Moses Ingram

The "Star Wars" franchise is sticking up for "Obi-Wan Kenobi" actor Moses Ingram after she revealed she had received hundreds of racist messages and ...

"The thing that bothers me is ... this feeling of like, I just gotta shut up and take it, I just have to grin and bear it. "There's nothing anybody can do about this. "There are more than 20 million sentient species in the Star Wars galaxy, don't choose to be a racist

In a series of tweets, the "Star Wars" account stood behind actor Moses Ingram, who plays Reva in the new “Star Wars” series “Obi-Wan Kenobi.”

"This is the world I grew up in, but not the world I want to leave behind ...," she wrote. "And that feeling, I realize now, was, and is, shame, a shame for the things that made me different, a shame for the culture from which I came from. And a shame for how that world treats anyone who is different." At the time, he said, "you realize, ‘I got given this opportunity but I’m in an industry that wasn’t even ready for me.’ Nobody else in the cast had people saying they were going to boycott the movie because [they were in it]. Nobody else had the uproar and death threats sent to their Instagram DMs and social media, saying, ‘Black this and black that and you shouldn’t be a Stormtrooper.’ Nobody else had that experience. "And to the rest of y'all: Y'all weird." A representative for Disney+ directed NBC News to the "Star Wars" account's tweets.

Actor Moses Ingram spoke out against the racist backlash she has received from toxic Star Wars fans.

And to the rest of y'all … …Y'all are weird.” Lucasfilm execs even warned Ingram to expect racist harassment from the fandom’s infamously toxic fringe. There’s nothing anybody can do to stop this hate.

Moses Ingram, who plays Third Sister Reva in the Star Wars prequel series Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+, is also known for playing Jolene in The Queen's Gambit.

The role of Reva in Obi-Wan Kenobi marks Ingram's arguably biggest part to date. One of the most notable new additions is Reva, the Jedi hunter played by Moses Ingram. The "Third Sister" of the Inquisitors made one hell of an entrance in the first episode, and if her role in episode two is anything to go by, she will continue to be one of Obi-Wan Kenobi's primary adversaries throughout the series, perhaps second only to Darth Vader himself. The new Star Wars series Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+ marks Ewan McGregor's return to the hugely popular franchise as the titular Jedi master, and over the coming weeks will fill viewers in on how he spent his time on Tatooine between the events of Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. This missing chapter in Star Wars lore has already got off to a lightspeed start, bringing back characters from the prequel trilogy like Senator Bail Organa (Jimmy Smits), and introducing younger versions of Luke and Leia at a much earlier point in their story.

Ingram has revealed some of the 'hundreds' of abusive messages she's received after debuting in the Star Wars show, saying 'there's nothing anybody can do ...

“We are proud to welcome Moses Ingram to the Star Wars family and excited for Reva’s story to unfold. “There are more than 20m sentient species in the Star Wars galaxy, don’t choose to be a racist,” a message shared on the Star Wars account reads. “I just want to say, as the lead actor in the series, as the executive producer on the series, that we stand with Moses. We love Moses. And if you’re sending her bullying messages, you’re no Star Wars fan in my mind. “The thing that bothers me is this feeling inside of myself, that no one has told me, but this feeling that I have to shut up and take it, that I have to grin and bear it. And I totally stand with Moses.” “There’s nothing anybody can do to stop this hate.

Ewan McGregor calls out "Star Wars" fans after "Obi-Wan Kenobi" star Moses Ingram received racist comments online.

"We are proud to welcome Moses Ingram to the Star Wars family and excited for Reva’s story to unfold," the account tweeted with a photo of Ingram's character. "Nobody else had the uproar and death threats sent to their Instagram DMs and social media, saying, 'Black this and black that and you shouldn’t be a Stormtrooper.' Nobody else had that experience. "And I'm not built like that, so I really just wanted to come on and say thank you to the people that show up for me in the comments and the places I'm not gonna put myself. To the rest of y'all, y'all weird." On Monday, Ingram shared screenshots of the messages people sent her online on Instagram, calling her a "diversity hire" among other insults and racial slurs. She brings so much to the series, she brings so much to the franchise.

