This was the 12 months that Star Wars had maybe one of many weirdest reckonings it’s needed to have with its lengthy, intertwined historical past of merchandising: what do you do whenever you half methods with an actor, solely to have your title and their likeness stacked on cabinets in plastic kind? That was the difficulty going through licensees earlier this 12 months when Lucasfilm confirmed to io9 that it was now not working with Mandalorian co-star Gina Carano, within the wake of repeated examples of the actress sharing bigoted commentary on social media.

Lucasfilm might need dropped Carano so onerous it needed to shutter a beforehand introduced spinoff set to give attention to her character, Cara Dune. But it had a way more awkward time as motion figures, Funko pops, and Lego minifigures of the character sat on retailer cabinets and briefly grew to become a sizzling speculative characteristic on the aftermarket as followers desirous to personal a chunk of soon-to-be-scrubbed historical past snapped up what was left.

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