Star Wars Actor Unloads on Disney After Company Makes Politically Correct Change to Franchise
As Disney gives a Star Wars starship a politically correct new name, an actor who played the character of Boba Fett erupted on social media.
Mark Anthony Austin, who played Boba Fett in a special edition of “Star Wars: A New Hope,” took Disney to task after reports surfaced that his character’s starship, Slave I, is going to be renamed Boba Fett’s Starship in an upcoming Lego toy playset.
The news first broke on Jedi News, a fan website whose operators spoke with Lego Star Wars design team members at a Lego media event.
“We’re not calling it Slave I anymore. This is Boba Fett’s Starship,” said Michael Lee Stockwell, Lego Star Wars lead designer.
Jens Kronvold Frederiksen, Lego Star Wars design director, confirmed that Disney was doing away with the name Slave I.
“It’s probably not something which has been announced publicly but it is just something that Disney doesn’t want to use anymore,” he said.
Austin reacted to the name change in a series of tweets on Sunday and Monday.
My ship will forever be Slave1.
Nothing. Not even #disney can or will change that.
This is the way. pic.twitter.com/Qt99Yo8dEz
— Mark Anthony Austin (@BobaFettANHSE) June 28, 2021
“My ship will forever be Slave1. Nothing. Not even #disney can or will change that. This is the way,” he tweeted.
When applying for personalized plates for my car the DMV would not allow “Slave1“. Okay I understand. Had to try. But I get it.
This #disney idiocy however. Not buying it. Not conforming to the Mouse, no siree. Not gonna happen.
When I was growing up I loved #disney. No more. pic.twitter.com/9076VcIiwN
— Mark Anthony Austin (@BobaFettANHSE) June 28, 2021
Austin said the original name served a purpose.
“You have to consider [whose] ship it is. A bounty hunter. A hunter of dangerous targets. Somebody like that imbues mystery, darkness and brooding…. Slave1 is a perfect name for such a character’s spaceship. It too imbues a dark and ominous threat to be feared by any fugitive,” he wrote.
You have to consider who’s ship it is. A bounty hunter. A hunter of dangerous targets. Somebody like that imbues mystery, darkness and brooding….
Slave1 is a perfect name for such a character’s spaceship. It too imbues a dark and ominous threat to be feared by any fugitive.
?
— Mark Anthony Austin (@BobaFettANHSE) June 28, 2021
Disney are bullies. Bullies fixated on profit margins only. https://t.co/UJYotSgOgT
— Mark Anthony Austin (@BobaFettANHSE) June 28, 2021
Austin also sarcastically wondered where the political correctness would end.
“WARS. Sounds harsh says #disney. Let’s change the franchise name to: STAR DISPUTES,” he joked in one tweet.
WARS. Sounds harsh says #disney. Let’s change the franchise name to:
STAR DISPUTES
?????????
— Mark Anthony Austin (@BobaFettANHSE) June 27, 2021
Stormtroopers sounds a bit violent doesn’t it.
From now on Storm will be reduced to a slight Rainfalltrooper. ??? pic.twitter.com/EBkzdKrRKb
— Mark Anthony Austin (@BobaFettANHSE) June 28, 2021
Death Star!!!! Sounds a bit harsh doesn’t it?
Maybe tone it down a bit ehh!
Sick Star?
Potentially Dangerous Star?…is that coming next!!?!???
?????? pic.twitter.com/4E2YsWZb8h
— Mark Anthony Austin (@BobaFettANHSE) June 28, 2021
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