Star Wars: The Force Awakens/YMMV


 * Franchise Original Sin: Some criticised the casting of black actress Lupita Nyong'o as Little Orange Woman Maz Kanata, as she is one of the few women of colour in the franchise and they used a Motion Capture technique to portray the character. However, black women have usually been cast in the role of aliens in the Star Wars Franchise, including Femi Taylor as Twi'lek Dancer Oola in Return of the Jedi, Gin Clarke and Lily Nyamwasa as Tholothians Adi Gallia and Stass Allie in the Prequels. But these alien characters in the older films were much more minor characters, and were also portrayed by actresses in prosthetics and makeup rather than in CGI. Maz is just the first main character to be an alien portrayed by a black woman.
 * Mary Sue: Rey is considered one by a great number of fans, mainly because she gives off the impression of a very poorly-written character whose every defining moment seems like an Ass Pull. She has access to the Force without having ever trained, operates and fixes the Millennium Falcon better than Han Solo, and effortlessly defeats a much more skilled and experienced Kylo Ren in their first battle.