Kelly Marie Tran deletes Instagram posts after harassment from Star Wars "fans".

[superduperman]

Can we please not be this way, people!:

https://www.cbr.com/kelly-marie-tran...er-harassment/

[Gray Lensman]

Can we please not be this way, people!:

https://www.cbr.com/kelly-marie-tran...er-harassment/

sigh.

Even if you think the film was terrible Kelly Marie Tran isn't responsible for what you see on screen.

[Godzilla2099]

Sad thing is I'll bet the extreme majority of those 'fans' are picked on all the time (I mean, if they have nothing else better to do than to put so much time and effort on to something they don't like, they obviously don't have much of a life).

People never take a step back and try to place themselves in that other person's shoes.

[WebLurker]

Sorry to see that Tran is having to deal with this crap. Personally, I really liked her work in the movie.

[Doctor Know]

The fans were hateful to Jake Lloyd after TPM too.



Lest we not forget the vitriol Lucas got for the PT and one of the reasons he retired and sold Star Wars off when he did.

[ClanAskani]

The fans were hateful to Jake Lloyd after TPM too.

The adult fanboys weren't going after Jake. They might be bashing him on message boards, but he was bullied very badly at school. That's not due to adult fans, that's was his classmates.

The media also wasn't very kind to him. Before TPM came out, there was a Newsweek article saying Jake couldn't act and called him Mannequin Skywalker. Ron Howard actually defended Jake:
https://nerdist.com/ron-howard-defen...hanton-menace/

From what I recall back then, most fans recognized that Lucas was at fault for his script and directing, not Jake himself. Releasing the casting footage showing the other potential Anakins didn't really help Jake's case that he was even right for the role - the two other boys had better auditions. Unless Jake was going online reading comments, that wasn't going to impact him as much as his classmates teasing him at school.

[leiaisbae]

Can we please not be this way, people!:

https://www.cbr.com/kelly-marie-tran...er-harassment/

With all the Sithposting groups making memes and roasting the casts, there's nothing much we can do. But the memes are actually pretty funny though

[Bunai]

And there is still no confirmation on the story besides one tweet.

I use to check out her uploads on Instagram, and besides a few people criticizing Rose's actions I didn't run into harassment.

[ClanAskani]

And there is still no confirmation on the story besides one tweet.

I use to check out her uploads on Instagram, and besides a few people criticizing Rose's actions I didn't run into harassment.

Agreed. Kelly has made no statement. There's been no well-known incidents (like the insane crazy meme with Millie Bobby Brown that cause her to leave Twitter).

The major impact was how the entire narrative online about Star Wars fans changed overnight from "Solo flopped, what's wrong with Star Wars?" to "Star Wars fans are toxic and evil".

[WebLurker]

Agreed. Kelly has made no statement. There's been no well-known incidents (like the insane crazy meme with Millie Bobby Brown that cause her to leave Twitter).

The major impact was how the entire narrative online about Star Wars fans changed overnight from "Solo flopped, what's wrong with Star Wars?" to "Star Wars fans are toxic and evil".

Star Wars having toxic fans is nothing new; they just seem to be more vocal and shameless now.

[Gorthon616]

Star Wars having toxic fans is nothing new; they just seem to be more vocal and shameless now.

Shame is so 1960s.

[ClanAskani]

Star Wars having toxic fans is nothing new; they just seem to be more vocal and shameless now.

If I was managing social media for Star Wars, I would do everything possible to make Disney believe they can't listen to the angry fans. This was absolutely perfect move. The entire narrative online completely changed.