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On 8 December 2016, the boycott hashtag #DumpStarWars was widely circulated on social media. This hashtag trended for a number of reasons, including at least one rumor that an anti-Trump scene had been added to the film Star Wars: Rogue One This claim could be traced to Jack Posobiec, the self-described special projects director of Citizens for Trump, who generated the (completely false) rumor that the new Star Wars film was altered to add an anti-Trump scene: Posobiec either pulled this rumor out of thin air, or her misinterpreted two unconnected events: scheduled reshoots on the film and controversial tweets from two of the film's writers. Star Wars: Rogue One did undergo some reshoots not long before its official release. This additional last-minute work is common for a major studio film and had nothing to do with politics. Director Gareth Edwards explained the reason in an interview with the Los Angeles Times: Screenwriters for the film did make some political comments on their Twitter feeds: Writers for the film also upset members of the alt-right when they said that the Empire was a white supremacist organization that was opposed by a multicultural group led by brave women. While the screenwriters' statements on social media were offered as reasons for a Star Wars boycott, claims that the writers added a specific anti-Trump message to the film during reshoots were completely unfounded. A representative for Disney told The Wrap that the rumor was completely untrue, and Weitz called Prosbiec out for spreading lies about the film: When Esquire reached out to Posobiec, he admitted that he hadn't even seen the film: I haven't seen the movie yet, but if the writers are so virulently anti-Trump, I would be surprised to not find that bias embedded in the film.
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