that much of an issue for them, nor was it for the Maia. Sauron hung around as a girl for a couple of times/quite alot, and his man form was described a couple of times as very feminine/pretty too.
Actually haven’t played Dark forces 2, only played Outcast and Academy 
but I love the character still.
That was an opinion shared by one extra cast member of the Two Towers whose character was not relevant at all.
It’s that woman extra who put her two kids on the horse. That woman demanded Gandalf be a woman. I am not entirely sure her character that was on scene for 10 seconds even had a name.
In this particular instance there’s a lot of evidence supporting the Rey Palpatine theory, especially with Palps coming back for Episode 9.
Yeah but he needed to corrupt and the only way to do that was to look fair. It was only Galadriel who didn’t fully trust him.
Those fair looks earned him the Nazgul and the kingdoms they held.
But it shouldn’t be changed for the reason being basically -whatever.-
Luckily, the Tolkien family holds all the rights here and I’ve heard that they aren’t allowing this.
I mean we have to be serious here and the Tolkien family have a point. This story is all about the horrors of the World Wars. It should be respected for what is written and what our dear J.R.R Tolkien wrote for us.
I’m subscribed to a youtube channel called “Men of the West” and the presenter truly showcases the beautiful story surrounding Middle Earth and how one man created all of this beautiful lore, with bits of humor thrown in, but about such horrific times.
that wording gets a yikes from me
Well the Tolkien family holds the rights and I have heard that they have said “No” to that.
The characters should true to what they are and what John wrote.
We’ve got to remember, LOTR was created on the backbone of the horrors of the World Wars.
These days Dark Forces 2 is a rather janky FPS of the early Quake era. 1 year before Half-Life came along and made FPS games real good. The Force Powers are either useless or overpowered and really clunky to use, but the shooting and lightsabering is pretty solid, though the latter nowhere near the standards of Jedi Outcast and Academy.
Still, I think the story, even with the cheesy mid-90’s FMV cinematics, is perfect in encapsulating Star Wars. Daddy issues, menacing villains, Kyle Kataran’s growth from a rough and tumble mercenary to a powerful Jedi Knight, struggling with the temptation of the Dark side… 
On the subject of Girldalf, I will say this;
If it’s a choice between Girldalf, or casting someone OTHER than Ian McKellen? Go with the Girldalf. I honestly feel like Fake Gandalf would be worse than Girldalf.
GALDALF! Damn it. GALDALF is a much better name than Girldalf. Damn it.
But they’re both fakes and the rumors say that the Tolkien family have said “no” to Girldalf.
I’m not talking about the debate between honouring the original author’s vision compared to allowing artistic freedom in adaptation.
I’m talking about you referring to women as ‘females’ which is a dogwhistle.
Dadborism is the language. 
I refer to both as male and female, in the setting of fantasy.
This Priest is a Female Nightborne
My Blood Elf Warrior is a Male Blood Elf.
So just a minor personal opinion.
Fair point yeah, and it also brought down the entire land of Númenor.
If they have a concept for it that works, I am willing to see how it works out. I adore the books and movies greatly, and should the show dissapoint, I always them to go back to.
I know this too yeah. Alot of the Lord of the Rings trilogy of books was based on his own feelings during the war, particuarly ww1, and coming back home to see how things have changed. He was also very anti-industrialism. The other books, particuarly Silmarillion drew inspiration from his religious believes and fondness for fairy tales.
One thing I feel that the movie about him lacked, which was sad, was the fact that he was quite a devout christian and very religious, without being pushy. He was an overall good guy/nice old man, but to him personally, religion and belief was important. And the biography movie -completly- skipped it, most likley because religion is a touchy subject and they wanted to play it safe.
Female in ‘a female blood elf’ is an adjective.
Female in ‘making [gandalf] a female’ is using it as a noun. It’s a term used to describe women primarily in misogynist circles. I am going to be charitable and assume that you were not aware of that.
But if we were to say “make eowyn a male” then, that’s alright?
I’m not sure what your talking about here, because it’s fantasy. None of this is real. It’s based on real events, that’s the backbone, but it’s fantasy.
Somebody has taken the name “Starfox” on Argent Dawn and a promising Vulpera RP concept involving myself and an unknown entity as a tortollan screaming “BaRRel RoLl” at me is squandered.
Somebody has also taken the name “Ratchet” and a promising concept involving myself and a small pet companion called “Clank” is similarly ruined. Life is full of arbitrary pain.
EDIT: The name “Basilbrush” is also unavailable.
To be a bit fair on Leia, its easy to hop between words. I primarily use women when talking about the gender, but female jumps in on ocassion too, mostly when I am responding to other people writing it & it’s used quite alot on internet forums.
Girl or gal I also use, or ladies/lady alot 
I want a Vulpera and fully-mechanized Mechagnome pair of NPCs, like the new Tehd and Marius. They could be called… Cogwheel and Slam.
To be fair, a lot of dialogue was missed out, but obviously they were working to deadlines.
The dialogue between Eowyn and the Witch King was cut shorter.
Aragorn mentioning the cats of Queen Beruthiel was cut
Tom Bombadil was erased from production.
These are just some things that were cut, which was a shame.
It’s bad English (‘male’ and ‘female’ are adjectives, not nouns), but doesn’t have the dogwhistle implications that ‘female’ in particular does, no.
I’m not sure what your talking about here, because it’s fantasy. None of this is real. It’s based on real events, that’s the backbone, but it’s fantasy.
When you, Leia, use ‘a female’ in that context, you are mimicking a term used by misogynists. I’m pointing this out in the hopes that when you talk about women in the future you use different language.
Oh, I didn’t mean the movies themselves, I meant the Biography movie Tolkien, about Tolkien’s IRL Life.
They -completly- avoided any mention of religion in it whatsoever, despite it being a huge part of his life.
I have Sokka from ATLA 