Star Wars: they condemn the racist attacks on Moses Ingram after his debut in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series

Star Wars: they condemn the racist attacks on Moses Ingram after his debut in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series

“No one can do anything about it. There is nothing anyone can do to stop this hate,” Ingram said in a video posted to his Instagram story. “I question my purposes even standing here in front of you saying this is happening. I really do not know.

The official Twitter account of starwars defended Ingram, writing in a statement: “We are proud to welcome Moses Ingram to the Star Wars family and excited for Reva’s story to unfold. If someone intends to make her uncomfortable in any way, we only have one thing to say: resist.”

“There are over 20 million sentient species in the Star Wars galaxy, don’t choose to be racist.”concluded the statement.

https://twitter.com/starwars/status/1531519656254590976

Before “Obi-Wan” debuted on Disney+, Ingram told The Independent that the executives of lucasfilm He was warned that he would likely face online harassment from racist trolls from “Star Wars”. actors like John Boyega Y Kelly Marie Train faced the same thing from toxic fans when they joined the franchise of “Star Wars”.

“It was something that Lucasfilm really stepped up to and said, ‘This is something that, unfortunately, will probably happen. But we are here to help you; you can let us know when it happens,’” ​​Ingram said.

Moses added at the time: “I think ‘Obi-Wan’ is going to bring the most diversity that we’ve ever seen in the galaxy. To me, a long time ago if you have talking droids and aliens, but not people of color, it doesn’t make any sense. It’s 2022, you know. So we are just at the beginning of that change. But I think starting that change is better than never starting it.”

New episodes of “Obi-Wan Kenobi” debut Fridays on Disney+.

Source: Ambito

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