Obi-Wan Kenobi actor Ewan McGregor comes to the defence of his co-star Moses Ingram, after she reveals she has received "hundreds" of abusive and racist ...

"Nobody else had the uproar and death threats sent to their Instagram DMs and social media, saying 'Black this and black that and you shouldn't be a Stormtrooper.' Nobody else had that experience." "Moses is a brilliant actor, she's a brilliant woman and she's absolutely amazing in this series, she brings so much to the series and so much to the franchise and it just sickened me to my stomach to hear that this had been happening," he said. "I just want to say as the leading actor in the series, as the executive producer on the series is that we stand with Moses, we love Moses and if you're sending her bullying messages, you're no Star Wars fans in my mind. "We are proud to welcome Moses Ingram to the Star Wars family and excited for Reva's story to unfold," the statement said. "So I really just wanted to come on I think and say thank you to the people who show up for me in the comments and the places where I'm not going to put myself. McGregor, who plays Obi-Wan Kenobi in the latest Star Wars series of the same name on Disney+, used a video posted to Twitter to criticise fans who have sent racist messages to his co-star, American actor Moses Ingram.

The official 'Star Wars' Twitter account shared a video message from Ewan McGregor condemning the people sending racist messages to 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' star ...

I just wanted to say, as the leading actor in the series, as the executive producer on the series, that we stand with Moses. She brings so much to the series, she brings so much to the franchise, and it just sickened me to my stomach to hear that this had been happening. Ingram took to Instagram on Tuesday to share some of the racist messages she's received since Obi-Wan Kenobi aired last weekend.

Ewan McGregor and Star Wars fans slammed online abuse Ingram faced following the debut of the Disney Plus series “Obi-Wan Kenobi.”

“I question my purpose in even being here in front of you saying that this is happening,” she said in the video, which is no longer visible as Instagram Stories expire after 24 hours. Black British actors John Boyega and Thandiwe Newton and Kenyan Mexican actor Lupita Nyong’o have all stepped into the Star Wars universe in recent years. “I think the thing that bothers me, is this feeling that I’ve had inside of myself — which no one has told me — but this feeling that I’ve just got to shut up and take it.

The Obi-Wan Kenobi star says anyone sending racist messages is "no Star Wars fan in my mind"

And I totally stand with Moses.” “I just wanted to say as the leading actor to the series and executive producer that we stand with Moses, we love Moses,” McGregor said in no uncertain terms. He continued, “Moses is a brilliant actor, she’s a brilliant woman and she’s absolutely amazing in this series.

In an Instagram video, the “Obi-Wan Kenobi” star revealed some of the direct messages she's recently received.

“I just want to say, as the lead actor in the series, as the executive producer on the series, that we stand with Moses,” he added. John Boyega, who appeared in 2015′s “The Force Awakens,” and Kelly Marie Tran of 2017′s “The Last Jedi” also received racist abuse online. “The thing that bothers me is this feeling inside of myself … that I have to shut up and take it, that I have to grin and bear it,” she said.

There are more than 20 million sentient species in the Star Wars galaxy, don't choose to be a racist,” the franchise's social media accounts said.

“This is what it is to be a woman in a society that has taught its daughters that we are worthy of love only if we are deemed attractive by its sons. “I just want to say as the leading actor in the series, as the executive producer on the series, that we stand with Moses. We love Moses,” he concluded. “Nobody else in the cast had people saying they were going to boycott the movie because [they were in it],” he told the outlet. “And I heard some of them this morning and it just broke my heart. “And for that, I would say a big thank you, and it just goes to show what this family can do when we all pull together. “I think the thing that bothers me is that, like, sort of this feeling I've had inside of myself — which no one has told me — but this feeling of, like, I just gotta shut up and take it.