Star Wars author Chuck Wendig says he was fired by Marvel after "vulgar" tweets

Just a week after Marvel announced in New York Comic Con that Star wars Author Chuck Wendig would write a Darth Vader miniseries, Wendig says he was removed from the series as well as an unexpected movie. Star wars book after being temporarily suspended from Twitter earlier this week.

In a series of tweets, Wendig pointed out that he had been fired from the rest of the series "because of the negativity and vulgarity that my tweets bring … it was too much politics, too much vulgarity, too much negativity on my part. " A spokesman for Marvel confirmed that Wendig had been fired, but he did not want to say more about the case. We contacted Disney and Penguin Random House for comments and clarification. We will update this post if we have the answer.

Wendig then presented a long-term harassment campaign that accompanied the Consequences, the first novel in the new canon located between Return of the jedi and The force awakens. Fans of the deceased extended universe were unhappy that his books "replace" the long series, while others disputed his frank and progressive political views. Wendig has already written for Marvel, writing the comic adaptation of the force awakensand he wrote numbers from the Marvel series Hyperion.

Earlier this week, Wendig announced that he had found out Monday that his Twitter account had been temporarily suspended, which lasted five hours. He suspects that it was due to a tweetstorm on civility following the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh who became viral. This has earned him the anger of many right-wing personalities, as well as threats and calls to fire him. Star wars by interpreting his tweets as a call to violence.

The dismissal of Wendig sets a worrying precedent for creators and in particular reminds of the dismissal of James Gunn from the post of his director. Guardians of the galaxy 3 After a campaign of right-wing trolls, he published some offensive tweets that he posted a decade ago. Although Wendig notes that this seems to have been Marvel's call, there are serious similarities and concerns: entertainment companies will give in to bad faith campaigns if the volume is high enough. A source close to the file noted that the online campaign for Wendig's departure from the franchise was not included in the decision, but it is impossible to see these circles claim it as a victory.