After the premiere of Disney+’s ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi,’ the ‘Star Wars’ social accounts responded to racist messages aimed at Moses Ingram and her character Reva Sevander.
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“There are more than 20 million sentient species in the Star Wars galaxy, don’t choose to be a racist.”
Three days after the premiere of Disney+’s Obi-Wan Kenobi, the official Star Wars social media accounts responded on May 30 to racist statements directed at Moses Ingram and her character Reva Sevander (The Third Sister), the show’s antagonist who is working for Darth Vader. On Instagram, Ingram posted examples of hateful messages she received during Memorial Day Weekend. The screenshots of direct messages from viewers ranged from threatening (“Your days are numbered”) to racist (using the N-word and suggesting Ingram was a “diversity hire”). After posting the examples, Ingram shared a video of herself processing the negative notes, stating that there are “hundreds of those.” She thanked her fans and those who have come to her defense before stating, “There’s nothing anybody can do about this.
