Rogue One: A Star Wars Story will finally be released in cinemas in a few days, but some fans are threatening to pull their support for the latest entry in the series and boycott the film.
On Thursday, the hashtag #DumpStarWars began trending on Twitter after Jack Posobiec, whose Twitter profile states he is the special projects director for an advocacy group called Citizens for Trump, claimed Rogue One had been reshot to include an anti-Donald Trump message, but as CNBC reports, Chris Weitz, one of the screenwriters, said that the claims were completely false and called Posobiec a liar.
According to a Disney spokesman, Weitz was "frustrated with the false reports" but declined to elaborate.
Some Twitter users, however, took the claims seriously and called for politics to be kept out of the franchise.
Despite the efforts to boycott the film, Rogue One is still expected to be a box office hit this month. According to Box Office Pro, the film is expected to make $135 million in its opening weekend.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
will hit theaters on December 16, 2017.
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