Just a week after the Assassin’s Creed Shadows development team’s widely derided statement addressing racist backlash to the game, the lead of another Ubisoft title is taking a much different stance to online criticism. Responding to trolls complaining about protagonist Kay Vess’ appearance, Star Wars Outlaws creative director Julian Gerighty says it’s better to ignore the manufactured outrage than to waste time responding to it. While the conversations about Star Wars Outlaws and Assassin’s Creed Shadows are different in some important ways, Gerighty shows that there’s nothing to be gained by doing bigots’ work for them.
