After being the target of racist and sexist comments over her role in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Kelly Marie Tran is getting some long overdue appreciation. At Star Wars Celebration, a festival in Chicago dedicated to the movie franchise, fans at a panel discussion featuring Tran and other stars chanted the actress’s name. She also received a standing ovation.

Kelly Marie Tran welcomed with a standing ovation at #StarWarsCelebaration! #EpisodeIXpic.twitter.com/92ut3xQlCX — Geeks of Color (@GeeksOfColor) April 12, 2019

Tran, who endured a deluge of offensive remarks for her portrayal of Rose Tico and even ended up wiping her Instagram account because of it, teared up in response to all the love.

Kelly Marie Tran tears up after getting a huge standing ovation from #StarWarsCelebration fans ❤️#StarWarsCelebrationpic.twitter.com/jqWYboScji — Fandom (@getFANDOM) April 12, 2019

She was also met with praise from J.J. Abrams, the director of two other “Star Wars” films who was participating on the same panel. “I was grateful to Rian Johnson for so many things he did,” Abrams said of the “Last Jedi” director. “The greatest for me was casting Kelly Marie.”

Kelly Marie Tran gets a huge round of applause at Star Wars Celebration. "I was grateful to Rian Johnson for so many things he did," says J.J. Abrams. "The greatest for me was casting Kelly Marie." pic.twitter.com/mNBbKukbjE — Total Film (@totalfilm) April 12, 2019

People on social media also flooded the actress with affection, saying the recognition she was getting was well-deserved.

Kelly Marie Tran feels the love as chants of "Kelly!" break out at the #EpisodeIX panel at #StarWarsCelebrationpic.twitter.com/fMMIThek8d — Rotten Tomatoes (@RottenTomatoes) April 12, 2019

After leaving social media due to harassment from toxic fans last year, to witness Kelly Marie Tran getting a standing ovation from a bunch of Star Wars fans at Celebration made me tear up like few displays of fandom ever have.😭😍🥰



IT’S. WHAT. SHE. DESERVES. pic.twitter.com/dSnhy6tFx5 — Joel💁🏻‍♂️🏳️‍🌈 (@joelbks913) April 12, 2019

Seeing everyone cheer for Kelly Marie Tran, and seeing her cry was overwhelming... she deserved all the love #StarWars#StarWarsCelebration — ForceChatter (@ForceChatter) April 12, 2019

Teary-eyed watching #kellymarietran get thunderous applause at #StarWarsCelebration because of how much she represents my Asian American story ♥



(and because she had to deal with a bunch of pitiful haters, screw those guys) — Jessica Chung (@ItsJChung) April 12, 2019