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.

  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
    51·
    5 days ago

    First off, for context, this is apparently the quote:

    "Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors… even by children.” The actor continued to say, “Because history is edited, most people today don’t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views?”

    And this image:

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    …And actually sympathize, to some extent? The first quote sounds like bad misinformation + a conservative victim complex, but still, the sentiment isn’t overtly anti-Semitic.

    …But I still disagree.

    Speaking out like that in your personal life is one thing. If Disney fires someone for their political views, they should get their butts sued to oblivion.

    But shouting to millions of people on Twitter, on an account inextricably tied to and leveraging one’s professional life, is done at your own risk. Disney has every right to protect their image, whatever that may be. She mind as well have done this from Disney’s PR department.

    Social media is not a fair, open forum, and not one’s personal space.

    • CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world
      31·
      4 days ago

      Well… that’s very different. I wasn’t aware of all that stuff.

      If Disney fires someone for their political views, they should get their butts sued to oblivion.

      And this is more or less what I thought the situation was.

      Thanks for the context

      • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
        2·
        4 days ago

        Yep.

        It is complicated though. The conservative view is now basically the opposite, aka “celebrities shouting on algorithmic feeds” counts as protected speech, even among private enterprises, but quietly denying someone business is a personal choice.