Gina Carano is set to cast the Mandalorian spin-off before shooting

Fans found a justification yesterday with Lucasfilm finally elected to give Gina Carano the ax from The Mandalorian And a scientist star Wars Due to controversial posts on social media, but a new report from The Hollywood Reporter It reveals that the studio originally had a different path in mind and was ready to give the actress her own show.

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Sources reported that Lucasfilm was originally preparing to make an episodic series for the actress with her character Cara Dune as the lead to be revealed on Disney Investor Day in December, but after her first round of controversy on social media in November she canceled that. Plans. Additionally, the studio was reportedly keeping the actress on an informal audition position and was closely watching her behavior as he moved forward and awaiting a reason for her firing.

“Gina Carano is not currently a Lucasfilm employee and there are no plans for her to be in the futureA Lucasfilm spokesperson said in a statement. “However, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are repugnant and unacceptable.“

What is the straw that broke the camel’s back? Carano recently wrote an Instagram post comparing being a Republican in the US to someone who is Jewish in Nazi Germany.

“Jews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors … even by children. Due to the adjustment of history, most people today do not realize that to reach the point where Nazi soldiers could easily assemble thousands of Jews, I made “The government has their neighbors hate them just because they are Jews. How is that different from hating someone because of their political views?”

This post was removed from IG in Carano, but the hashtag #FireGinaCarano has been popular on Twitter since it went up and running and continued circulating screenshots of it and other insensitive posts.

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It was widely expected that Carano would return The Mandalorian Season three and it is rumored that she is a lead character in Rangers of the New Republic, An upcoming sub-series, although its release will likely see the scripted character from the universe and the other character who is instead leading the project.

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