'Star Wars' fans are most toxic to Simon Pegg

If we had to establish a ranking of the most toxic fan communities, those of

would be at the top of the podium.

In any case, this is the opinion of actor Simon Pegg, who is well placed to know.

Not only has he been, since the beginning of his career with

, at the heart of the "fandom" and its evolution, but he has also and above all been on the bill of two cult franchises,

, therefore, but also

.

And it is formal: the worshipers of the universe created by George Lucas are the worst.

“To be honest – and I'm saying this as someone who was sort of annoyed by the prequels when they came out – the

fanbase really seems to be the most toxic right now.

I'm probably going to get clashed saying that, ”he said on the

, on SiriusXM.

sorry

Simon Pegg acknowledges that he himself was one of those toxic fans since when Jar Jar Binks was revealed in

, he was among the first to attack the character (and by extension his interpreter, Ahmed Best).

“I apologized for the things I said about Jar Jar Binks.

Because, of course, there was a goddamn actor involved.

He received a lot of criticism and…he was a human being.

And because he received a lot of hate, he suffered, and I feel bad for having been part of that, ”explained the interpreter of Unkar Plutt in

.

In recent years, in addition to Ahmed Best, several actors and actresses of the franchise have been targeted by online hate campaigns: John Boyega, Kelly Marie Tran, or more recently Moses Ingram, actress of the

series .

They all have in common that they come from visible minorities.

Conversely, according to Simon Pegg,

is a series that has been progressive since the beginning.

“Nobody says, 'Oh, the show just went woke all of a sudden.

was woke from the start… It's massively progressive.

In

, there's suddenly a little more diversity and everyone laments it.

It's really sad,” he concluded.

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