Cats.Not even a lead? What? I thought the black guy and the girl are the two main characters.
What I meant was that he's not a lead by singular definition... He's A lead, not THE lead... Star Wars has never been about one singular storyline. Part of what we love about these films is that there are multiple lines going on at once. That's the whole reason there's so many wipe transitions in the first place.
The typical star wars story follows about 3 story lines at once and comes all together at the end...
You follow something like Back to the Future (appropriate based on the day, AND the film era of the franchise) and it follows a singular lead character through pretty much all of the three films - in this case, McFly doing exactly the same thing, three films in a row. A little of each follow Doc on his own, but ultimately, he's a supporting character.
Star Wars isn't like that. Luke will be chillin with Yoda lifting rocks and shit with the force, 3PO and R2 will be rollin through the desert bickering like an old married couple, Obi Wan will be turning off a tractor beam, Vader will be choking a guy to death, Wedge Antillies will be 'Good Shot Red Two'ing, Admiral Ackbar will be trapping things, and Han, Leia, and Chewy will be making the jump to lightspeed. It's got a wide array of character development and multiple lines going on all over the place where they all meet back up again at the end and credits roll. It's awesome. Expect that from this film. There's only one black guy. The serious boycotters need to take the butt plugs out of their asses and stop being racist shitpiles.