LOS ANGELES 鈥� Lucasfilm says Gina Carano is no longer a part of 鈥淭he Mandalorian鈥� cast after many online called for her firing over a social media post that likened the experience of Jews during the Holocaust to the U.S. political climate.
A spokesperson with the production company said in a statement on Wednesday that Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm with 鈥渘o plans for her to be in the future."
鈥淣evertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable," the statement read.
Carano fell under heavy criticism after she posted that 鈥淛ews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their
The actor continued to say, 鈥淏ecause history is edited, most people today don鈥檛 realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own
Carano, who played the recurring character Cara Dune on the 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� series, deleted the post but it was widely shared online and spurred the #FireGinaCarano hashtag to trend. Her character appeared in several episodes of the second season of 鈥淭he Mandalorian,鈥� a series about a bounty hunter and his quest to unite a powerful, young user of the Force with a Jedi Knight.
Dune, who in the second season is a lawperson on a frontier planet, frequently teams up with the title character to fight an old nemesis: remnants of the evil Galactic Empire.
Carano, a former mixed martial artist whose Dune character used a mix of heavy weapons and her fists to best opponents, had been criticized for social media posts that mocked mask wearing during the pandemic and alleged voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election. She also mocked the use of gender pronouns, listing 鈥渂eep/bop/boop" in her social media bio.
The Associated Press
