little jimmy gunn and fellow pervs
Posted on 10/12/2018 4:22:12 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Just a week after Marvel announced at New York Comic Con that Star Wars author Chuck Wendig would be penning a Darth Vader miniseries, Wendig says that he’s been removed from the series as well as from an unannounced Star Wars book after he was temporarily suspended from Twitter earlier this week.
In a series of tweets, Wendig noted that he was fired from the remainder 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 Marvel spokesperson confirmed that Wendig had been fired but wouldn’t comment further on the record. We’ve reached out to Disney and Penguin Random House for additional comment and clarification and will update this post if we hear back.
Chuck Wendig ✔ @ChuckWendig
So, here’s a thing that has happened – I just got fired from Marvel. Taken off issues 4 and 5 of SHADOW OF VADER, and taken off an as-yet-unannounced SW book.
This might be a long thread, so apologies in advance.
Wendig went on to outline a long-running campaign of harassment that accompanied 2015’s Aftermath, the first novel in the new canon set between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. Fans of the defunct expanded universe were upset that his books were “replacing” the long-running series, while others took issue with his outspoken, progressive political views. Wendig has written for Marvel before, writing the comic adaptation of The Force Awakens, and he wrote issues of Marvel’s series Hyperion.
Earlier this week, Wendig reported that he discovered on Monday that his Twitter account had been temporarily suspended, which lasted for five hours. He suspects it was due to a tweetstorm about civility in the aftermath of the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh that went viral. It earned him the ire of numerous right-wing personalities, along with threats and calls for him to be fired from his Star Wars gigs, misconstruing his tweets as a literal call for violence.
Chuck Wendig ✔
@ChuckWendig Replying to @ChuckWendig To conclude: this is really quite chilling. And it breaks my heart. I am very sad, and worried for the country I live in, and the world, and for creative people all around. Courage to you all.
I have a dire fear this is going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better.
Wendig’s firing sets a disturbing precedent for creators, and it specifically recalls the firing of James Gunn from his director’s position on Guardians of the Galaxy 3 after a right-wing troll campaign churned up some offensive tweets that he posted a decade ago. While Wendig notes that this appears to have been Marvel’s call, there are stark similarities and a concerning takeaway: entertainment companies will cave to bad-faith campaigns if the volume is cranked up high enough. While a source close to the matter noted that online campaigning for Wendig’s ouster from the franchise didn’t figure into the decision, it’s impossible to see those circles claim it as anything but a victory.
Bye bye Chuck you stupid schmuck.
Was Jar Jar Binks his idea?
So Blackballing is back
If it was, death...
The snowflake twit called for violence on Trump supporters in light of the Kavanaugh vote.
Of course he got his twitter account restored because of righthink.
But now he whines about the incivility against him when he’d happily applaud conservatives losing their jobs... or lives.
Thinking it probably didn't bother this guy one bit to see all the conservative Twitterers that have been bounced en masse
What the...?
NO WAY these loon should be allowed anywhere near “family” entertainment!
Lol!
You Star Wars fans have very long memories!
Just imagine; getting fired because of a Right Wing troll campaign! Heathens! They were just jokes! Ok, so they were jokes about pedophilia, and really creepy feeling out the water kind of jokes, but still, they were just jokes, right? RIGHT???
Maybe he should apply over at the New York Times.
Be a cinch for hire if he self identifies as a racist asian woman.
I loved the first three as a kid. The two first LP’s I owned, as a 5 y/o, were Star Wars and Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass...
What a surprise, another cry-bully. Comicsgate adds a skull.
Never heard of him.
I gave up on Star Wars after the first three movies.
I like Herb Alpert music myself.
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