Gina Carano Reaches Settlement With Disney, Lucasfilm Over 'mandalorian' Firing

Disney and Lucasfilm said they person settled a suit pinch character Gina Carano, who sued nan companies past twelvemonth alleging she was wrongfully terminated from "The Mandalorian" successful 2021.

Carano filed a suit successful national tribunal successful California successful February 2024 alleging she was fired from her domiciled connected nan show for voicing right-wing opinions connected societal media, and claiming she had suffered affectional harm and mislaid millions successful income pursuing nan termination. She was seeking a tribunal bid that would require Lucasfilm to reinstate her aliases compensate her astatine slightest $75,000.

The position of nan colony were not instantly clear. The Lucasfilm connection said nan statement will "resolve nan issues successful her pending suit against nan companies."

"Ms. Carano was ever good respected by her directors, co-stars, and staff, and she worked difficult to cleanable her trade while treating her colleagues pinch kindness and respect," Lucasfilm said. "With this suit concluded, we look guardant to identifying opportunities to activity together pinch Ms. Carano successful nan adjacent future."

Carano besides announced nan colony successful a connection via her agent, saying nan woody "is nan champion result for each parties involved."

"I americium excited to flip nan page and move onto nan adjacent chapter. My desires stay successful nan arts, which is wherever I dream you will subordinate me," Carano said successful nan statement.

She thanked Elon Musk, who she called "a man I’ve ne'er met, who did this Good Samaritan deed for maine successful backing my lawsuit."

At nan clip nan suit was filed, Carano confirmed that Musk and X would supply financial backing for her suit, following done connected an earlier Musk promise to ft nan ineligible measure for immoderate X users who said they had been discriminated against owed to their activity connected nan societal media platform.

Musk did not instantly respond to a petition for remark connected nan settlement.

Carano, successful nan past, has posted connected societal media likening modern governmental divides to nan Holocaust and mocking group who wore masks during nan pandemic. She besides appeared to propose location was elector fraud during nan 2016 statesmanlike election. There has been nary grounds of wide fraud.

She claimed successful nan suit that antheral colleagues that made akin comments were not held to nan aforesaid standards.