Rian Johnson Slams Star Wars Trolls Over Kelly Marie Tran Harassment

Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi

Rian Johnson is rallying against an regular army of troll who have targeted actress Kelly Marie Tran on social medium , and he is not alone . The director ofStar Wars : The Last Jediis the later of Tran ’s cobalt - actor to issue forth to the beleaguered actress ' defense .

Tran late get out Instagram , due to the continual harassment of citizenry who hated her character in the eighth installment of theStar Warsfranchise . She play the role ofRose Tico- a auto-mechanic and member of The Resistance , who joined with Finn on an urgent charge to locate a master code - breaker , for shut down The First Order ’s tracking gimmick . Many deride the character of Rose , reportedly due to her naiveness and her thwarting Finn ’s elbow grease to heroically sacrifice himself during The Battle of Crait .

Johnson is not alone in his DoD of Tran . Joonas Suotamo , the Finnish thespian and former hoops musician who read over the role of Chewbacca from Peter Mayhew inStar war : The Force Awakens , also criticize the trolls ' actions onhis Twitter account . Showcasing the down-to-earth wisdom of his fictitious character , Suotamo recommend his followers to " prefer not to be a part of the dissentious and mean discourse that permeates our culture today . "

This is not the first time that a small but vocal group of people on - line forced aStar Warsstar off of societal media . Actress Daisy Ridley , whoplayed the role of ReyinThe Force AwakensandThe Last Jedi , deleted her Instagram report in 2017after continued harassment regarding her physical appearance following Ridley ’s attending a tribute to the victim of the Pulse massacre . oddly , despite the claims of these trolls that they are not anti-Semite orsexist , their attacks have been almost exclusively reserve for racial nonage role player and actresses .

Regardless of the reasons why these troll dislikeStar Wars : The Last Jedi , these attacks are piffling , infantile and totally contrary to the spirit of theStar Warsfranchise they claim to hold in such high esteem . Clearly the films ' lessons in not giving in to hate and anger were totally turn a loss upon them . These keyboard warrior would do well to rewatchThe Empire Strikes Backand call up the sapience of Yoda - " wars not make one great . "