Mandalorian Star Settles With Disney Over Firing

UPDATE Aug 8, 2025 7:01 AM CDT

Gina Carano has settled her suit with Disney and Lucasfilm. The BBC reports that details are scarce on the settlement with the 43-year-old Mandalorian actor, who'd accused the companies of wrongfully terminating her from the hit Disney+ show and discriminating against her for her right-wing views. Carano wrote on X that she believed the settlement to be "the best outcome for all parties involved." The actor also made sure to thank Elon Musk, "a man I've never met, who did this Good Samaritan deed for me in funding my lawsuit." Carano added, "I hope this brings some healing to the force." Lucasfilm released a post-settlement statement, noting it looks forward to "identifying opportunities to work together" with Carano, and describing the actor herself as someone who always "worked hard to perfect her craft while treating her colleagues with kindness and respect."

Feb 7, 2024 3:00 AM CST

Three years after she was booted from Disney's The Mandalorian after a post comparing current-day Republicans to Jews during the Holocaust, Gina Carano is suing. Her lawsuit alleges Disney and Lucasfilm discriminated against her and wrongfully terminated her, and, as Variety reports, it uses a few "elaborate Star Wars references" along the way, including these: "A short time ago in a galaxy not so far away, Defendants made it clear that only one orthodoxy in thought, speech, or action was acceptable in their empire, and that those who dared to question or failed to fully comply would not be tolerated." Elon Musk is funding the suit, fulfilling a vow he made to back legal actions from people who say their posts on X (or, as it was previously known, Twitter) led to discrimination.

Carano's aforementioned post was actually on Instagram, but, as Fox News reports, she'd made other controversial posts, some of them on Twitter, in which, per her lawsuit, she "refus[ed] to support movements and ideologies with which she did not agree," from Black Lives Matter to pronouns to COVID lockdowns. Her lawsuit claims she was bullied for those views. "As a sign of X Corp.'s commitment to free speech, we're proud to provide financial support for Gina Carano's lawsuit, empowering her to seek vindication of her free speech rights on X and the ability to work without bullying, harassment, or discrimination," says an exec at X. Carano is seeking punitive damages of at least $75,000 and wants Disney to be forced to recast her.