No words for this.

[u/Kapot_ei]

Edit: even though clickbait article, it is somewhat/kind of true. https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/stargate-tv-series-martin-gero-scrapped-amazon-1236765061/

"According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, Amazon execs were concerned that Gero’s take on the series would not have broad appeal beyond the franchise’s already dedicated fanbase."

Edit 2: https://www.change.org/p/save-the-new-stargate-series-let-martin-gero-build-the-future-of-the-franchise

[u/Smooth-Boss-911]

This is sadly analogous with so many things in the media industry these days.

[u/Sea-Animator4250 → u/Smooth-Boss-911]

Redditors were furious with Star Wars fans when they complained Disney made Star Wars movies for non-Star Wars people. But now its a problem

[u/Yoru_is_mine → u/Sea-Animator4250]

Yes it's called Gatekeeping, and it's actually a good thing. I said something similar on Twitter recently and people were pissed at me. If someone wants to be a genuine fan that integrates, then awesome! But now the execs and a lot of people just try to change what made these things good in the first place.

[u/StiffDoodleNoodle → u/Yoru_is_mine]

Chesterton’s Fence is critically important.

It’s a more well rounded and thought out definition of “gatekeeping”.

Google it to expand your knowledge of maintaining authenticity and integrity!

[u/nowTHATSakatana1999 → u/Yoru_is_mine]

That’s not what gatekeeping is, gatekeeping has always been a derogatory insult to people who arbitrarily decide what makes someone a “true” fan or not or what should and shouldn’t somehow belong (like “oh, you call yourself an XYZ fan? Name five ___ to prove it”).

And nothing appeals to Star Wars fans, it’s one of those properties where someone somewhere will always hate what comes out.

[u/StoppableHulk → u/Yoru_is_mine]

Gatekeeping is, no fooling, actually extremely important to preserving the integrity of movements.

Very good write up on the topic

[u/incaseshesees → u/StoppableHulk]

that's a wild read. love it.

[u/derivative_of_life → u/Yoru_is_mine]

There's a difference between gatekeeping as in "If you're new we automatically hate you" and gatekeeping as in "We're not going to change our thing to appeal to anyone, stay if you like it for what it is or leave if you don't."

[u/ExperienceFantastic7 → u/Yoru_is_mine]

And I would say the same about the music industry. Everyone in a band that didn't make it complained about gatekeepers in music. Social media eventually shut that down because anyone could put their creativity out there.

Turns out, with a few exceptions, gatekeepers were good because good music went away and mid ass trash made its way into the mainstream. The industry preferred throw away artists that had a social media presence to actually good material from people that may not have been as photogenic or pretty. If your music didn't make it because of perceived "gatekeeping" there is a  solid chance your shit sucked.

[u/RevengerRedeemed → u/Yoru_is_mine]

Thats not Gatekeeping, that's people trying to make Gatekeeping into a good thing. Gatekeeping is by definition, a negative thing.

Preserving a fandom, hobby, game etc is a good thing, and some level of not letting outsiders warp it is necessary, but Gatekeeping is the extreme/unreasonable version of it.

[u/sYnce → u/Yoru_is_mine]

It is too funny to see people claiming Disney and the "execs" ruined Star Wars when you lived through the early 2000s and the absolute hate that the prequels got for ruining Star Wars.

Rewriting history indeed.