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Felicity Jones stars as Jyn Erso in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story."

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"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" has gotten a thumbs up from franchise creator George Lucas, but drawn the ire of some conservatives.

The hashtag #DumpStarWars began circulating Thursday with a group of conservative "Star Wars" fans saying they will boycott "Rogue One" when it arrives in theaters on Dec. 16.

Criticism has come from conservatives and those who could be described as alt-right.

Reddit user GenFrancoPepe has put forth the theory that "(((Star Wars))) Is Anti-White Social Engineering," noting that Lucas had married an African-American woman.

Twitter user Jack Posobiac, who is listed as the special projects director for a group called Citizens for Trump, claimed that "'Star Wars' writers rewrote and reshot 'Rogue One' to add in Anti Trump scenes calling him a racist."

Two months before Trump was the GOP nominee, Disney executives ordered weeks of expensive reshoots because they were reportedly unhappy with the first cut delivered by director Gareth Edwards.

However, post-Election Day comments by two "Rogue One" screenwriters may have fueled the backlash.

Three days after the presidential election, screenwriter Chris Weitz tweeted, "Please note that the Empire is a white supremacist (human) organization." That tweet was followed up by another writer on the film, Gary Whitta, quoting Weitz and adding, "Opposed by a multi-cultural group led by brave women."

#DumpStarWars supporters have tweeted in recent days, comments like "Stop using your multiculturalism anti-American agenda in a science fiction" and "Boycott Star Wars people!"

Mainstream media critic Mark Dice, who has a large YouTube following, is on the anti-"Rogue One" bandwagon, tweeting "Two Feminist propaganda Star Wars movies in a row, and Mark Hamill says Luke Skywalker may be gay. Time to #DumpStarWars"

Last year's "Star Wars" movie, "The Force Awakens," was met with criticism in some quarters for having female and black leads in Daisy Ridley and John Boyega.

#DumpStarWars well @Disney looks like my children and my self won't be going to see this propaganda movie. — DeplorableSeatown (@CskWA77) December 8, 2016

Hollywood and Disney stop politicizing movies. Why alienate Trump supporters? We won't watch this Anti Trump propaganda. #DumpStarWars — Irma (@irmahinojosa_) December 9, 2016