To the shock of many, Gina Carano appears in the new Star Wars Encyclopedia, published by DK and released this month. However, there’s absolutely no mention of any characters associated with failed Disney+ series The Acolyte, the brain child of Harvery Weinstein’s former personal assistant, Leslye Headland.
Carano’s character, Cara Dune, gets a large photo and a full write up detailing her history, military service, and adventures with The Mandalorian and Grogu. Dune was prominently featured in the first two season of The Mandalorian and was set to receive her own spin-off series on Disney+ called Rangers of The New Republic.
Cara Dune (Gina Carano) in Lucasfilm’s THE MANDALORIAN, season two, exclusively on Disney+. ©.
Gina Carano’s inclusion in the Star Wars Encyclopedia shocked many due to her very public feud with Lucasfilm and Disney.
The comapny failed to renew (fired) Carano back in 2021 after she shared a political meme on X that criticized the way today’s society treats conservatives. Lucasfilm maligned her on social media, leaving Carano effectively canceled by the huge Hollywood studio.
Or so they thought.
Soon after, Carano filed an unlawful termination and discrimination lawsuit against Disney, backed by X-owner and world’s richest man, Elon Musk.
Cara Dune (Gina Carano) in Lucasfilm’s THE MANDALORIAN.
Author Adam Bray, a writer for DK who worked on the previous three editions of the Star Wars Encyclopedia (then called Ultimate Star Wars) noted Carano’s inclusion on X. While the book lists Bray as an author on the project, he was not called back to work on it directly.
In case you were wondering, Cara Dune @ginacarano is featured in the new DK Star Wars Encyclopedia.
…and you can order signed (by me) copies directly from me. pic.twitter.com/09Loj4akjH
— Author Adam Bray #StarWars (@authoradambray) November 19, 2024
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In a conversation with That Park Place, Bray alluded to a canceled Mandalorian visual guide that was pulled from production very suddenly after Carano’s firing.
“I was not involved in that but it sure smelled fishy that any book that would have included Gina was canceled right after she was fired,” Bray told us. “My guess is that had everything to do with Gina. That had to have HUGE consequences for the publishers to do that last minute.”
Carano’s inclusion wasn’t the only interesting tidbit to come out of Bray’s X account. He also noted that there are no characters from The Acolyte included in the expansive tome.
What is missing from the new DK Star Wars Encyclopedia? The most notable omission is anything from The Acolyte. The series is completely ignored. Also missing is content from the recent Tales of the Empire, Jedi: Survivor, Star Wars: Squadrons, Outlaws (apart from tiny entries… pic.twitter.com/rZoJPQhBYN
— Author Adam Bray #StarWars (@authoradambray) November 19, 2024
“The most notable omission is anything from The Acolyte,” Bray said on X. “The series is completely ignored.”
(L-R): Osha Aniseya (Amandla Stenberg) and the Stranger in Lucasfilm’s THE ACOLYTE, season one, exclusively on Disney+. ©2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.
What’s notable is that there are a few small entries on the Ubisoft action-adventure video game Star Wars: Outlaws, which released after The Acolyte’s first and only season ended. This negates any claims of there being some kind of content cutoff to explain away The Acolyte’s exclusion.
The Leslye Headland-helmed series was a colossal failure for Disney and Lucasfilm. The controversial show, which sought to change the fundamental definition of The Force, failed to draw a sizable audience. The studio officially canceled it after the first season aired. Since then, Disney pulled all Acolyte merchandise from the shelves, with only a few t-shirts remaining on DisneyStore.com.
Bray also pointed out that the book pulled any reference to Boba Fett’s spaceship as Slave 1, its original pre-Disney name.
In case you are wondering, the new DK Star Wars Encyclopedia does remove all references to “Slave I” from the previous editions. The ship is now known as “Boba Fett’s Starship.” It’s a weird & inconsistant change by Disney given that the book refers to slavery in the Star Wars… pic.twitter.com/8oQ8N6HUh6
— Author Adam Bray #StarWars (@authoradambray) November 19, 2024
“The Boba Fett Slave 1 issue felt like it came from a higher level,” he told That Park Place. “An executive and/or DEI thing I presume. And I would guess anything regarding Gina would too.”
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