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!

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Here are the tweets that started it all...

via Twitter

Dozens of thought pieces were written before it was clear this was probably just an elaborate troll activation.
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Even though this probably isn't an actual movement, the reactions were pretty priceless.

via @browland1
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TBH, 4chan was probably behind this.

via @rebeccawatson

At least we hope that is the case.

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

Here are the tweets that started it all...

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

TBH, 4chan was probably behind this.

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

Here are the tweets that started it all...

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

TBH, 4chan was probably behind this.

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