Former star The Mandalorian, Gina CaranoShe continues her legal battle against Disney after being fired from the company. star Wars series, The trial may include a select group of movie star witnesses.. Joint file from Carano team and Disney It was revealed that Like him The Mandalorian Lead actor Pedro Pascal, director Jon Favreau, Lucasfilm CEO Kathleen Kennedy, survival expert Bear Grylls and former Disney CEO Bob Chapek could be called to testify if the lawsuit reaches that stage..
According to a report from THR, the trial date has been “tentatively” set for September 25, 2025, as Carano sues the House of Mouse for wrongful termination after she was fired from star Wars After posting several controversial statements on X, then known as Twitter. The former mixed martial arts fighter-turned-actress also alleges that while she was disciplined and eventually fired for her politically charged posts, her male co-stars were not punished. That includes Pedro Pascal, with Carano highlighting Pascal’s 2017 post in which he compared former President Donald Trump to Hitler.
“To the best of our knowledge and belief, Pascal was not disciplined, was not asked to review documentaries on any of these topics or speak to individuals with opposing views, and was not pressured to apologize for any of his posts,” Carano’s lawsuit alleges. “He was not terminated, and Defendants made no public statements about his social media posts, let alone referred to them as ‘hateful.’”
According to the report, Favreau, who created The Mandalorian For Disney+, he will be called to testify about whether Carano is set to lead a new company. star Wars The spin-off was centered on her character Cara Dune. Reports at the time claimed that the studio had greenlit the project, which was supposed to be titled Guardians of the New RepublicMeanwhile, British adventurer and survival expert Bear Grylls will be called to testify about whether another Disney project Carano was involved in, Running Wild with Bear Grylls, was “terminated” in the wake of the controversy.
Disney rejected the witness list provided in Carano's filing.
Gina Carano was fired after sharing 'abhorrent and unacceptable' posts on social media.
Gina Carano was fired in 2021, with The Mandalorian The star has shared several highly controversial posts on social media. After first mocking the ongoing COVID safety measures at the time, as well as questioning the legitimacy of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Carano was eventually dropped by Lucasfilm and Disney after sharing a post in which she likened being a Republican to the Jewish people’s experience during the Holocaust.
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After the studio terminated Carano's contract, it revealed in a filing in April how the story would unfold.
“On the same day that Carano bizarrely downplayed the Holocaust as a politically charged controversy, Lucasfilm announced that “Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and has no plans to work for her in the future. However, her social media posts that denigrate people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable.”
Federal Judge Sherilyn Pace Garnett recently denied a motion to dismiss Carano's lawsuit, and the trial is now expected to begin on September 25, 2025.
