Obi-Wan Kenobi: Ewan McGregor Says Racist Trolls Not Real Star Wars Fans

Obi-Wan Kenobi star Ewan McGregor hit again Wednesday at individuals concentrating on fellow Star Wars actor Moses Ingram with racist abuse, saying they don’t seem to be true followers.

Ingram — who stars alongside McGregor in Obi-Wan Kenobi — highlighted racist messages she had obtained on-line in a narrative on her Instagram account, prompting him to reply with a video on the positioning.

“We stand with Moses. We love Moses. And in case you’re sending her bullying messages, you are no Star Wars fan in my thoughts,” stated McGregor, who performs the title character within the Star Wars sequence.

“She brings a lot to the sequence, she brings a lot to the franchise. And it simply sickened me to my abdomen that this had been occurring,” McGregor added.

The Star Wars Twitter account additionally took goal at these attacking Ingram, a Black actress who performs a Jedi-hunting Inquisitor within the Disney+ sequence, accessible on Disney+ Hotstar in India.

“We are proud to welcome Moses Ingram to the Star Wars household and excited for Reva’s story to unfold,” it stated in a tweet, that included a picture of Ingram with a crimson lightsaber in hand.

“If anybody intends to make her really feel in any means unwelcome, we now have just one factor to say: we resist.”

It is just not the primary time that racism has been directed towards a Star Wars actor of color.

Vietnamese-American actress Kelly Marie Tran, who made her Star Wars debut in 2017’s The Last Jedi, was hounded off social media by racist and sexist abuse.

Black British actor John Boyega has in the meantime criticised the remedy of non-white characters in the latest three Star Wars movies, saying they have been marketed as necessary parts within the franchise however have been finally “pushed to the aspect.”

New episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi air Wednesdays on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar.