'The Last Jedi' Star Kelly Marie Tran Erases Instagram After Months Of Racist And Sexist Comments

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The “Star Wars” trolls have struck again.

It appears that after months and months of racist and sexist comments on Instagram, actress Kelly Marie Tran has deleted all her posts and essentially wiped her profile clean. According to Star Wars Facts, the actress scrubbed her Instagram “due to months of harassment she has received for her character Rose in #TheLastJedi.”

While there’s no statement from the actress, it does appear that the social media trolls have made her retreat from the platform, which is a shame. Tran is the first woman of color to have a leading role in the “Star Wars” films, and even though fandom was divided on her ‘Last Jedi’ character, Rose Tico, it seems that there was a concerted effort by trolls to go after the actress based on her race and gender.

And before people try to defend the trolls by saying that attacks were solely based on her character, a quick Twitter search will prove otherwise. There are so many tweets about Tran’s appearance, gender, and race. And the attacks even spilled out onto the Wookieepedia Rose Tico entry, which was altered by so-called “fans” who used the website to post Neo-Nazi propaganda and other racist comments.

What really makes the whole situation deplorable is the fact that “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” marked Tran’s first major role in a feature film. And in the lead-up to ‘Last Jedi,’ it appeared that fans were supportive of her role in the film and were encouraging. However, as the film began to divide the fanbase, these “fans” became toxic a-holes and began their attack.

As Twitter has pointed out, these trolls, who claim to be fans, are the same people that drove George Lucas away from the franchise that he birthed. And Lucas is far from alone in receiving hatred from “fans.” Recently, John Boyega and Daisey Ridley have all been in the crosshairs of the trolls, after ‘The Force Awakens,’ with racist and sexist comments.

It appears that the fandom surrounding one of the greatest franchises ever created has fully made the turn into becoming a cesspool. With each new “Star Wars” film, the conversation inevitably devolves into unnecessary hatred towards actors, filmmakers, and even other fans.

Sadly, Tran isn’t the first to receive this hatred and judging by the Twitter reaction to this news, she’s far from the last. Makes you wonder why anyone would even want to star in these films?