FOX NEWS: ‘Star Wars’ prompts fan backlash for removing ‘Slave-1’ ship name

‘Star Wars’ prompts fan backlash for removing ‘Slave-1’ ship name



“Star Wars” fans are outraged — again — over a decision to remove the “Slave-1” name from one of their iconic space cruisers. Disney has quietly dropped the moniker — which some fans consider canon to the franchise — from the ship that belongs to intergalactic bounty hunter Boba Fett.