“Character says something and countless articles publish it as fact” is 90% of Star Wars articles at this point.

Biggest example was when there were a bunch of articles about “STAR WARS REVEALS LUKE SKYWALKER’S LIFE” and it was… a what-if Force vision that Luke had…

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*LUKE SKYWALKER’S WIFE

But also that time Sana Starros was introduced as Han Solo’s wife, and fan sites went crazy, but they failed to mention that it was a sham marriage that only existed for the sake of a heist. Sana is actually lesbian!
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The articles: “STAR WARS REVELS THE EMPIRE’S ACTUAL ARCHITECT”

The comic: Imperial minister of propaganda has an overblown opinion of herself, thinks her wits built the Empire more than the Emperor did. Her assassination plot has already failed and Vader is on his way to lightsaber her head off.
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It is extremely telling how many of these people have never heard of an unreliable narrator and how that is an EXTREMELY COMMON tool in the author's box. Like this is high school English level analysis you're failing my dudes.

Shit like this is why I bounce off of fandoms for even properties I love
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I have terrible flashbacks to that time everyone decided that The Acolyte sucked because the extremely obvious unreliable narrator episode had a narrative that sounded unreliable.
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