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MAKING WAVES GINA CARANO
It appears The Force isn’t strong with the actress anymore. After the star of “The Mandalorian” and former mixed martial arts fighter received backlash online Wednesday for sharing a series of incendiary social media posts and memes mentioning Jeffrey Epstein and comparing conservatives in the U. S. to Holocaust victims, Lucasfilm confirmed to USA TODAY that Carano is no longer a part of the popular Disney+ show. In a statement, the company said it didn’t currently employ Carano, who played exRebel soldier Cara Dune, and there were no plans for her to be in future episodes of “The Mandalorian.” Lucasfilm simultaneously denounced Carano’s posts as denigrating people’s cultural and religious identities, calling them abhorrent and unacceptable.