‘Star Wars’ fans attack Lucasfilm exec who dubs franchise ‘fake’
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nypost.comBet he wishes he were in a galaxy, far far away right about now. A Lucasfilm executive is feeling the heat after calling “Star Wars” “fake” on social media, which has prompted the space opera’s devout fans to dub him a charlatan and a sellout.
The triggering moment occurred Saturday while Matt Martin, the story group creative executive for the Disney-owned franchise, was answering a Twitter thread about whether non-Disney-sanctioned spinoffs should be regarded as canon.
Martin concluded that fans could accept whatever version they wanted as gospel, but couldn’t hold new creators accountable for not following suit.
In 2014, Lucasfilm controversially announced that it would be removing all elements from the expanded universe of “Star Wars” —
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