John Boyega Calls Out Star Wars Fans

Via Polygon.com:

Earlier this month, The Last Jedi breakout star Kelly Marie Tran left Instagram, reportedly due to comments from a radicalized faction of Star Wars fans. The actress, who played new character Rose Tico in the film, was the victim of sustained harassment that ranged from calling her character “unnecessary” to insults of a fouler mode. Tran isn’t the first Star Wars cast member to feel the lash of fandom and retreat: Daisy Ridley also deleted her account after similar harassment and The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson regularly fields trolls on Twitter.

This week, John Boyega got fed up with it.

The actor, who plays Finn in the new Star Wars films, is no stranger to internet harassment himself — he received plenty from racist individuals upset over seeing a black man in a Stormtrooper uniform. Today, he spoke out on Twitter regarding the fandom harassment:

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