In a potentially exciting turn of events, former star of the hit series “The Mandalorian” Gina Carano announced that she is suing Disney, the parent company of Lucasfilm, which produced the Star Wars series. The legal action is in response to the company’s decision to fire her back in 2021 for comments she made on social media. The lawsuit could prove to be a landmark case in the overall debate over freedom of expression and ideological conformity in Hollywood and other industries.

As one of the more prominent victims of cancel culture, Carano could be uniquely poised to fight back against efforts to force people to adhere to progressive ideology. In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the actress recounted her story in which Lucasfilm released a statement on the platform confirming her firing after she posted tweets that angered the mob of progressive crybullies.

After my 20 years of building a career from scratch, and during the regime of former Disney CEO Bob Chapek, Lucasfilm made this statement on Twitter, terminating me from The Mandalorian: “Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm & there are no plans for her to be in the future. Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural & religious identities are abhorrent & unacceptable.”

Nothing could be further from the truth. The truth is I was being hunted down from everything I posted to every post I liked because I was not in line with the acceptable narrative of the time. My words were consistently twisted to demonize & dehumanize me as an alt right wing extremist. It was a bullying smear campaign aimed at silencing, destroying & making an example out of me.

The thing is I never even used aggressive language. I shared thought provoking quotes, pictures, memes & occasionally I used my own words, not with aggression but with respect & the occasional comedy to keep the mood light in dark times.

Look with your own eyes at what I posted and ask yourself, for example, where did I compare Republicans to the Jewish people in the holocaust? I didn’t. Ask yourself why they were calling me a racist, was there any merit behind that or history of it whatsoever?  No. Look at why I was called a transphobe--for making droid noises from Star Wars? “Beep, bop, boop” was obviously directed to the online bullies and did not in any way denigrate transgender people.

Carano was referencing posts she had made in which she made the point that creating a society in which people snitch on one another to enforce government dominance over the populace is similar to what the Nazis did in Germany. She was simply referring to progressive efforts to persuade people to turn in neighbors and other community members if they were found to violate COVID-19 restrictions.

She had also clashed with activists who attacked her for not embracing progressive views on gender identity. She mocked the crybullies by putting “beep, bop, boop” as her pronouns, a reference to the droid R2-D2, a prominent character in Star Wars lore.

“Were my questions about masks, lockdowns & forced vaccines ok to ask & push the subject into the light? Should we have been allowed to publicly discuss those topics at that time without being harassed or censored? Absolutely,” she wrote on X.

The actress explained that the lawsuit was the result of a post X owner Elon Musk posted back in November, announcing that he would fund legal representation for those who have been fired for posts they made on the platform.

If you were unfairly treated by your employer due to posting or liking something on this platform, we will fund your legal bill.

No limit.

Please let us know.

If you were unfairly treated by your employer due to posting or liking something on this platform, we will fund your legal bill.

No limit.

Please let us know.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 6, 2023

In the lawsuit, Carano’s lawyers argue that Disney “made it clear that only one orthodoxy in thought, speech, or action was acceptable in their empire.” The plaintiff is also accusing Disney of discrimination based on Carano’s sex, noting that the company “treated Carano differently than her similarly situated male co-workers.”

Central to Carano’s lawsuit is that her firing represents a dangerous precedent for freedom of expression and thought in the entertainment industry – especially when it comes to those who are right of center. The actress also challenges the notion that her posts were somehow egregious enough to warrant termination.

Carano’s legal battle against Disney is not simply a personal quest for vindication but a public stand against the bullying smear campaigns that are often launched against prominent individuals who express views that contradict the tenets of progressive orthodoxy.

This case will raise important questions about the balance between an employer’s right to protect its brand and decide with whom they will associate and respecting the individual’s right to express their views freely. Issues surrounding employment and cancel culture have been the subject of intense debate over the past decade as progressives continue trying to punish people for not adhering to their ideology by targeting their livelihoods. This case could be a game changer.