- Prominent conservatives are tweeting their support for Gina Carano after she was fired by Lucasfilm.
- Sen. Ted Cruz tweeted: “She was instrumental in making ‘Star Wars’ fun again. Of course Disney cancelled her.”
- Carano was fired from her role in “The Mandalorian” after she compared modern-day-republicans to persecuted Jews in the Holocaust.
Sen. Ted Cruz is among the conservatives voicing their outrage over Gina Carano’s firing from “The Mandalorian” by Lucasfilm after the actress’ latest controversy in which she compared modern-day republicans to persecuted Jews in the Holocaust.
Cruz becomes the latest, and most prominent, conservative to show support towards Carano, who has been involved in numerous social media controversies.
On Thursday, the Texas senator tweeted: “Texan Gina Carano broke barriers in the ‘Star Wars’ universe: not a princess, not a victim, not some emotionally tortured Jedi. She played a woman who kicked arse [and] who girls looked up to. She was instrumental in making ‘Star Wars’ fun again. Of course Disney cancelled her.”
In “The Mandalorian,” Carano played Cara Dune, a former rebel alliance shock trooper who helps out Din Djarin on his quest to find Grogu a home. Dune features prominently throughout the show’s two seasons, including the climactic season two finale.
However, Carano will now not be returning to “The Mandalorian” again, nor will she be appearing in any other “Star Wars” projects after Lucasfilm fired her.
Read the article by Jacob Sarkisian in Business Insider Australia.