Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is all set to release and before it hits the theatres, it has fallen into trouble. An online movement has begun calling to boycott the movie. The movement, led by Donald Trump's Alt Right supporters who are white supremacists, are calling people to not watch the upcoming movie as it has an 'anti-white agenda'.
The online protests have been keeping Twitter abuzz for two days now. And the hash tag #DumpStarWars is being used to express their opposition against the movie. The script writer, Chris Weitz, has been targeted through the whole campaign. This comes after the Weitz and other Star War cast and crew members changed their profile pictures of their social media accounts to safety pin logos to show that they are against all kind of hatred.
Expressing their opinion on social media platforms, people have both supported and spoken against the whole movement.
(((OhNoSheTwitnt)))
Love that it took racist idiots nearly 4 decades and a KKK-endorsed POTUS to figure out what Star Wars is about. #DumpStarWars
Nash
By all means, explain to your 10 year old that they don't get to see Star Wars because the writers were mean to Trump. #DumpStarWars
Noah Poling
BREAKING NEWS: Movie series that has always had an antifascism theme criticizes a fascist wannabe. In other news, water is wet #DumpStarWars
Irma Hinojosa
Hollywood and Disney stop politicizing movies. Why alienate Trump supporters? We won't watch this Anti Trump propaganda. #DumpStarWars
Julia Fortney
Are people not aware that Star Wars has always been an anti-Nazi allegory? Sure, whine and "#DumpStarWars," but you only hurt yourselves.
You all do understand that the bad guys' army have been called "storm troopers" since the 1970s, right? #DumpStarWars pic.twitter.com/cVFCD3mYJQ
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) December 9, 2016If Star Wars — an obvious allegory about Nazism — feels like an attack on your candidate, the problem isn’t with Star Wars… #DumpStarWars
— David Slack (@slack2thefuture) December 9, 2016
How did it take racist bigots four decades to figure out what the evil empire represented? #dumpstarwars #RogueOne pic.twitter.com/HL0zskSfjW
— David Leavitt (@David_Leavitt) December 9, 2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story revolves around the Rebel Alliance who attempts to steal the design plans for the Death Star, after the creation of the Empire. The movie is set to release on December 16.