{"id":127627,"date":"2025-08-07T23:58:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T23:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/127627\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T23:58:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T23:58:08","slug":"disney-settles-lawsuit-from-gina-carano-over-mandalorian-firing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/127627\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Settles Lawsuit From Gina Carano Over \u2018Mandalorian\u2019 Firing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tDisney and Lucasfilm<\/a> have settled a lawsuit from Gina Carano, who accused the studios of discrimination and wrongful termination over her firing from The Mandalorian.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a statement, a Lucasfilm spokesperson said, \u201cWith this lawsuit concluded, we look forward to identifying opportunities to work together with Ms.\u00a0Carano\u00a0in the near future.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe have reached an agreement with Gina\u00a0Carano\u00a0to resolve the issues in her pending lawsuit against the companies,\u201d it added. \u201cMs.\u00a0Carano\u00a0was 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCarano said in a statement that the deal is the \u201cbest outcome for all parties involved\u201d and \u201cmy desires remain in the arts.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTerms of the settlement, announced on Thursday, weren\u2019t disclosed.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a lawsuit filed last year, Carano alleged she was fired for voicing right-wing opinions on social media and sought a court order that would force Lucasfilm to recast her. Elon Musk, making good on a promise to foot the legal bill for users who claim they have been discriminated against due to their activity on his platform, helped fund the suit through X.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI want to extend my deepest most heartfelt gratitude to Elon Musk, a man I\u2019ve never met, who did this Good Samaritan deed for me,\u201d Carano said. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe legal action came after Lucasfilm announced in 2021 that Carano would not return to the hit series after sharing a post in which she said, \u201cmost people today don\u2019t 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?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIt was the latest in a long string of posts in which the former MMA fighter drew the ire of social media users for positions seen as right-wing on hot-button issues. Carano, who was dropped by UTA following the controversy and didn\u2019t respond to a request for comment on the settlement, previously mocked government mandates to wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic and falsely suggested that voter fraud occurred during the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to the complaint, Disney and Lucasfilm harassed and defamed Carano, who was paid $25,000 per episode as a guest actor and later negotiated a one-time $5,000 bonus, for refusing to conform with their viewpoints on issues relating to Black Lives Matter, preferred pronouns and disproven claims of election interference. While she was allegedly fired for her cultural and religious beliefs, Carano said that the entertainment giant turned a blind eye to her male co-stars, who allegedly made offensive and denigrating posts directed toward Republicans. She pointed to Pedro Pascal\u2019s 2017 post comparing former President Donald Trump to Hitler.<\/p>\n

\n\tCarano was terminated from The Mandalorian \u2014 as well as other titles in the Star Wars universe, including Rangers of the New Republic \u2014 shortly after declining to meet with Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and 45 employees who identify as LGBTQ+, the lawsuit said. <\/p>\n

\n\tLast year, the court declined to dismiss <\/a>the lawsuit, rebuffing arguments from Disney that it has the right not to associate with talent who imbue the Star Wars series with views that could turn fans away from the show.<\/p>\n

\n\tPotential witnesses in the case included Pedro Pascal, Jon Favreau, Bear Grylls, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and Lynne Hale, the engineer of the publicity campaign behind Star Wars.<\/p>\n

\n\tRead Carano\u2019s full statement below: <\/p>\n

\n\tI have come to an agreement with Disney\/Lucasfilm which I believe is the best outcome for all parties involved. I hope this brings some healing to the force.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tI want to extend my deepest most heartfelt gratitude to Elon Musk, a man I\u2019ve never met, who did this Good Samaritan deed for me in funding my lawsuit.
Thank you Mr. Musk and X for backing my case and asking for nothing in return.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tTo my lawyers at Schaerr|Jaffe who walked me through this unknown territory, thank you for your wisdom and guidance.<\/p>\n

\n\tI am humbled and grateful to God for His love and grace in this outcome.<\/p>\n

\n\tI\u2019d like to thank you all for your unrelenting support throughout my life and career, you\u2019ve been the heartbeat that has kept my story alive. I hope to make you proud.<\/p>\n

\n\tI am excited to flip the page and move onto the next chapter. My desires remain in the arts, which is where I hope you will join me. <\/p>\n

\n\tYes, I\u2019m smiling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disney and Lucasfilm have settled a lawsuit from Gina Carano, who accused the studios of discrimination and wrongful…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":127628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[171,14397,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-127627","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-lucasfilm","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114990199927113051","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}