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.
It reveals she doesn’t understand (or worse, does understand and purposely picks the shitty side) the difference between the people committing the crimes and the people they attack for no reason.
That’s the issue, that she’s stupid enough to be so plainly evil. Not that talking happened.
Ya, I’m seeing now that everyone has been talking about something else entirely than what I thought it was. It took several back and forths with someone to finally get to the heart of it. All the while almost everyone was hurling insults at me instead of trying to be decent.
Which is ironically the point I was trying to make in many of my replies. That instead of attacking someone you think you disagree with, talking with them patiently goes much further.
which is ironically the core of her point: there is too much hate toward people based on their political views.