​​Star Wars: The Last Jedi received its fair share of criticism and just outright backlash from Star Wars followers.





The film had a different perspective on the ongoing issues between the First Order and the Resistance, and unfortunately some very opinionated fans overwhelmingly took to social media to harass both The Last Jedi director and new character additions. Most notably is Kelly Marie Tran, who was harassed on the basis of race and sex.

Following the online attacks earlier this year , Tran deleted her social pages without explanation . On Tuesday, she ​spoke out for the first time since experiencing this ​online harassment , confirming the attacks were the reason she abandoned social media.





Her co-star, ​Mark Hamill, took to Twitter to show his support for the actress once again.

I said it before & I'll say it again: WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE? 

I love you, Loan... we don't deserve you & you ARE just getting started.#ReelLifeHeroRoseTico #RealLifeHeroKellyMarieTran https://t.co/wH7Hs4CQKT — Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) August 21, 2018

According to ​Comic Book, Tran was probably such an "easy" target to this backlash because she was a new character. Her co-star, Laura Dern, another new addition, was also subjected to a lot of crticism.





Despite the fact that she played a new character, the vast majority of Tran's criticism was solely based on her race and sex, something she addressed in her New York Times piece.





“Their words seemed to confirm what growing up as a woman and a person of color already taught me: that I belonged in margins and spaces, only valid as a minor character in their lives and stories,” Tran said.

She continued, " I had been brainwashed into believing that my existence was limited to the boundaries of another person’s approval. I had been tricked into thinking that my body was not my own, that I was beautiful only if someone else believed it."



