The “Obi-Wan Kenobi” star took to IG to share several hateful messages she received about being cast in the Disney series.
More recently, actress Moses Ingram, star of Disney’s new Obi-Wan Kenobi series, detailed the ongoing hate and racist messages she continues to receive. “Long story short, there are hundreds of those. Hundreds,” she said while showing off the hateful messages. It was so bad that even Ewan McGregor spoke up in her defense.
Moses Ingram posted an instagram story about the racist comments she’s been receiving from Star Wars fans pic.twitter.com/NUe7aB0UQo
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A personal message from Ewan McGregor. pic.twitter.com/rJSDmj663K
— Star Wars (@starwars) June 1, 2022
“And I also see those of you out there who put on a cape for me and that really does mean the world to me because, you know, there’s nothing anybody can do about this,” Ingram added. “There’s nothing anybody can do to stop this hate. And so I question my purposes even being here in front of you saying that this is happening.”
In response, the Star Wars brand took to its official Twitter account to stand by Ingram during this time. “We are proud to welcome Moses Ingram to the Star Wars family and excited for Reva’s story to unfold. If anyone intends to make her feel in any way unwelcome, we have only one thing to say: we resist,” it wrote along with a photo of Ingram.
“There are more than 20 million sentient species in the Star Wars galaxy, don’t choose to be a racist.” However, some were quick to note that when Boyega complained of his experience, he didn’t receive the same response from the franchise, at least not publicly. Check it out below.
We are proud to welcome Moses Ingram to the Star Wars family and excited for Reva’s story to unfold. If anyone intends to make her feel in any way unwelcome, we have only one thing to say: we resist. pic.twitter.com/lZW0yvseBk
— Star Wars (@starwars) May 31, 2022
Great to see Star Wars finally standing up for its actors, let’s keep this going. And Moses is phenomenal in Obi Wan – immediate fave
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