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specific terms of the agreement were not made available.
“Ms. Carano was always well respected by her directors,
co-stars, and staff, and she worked hard to perfect her craft
while treating her colleagues with kindness and respect,"
Lucasfilm said in a statement. "With this lawsuit concluded, we
look forward to identifying opportunities to work together with
Ms. Carano in the near future.”
The two sides stipulated in a federal court filing Thursday that
the case should be dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can’t be
refiled. A judge still needs to formally dismiss it. The case
had been scheduled to go to trial in Los Angeles in February of
next year.
The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in California last year,
alleged Carano was wrongfully terminated from the “Star Wars”
galaxy Disney+ series after two seasons due to a post likening
the treatment of American conservatives to the treatment of Jews
in Nazi Germany. Her posts were widely criticized online and
spurred a trending #FireGinaCarano hashtag.
"I’d like to thank you all for your unrelenting support
throughout my life and career, you’ve been the heartbeat that
has kept my story alive. I hope to make you proud," Carano wrote
in a statement Thursday. “I am excited to flip the page and move
onto the next chapter. My desires remain in the arts, which is
where I hope you will join me.”
Carano thanked Elon Musk for helping fund the lawsuit “and
asking for nothing in return." The suit had alleged that the
43-year-old actor was fired because she “dared voice her own
opinions” against an “online bully mob who demanded her
compliance with their extreme progressive ideology.”
Carano is a former mixed martial artist who played the recurring
character Cara Dune on the show, which launched in 2019 and ran
for three seasons. A feature film starring Pedro Pascal and
Sigourney Weaver, “The Mandalorian and Grogu,” is set for
release next summer.
Carano had previously been criticized for mocking mask wearing
during the pandemic and making false allegations of voter fraud
during the 2020 presidential election.
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