The alt-right doesn't really understand the concept of protesting. First, they spent a lot of money at Starbucks... to protest Starbucks. Then, they boycotted Hamilton (because hey, let's boycott the things that are ultra expensive, right?). And now, they're dumping Rogue One (which hits theaters later this month) with the hashtag #DumpStarWars, because of (oh, hey, shocker) fake news.
Twitter user Jack Posobiec, who's allegedly the "special projects director" for a group called Citizens for Trump, tweeted claiming that the writers of Rogue One rewrote and reshot the film to "add in Anti Trump [sic] scenes calling him a racist."
"I started it this morning with a Periscope in response to the writers of Rogue One calling Trump a Nazi," Posobiec told Esquire, adding that he was previously a "big time" Star Wars fan and was "really excited" to see Rogue One.
Of course, a Disney representative told TheWrap that Posobiac's claim is entirely untrue, but that didn't stop Posobiec from starting a Star Wars boycott with a tweetstorm:
Here's the truth: Rogue One certainly underwent reshoots. Also, when Trump won the election, the screenwriters tweeted what could be interpreted as anti-Trump messages, including that "the Empire is a white supremacist [human] organisation". When Esquire spoke to Posobiec, he used this tweet to say that the writers called Trump a Nazi. However, there's no evidence that the changes had to do with any political ideologies whatsoever, and films undergo massive changes all the time.
"I haven't seen the movie yet, but if the writers are so virulently anti-Trump, I would be surprised to not find that bias embedded in the film," Posobiec told Esquire.
Though this is purely based in conjecture, facts haven't stopped the alt-right from loudly shouting that they'll boycott the entire series:
But other Star Wars fans say, hey, good riddance!
Sigh.
