It seems that Disney and Lucasfilm did not want to go the distance with Gina Carano. Disney could have simply let Carano go four and a half years ago after they didn’t like her conservative-leaning commentary on her own social media (why are liberal-leaning actors forgiven for their commentary, huh?). Instead they had to disparage her personal character by making her out to be someone with hate-filled qualities. And that’s where Disney/Lucasfilm went wrong.
So Carano sued Disney early last year, and she had Elon Musk among many others in her corner. And today Disney/Lucasfilm capitulated and settled with Carano out of court.
GeekTyrant, one of my favorite websites, has the details of the settlement (or at least which details the parties are allowing to be publicized).
Not only has Disney backed down, they have also taken a conciliatory stance toward Carano, and furthermore have said that they
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