Left image credit: Disney – Right image credit: Star Wars theory
Recently, there has been some controversy in the Star Wars community about some comments made by Pablo Hidalgo of Lucasfilm to a fan on Twitter. Gina Carano – who handled her fair share of controversy over her own social media posts – spoke about the situation surrounding Hidalgo’s comments, and her response was shared on Twitter.
To put it in context, Pablo Hidalgo, who is Lucasfilm’s creative executive, tweeted (and then deleted) a post in which he quoted a Star Wars fan and YouTuber, Star Wars Theory. Hidalgo responded as a reaction to the emotions that the fan expressed during a live party of The Mandalorian End of the 2nd season.
Although he changed his name on Twitter, his profile picture, and made his account private, before doing so, Hidalgo made the controversial Tweet his Twitter profile banner, generating more outrage among fans. Fans began to ask Hidalgo to issue an apology and for changes to be made at Lucasfilm.
Pablo joins the conversation to laugh. Deletes the tweet. Then, put one of them as your header. How is that acceptable to someone so important at Lucasfilm? Are you telling people that it is not right to have emotions about the work your company does and make fun of them for crying? It is not alright. pic.twitter.com/aIfU2SigIy
– Star Wars Theory (@ SWTheory66) December 28, 2020
The particular scene that left the Star Wars Theory smothered was the return of Luke Skywalker in the final episode of The Mandalorian Season 2, a scene that took the heart of what appears to be most fans of the show.
Gina Carano exposed her thoughts on the return of Luke Skywalker and the emotions felt by the cast. She also shared how she knows that fans can feel these powerful emotions through their screens, indicating that everyone should be able to feel what they want about Skywalker’s return.
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pic.twitter.com/gYgpmeaD7T– ✨🕯Tuggs Red / White / Rosé (@thattugglife) December 31, 2020
Carano said that the magic of that moment (the return of Luke Skywalker) was something that came out of their hearts (from the cast) and that “if you felt it, you felt the right thing”.
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Despite the controversies of Gina Carano about her own Twitter page, she is considered one of the biggest stars in the world at the moment.
Companion Mandalorian the cast members expressed their support for Gina Carano, as their Twitter posts divided fans with hashtags like #FireGinaCarano and, on the other hand, #WeLoveCaraDune. Disney and Lucasfilm have made no public statements about Gina Carano. However, Lucasfilm sought out Star Wars Theory to apologize for Pablo Hidalgo, according to statements made by Star Wars Theory via YouTube.
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