Troll of The Day: The #‎BoycottStarWarsVII‬ Hashtag Creates Internet Freak Out

The full trailer for Star Wars VII dropped yesterday and tickets went on sale—enough news to make any Star Wars fanboy giddy with excitement.

But then the trolls decided to come out and play...

Using the hashtag #BoycottStarWarsVII, a handful of accounts complained about the black lead character. This new movie advocates white genocide, they said.

Classic trolls!

1
Here are the tweets that started it all...

Dozens of thought pieces were written before it was clear this was probably just an elaborate troll activation.

Via Twitter
Advertisement
2
Even though this probably isn't an actual movement, the reactions were pretty priceless.

#BoycottStarWarsVII folks, Lemme get this straight: Wookies, Ewoks & Droids are fine but a BLACK PERSON is a problem? Go home.You're Drunk.
— Audra McDonald (@AudraEqualityMc) October 19, 2015

So what you're saying is your gun-toting, Confederate cracker flag waving, loud-chewing family won't be at the movie. #boycottstarwarsvii
— Mike Monteiro (@monteiro) October 20, 2015

Reactions to #BoycottStarWarsVII will never stop being funny pic.twitter.com/jwXeD7zayH
— The Perfect Man (@BeanoSimmons) October 20, 2015

My final thought on the #BoycottStarWarsVII trend, and then I am declaring it a troll-free day. Ta. pic.twitter.com/uKMX43xOyW
— Heather Archuletta (@Pillownaut) October 20, 2015

Racists are planning to #BoycottStarWarsVII due to black actors. Meanwhile here is a pic of the creator & his wife pic.twitter.com/yRDYyeK8rM
— CreateLex (@CreateLex) October 19, 2015

To all the bigots using the #BoycottStarWarsVII tag: pic.twitter.com/jtCfUYdcKu
— Stephanie Evans (@StephEvz43) October 19, 2015

are you sure you were watching the right movies?! lemme educate you real quick #BoycottStarWarsVII pic.twitter.com/BouI3AvoB6
— matt murdock (@skywalkerauhl) October 19, 2015

Via @browland1
3
TBH, 4chan was probably behind this.

At least we hope that is the case.

Via @rebeccawatson