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“She played a woman who kicked ass & who girls looked up to.
She was instrumental in making Star Wars fun again.
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Of course Disney canceled her.”
Soon after, Lucasfilm announced it wassevering tieswith Carano and denounced her posts as “abhorrent.”
A subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, the George Lucas-founded company producesThe Mandalorianand otherStar Warsproperties.
UTA is also no longer representing the actress, according to a spokesperson for the talent agency.
Carano appeared in seasons 1 and 2 of the Disney+Star Warsseries as Cara Dune, a battle-hardened mercenary.
In response to Cruz’s post, many Twitter users chimed in to disagree.
HistorianKevin M. Kruse wrote, “Do you even watch the show?
So maybe it was something other than your latest pathetic straw man?”
He was widely mocked for the inaccurate interpretation, including by aWatchmenwriter and producer.
“Hi, @SenTedCruz, Watchmen writer/producer here.
Literally what the f— are you talking about?”
“@tedcruz tried to overthrow our government.
He inspired a deadly mob to storm the Capitol.
And I think that deserves ridicule.
So f— him,” Rogen tweeted in a long back-and-forth with the senator.
