Gina Carano has settled her lawsuit against Lucasfilm and Disney over her firing from “The Mandalorian.”

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Gina Carano has settled her federal lawsuit against Lucasfilm and its parent The Walt Disney Co. over her claim that she was fired from “The Mandalorian” in 2021 for expressing right-wing views on social media.

The specific terms of the agreement were not made available.

“Ms. Carano was always well respected by her directors, co-stars, and staff, and she worked hard to perfect her craft while treating her colleagues with kindness and respect,” Lucasfilm said in a statement. “With this lawsuit concluded, we look forward to identifying opportunities to work together with Ms. Carano in the near future.”

The two sides stipulated in a federal court filing Thursday that the case should be dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can’t be refiled. A judge still needs to formally dismiss it. The case had been scheduled to go to trial in Los Angeles in February of next year.

The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in California last year, alleged Carano was wrongfully terminated from the “Star Wars” galaxy Disney+ series after two seasons due to a post likening the treatment of American conservatives to the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany. Her posts were widely criticized online and spurred a trending #FireGinaCarano hashtag.

  • gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    I very much disagree with what she said, but I’m also not ok with her being fired for expressing herself.

    This is you defending someone who was anti-vax, politically conspiratorial (general Fox flavor, vote was rigged), and mocked people specifing their pronouns against consequences for sharing those opinions.

    Beliefs that hurt her community, that hurt the marginalized, and that she was happy to continue expousing and expanding upon on conservative podcasts and channels after being let go.

    Idk why you’re acting like you’re not defending her or saying she shouldn’t suffer consequences - this is literally the basis for this thread. Your bad take about this situation.

    Nazi’s should feel threatened for holding their beliefs. If that person were my dad or my friend, I’d offer understanding while trying to work them out of their horrible beliefs - but boy would that be a short rope. Even now, I’m trying my best to talk to you about this topic with kindness. Despite none of my comments or any other in this thread seemingly penetrating.

    You are defending this actress against suffering consequences for her beliefs, including dangerous anti-vax beliefs and borderline anti-lgtbqia beliefs. Are you now denying what you wrote? Or have you changed your mind? Or where is the misunderstanding here?

    • CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      This is you defending someone who was anti-vax, politically conspiratorial (general Fox flavor, vote was rigged), and mocked people specifing their pronouns against consequences for sharing those opinions.

      Maybe the issue here is that I’m not aware of all the things she’s said. Because all of that is news to me.

      but boy would that be a short rope

      That’s fair. Some people have more patience than others.

      Even now, I’m trying my best to talk to you about this topic with kindness. Despite none of my comments or any other in this thread seemingly penetrating.

      Again, you’re acting like I’m defending what Gina said, when I’m absolutely not. You’re acting like I’m saying she should be free of consequences, when I’m not. All I said was that I think Disney firing her (for what I thought was a single “edgy” tweet) was too harsh.