Summary
- Cara Dune, played by Gina Carano, would have been the star of the canceled Disney+ TV show Rangers of the New Republic.
- The show would have fit into the "Mandoverse" and focused on the rise of Grand Admiral Thrawn as a galactic threat.
- Gina Carano's controversial social media posts led to her being fired, and the plot elements from Rangers of the New Republic have been absorbed into other Star Wars shows.
The Star Wars: Rangers of the New Republic Disney+ TV show would have starred Gina Carano as Cara Dune, but it was canceled by Disney. At Disney's Investor Day 2020, Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy took the stage to announce a range of upcoming Star Wars TV shows. She officially announced Rangers of the New Republic, Andor, Ahsoka, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars: Visions, Lando, The Acolyte, Star Wars: A Droid Story, and Patty Jenkins' Rogue Squadron movie.
Three years on, many of these projects have become a reality – notably Andor, Ahsoka, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Star Wars: Visions. The Acolyte, a TV show set during the High Republic Era that will focus on the rise of the Sith, is due out next year; Lando appears to have become a movie, and is still in preproduction. Others, however, have been canceled – including Rangers of the New Republic. Here's everything we know about that Disney+ TV show, and why Lucasfilm pulled it.
