Lucasfilm Warned Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Moses Ingram Of Racist Fans
There are some truly unfortunate realities that come with certain franchises. Maybe a certain type of game is less than welcoming to newcomers who just want to have fun. But then there's Star Wars, a franchise so big that it inevitably drew followers who have decidedly unfavorable views on certain groups of people, as Obi-Wan Kenobi star Moses Ingram was warned.
That isn't some kind of editorial. Lucasfilm itself is well aware of the bigotry problem it faces with an unfortunate number of its fans. Sexism is one problem on its own, even affecting the protagonist of Jedi: Fallen Order, who was originally intended to be a woman. But racism has plagued the fandom for some time, and Lucasfilm decided to get out in front of it with one of its upcoming Star Wars series. At the very least, they decided to pass the buck.
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Ingram, who plays Inquisitor Reva as part of the cast of the new Obi-Wan Kenobi series on Disney Plus, recently revealed in an interview with The Independent that Lucasfilm specifically warned her about how actors of color have been treated by a certain subset of the Star Wars fandom, particularly in recent years. «It was something that Lucasfilm actually got in front of, and said, 'This is a thing that, unfortunately, likely will happen. But we are here to help you; you can let us know when it happens.'» It's a grim reality where such warnings have to be made, but it's refreshing to see the studio actively support its potentially more vulnerable actors in this regard, even if they aren't taking action against the people doing the actual harassing.
Star Wars, unfortunately, has a well-documented history of its Black, Asian, and other actors of
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