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Hasbro no longer plans to make toys based onGina Carano’s formerStar Warscharacter.
The 38-year-old actress and former MMA fighterwill not return to her roleas Cara Dune in Disney+‘sThe Mandalorianseries after hercontroversial social media posts, Lucasfilm announced last week. Now, Julie Duffy, SVP of Global Communications for Hasbro, tells PEOPLE in a statement that the company is discontinuing toys based on her popular character.
“We’re thrilled to have the privilege of creating products featuring characters and stories fromThe Mandalorianfor our fans. Hasbro has completed development of all season 1 and 2 product featuring Cara Dune, and there are no current plans to create more,” says Duffy. “We are actively working with our retail partners to address existing orders.”
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“I have only just begun using my voice which is now freer than ever before and I hope it inspires others to do the same,” she added. “They can’t cancel us if we don’t let them.”
In September, Carano also came under fire when she changed her Twitter bio to read “beep/bop/boop” — which some people believed was an insensitive reference to preferred pronouns social media users often include in their profile pages.
“They’re mad cuz I won’t put pronouns in my bio to show my support for trans lives. After months of harassing me in every way. I decided to put 3 VERY controversial words in my bio.. beep/bop/boop I’m not against trans lives at all,” shetweetedat the time.
Carano later removed the words. She explained that herMandaloriancostarPedro Pascal— whose sister Lux recentlycame out as a transgender woman— helped her “understand why people were putting them in their bios.”
“I didn’t know before but I do now. I won’t be putting them in my bio but good for all you who choose to,” she previously wrote in a tweet. “I stand against bullying, especially the most vulnerable & freedom to choose.”
Sheadded in another tweet, “Beep/bop/boop has zero to do with mocking trans people & 💯 to do with exposing the bullying mentality of the mob that has taken over the voices of many genuine causes.”
source: people.com
