Meanwhile, Carano announced on Friday that she is partnering with conservative website The Daily Wire to develop, produce, and star in a movie project. In December artist Mark Raats unveiled official Mandalorian artwork commissioned by Lucasfilm and Disney that many noted was conspicuously missing Cara Dune. While it’s too late for Funko to pull production on those figures, it’s highly doubtful that Carano’s ardent fanbase will purchase them after vowing to cancel their Disney+ subscriptions, so I expect these Cara Dune Funkos to go the way of Jar Jar Binks Phantom Menace merch and fill discount bins.Ĭara Dune’s erasure from Star Wars related merchandise has actually been brewing in the months leading up to Carano’s official firing.
The Cara Dune 6″ Star Wars: The Black Series figure has been available in stores for a few months already, but the announcement that Hasbro won’t be producing any more is certainly a surprise. Incidentally, a new Cara Dune Funko Pop! figure, that was announced among a new wave of Mandalorian products a few months ago, will be available in just a few weeks. We apologize for the inconvenience and greatly appreciate your understanding.”
Unfortunately, this means we must cancel our pre-orders for this item. “We have been informed by Hasbro that they have cancelled production of the Star Wars: The Black Series 6″ Cara Dune ( The Mandalorian) and will not be fulfilling our order. *shoots Coke out her nose in hysterical laughter* /j1LxQMoshm Late last week Big Bad Toy Store customers who pre-ordered a forthcoming Star Wars: The Black Series 6″ Cara Dune action figure received an email informing them that Hasbro had canceled production of the figure. In any event, it appears that Disney is cleaning house. There’s been speculation as to whether Disney will completely ditch the character or simply recast Cara Dune with another actress à la Pietro in WandaVision. "Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future," a Lucasfilm spokesperson confirmed to The Verge.On the chance you haven’t heard or been paying attention to social media, it was announced last week that actress Gina Carano was fired by Lucasfilm and dropped by her talent agency due to “social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable.” Despite playing fan-favorite character Cara Dune in the first two seasons of the massively successful series The Mandalorian, the firing of Carano felt somewhat inevitable after her continuous controversial social media posts in the past year.
Last week it was revealed that she had been removed from the show following a series of controversial social media posts.
Gina Carano played Cara Dune , a former Rebel shock trooper turned mercenary who befriends Din Djarin and helps him look after The Child, on the Disney Plus show. Due to recent events, Hasbro was no longer approved to produce any more of this figure." "Hasbro planned for another production run and we were accepting preorders from that production run. "The Star Wars Black Cara Dune figure was released in 2020 and sold out not long after the inventory was received," a spokeswoman for BigBadToyStore told The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that toy retailers have had to cancel pre-orders for new Cara Dune figures. A veteran of the Galactic Civil war who fought under the banner of the Rebellion, Cara Dune is a seasoned warrior.
Gina Carano removed from The Mandalorian over offensive social media posts READ MORE The 6-inch scale Black Series Cara Dune action figure is detailed to look like the character from The Mandalorian, featuring premium detail and multiple points of articulation.