--- title: The Last Jedi Star Kelly Marie Tran Deletes Instagram Posts description: The Last Jedi star Kelly Marie Tran has wiped her Instagram amid reports of extensive harassment over her role in the Star Wars franchise. canonical: https://time.com/5301772/last-jedi-kelly-marie-tran-harassment/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-05T17:33:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:14.072Z og:title: Last Jedi Star Wipes Instagram Amid Reports of Harassment og:description: Tran made her Star Wars debut as Resistance mechanic Rose Tico in Episode VIII og:url: https://time.com/5301772/last-jedi-kelly-marie-tran-harassment/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt540212b1eef28cce/6988e6120a4a2220629d0bba/meet-the-new-kids-on-the-ship-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Kelly Marie Tran is Rose in THE LAST JEDI. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Last Jedi Star Wipes Instagram Amid Reports of Harassment twitter:description: Tran made her Star Wars debut as Resistance mechanic Rose Tico in Episode VIII twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt540212b1eef28cce/6988e6120a4a2220629d0bba/meet-the-new-kids-on-the-ship-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _The Last Jedi_ Star Kelly Marie Tran Wipes Instagram Amid Reports of Harassment  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jun 5, 2018 5:33 PM UTC  Kelly Marie Tran is Rose in THE LAST JEDI. Kelly Marie Tran is Rose in THE LAST JEDI.Jonathan Olley—Lucasfilm Ltd  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jun 5, 2018 5:33 PM UTC [_The Last Jedi_](http://time.com/5061707/star-wars-the-last-jedi-review/)star [Kelly Marie Tran](http://time.com/4740973/star-wars-last-jedi-rose-kelly-marie-tran/) has wiped her [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/kellymarietran/?hl=en) amid [reports](https://twitter.com/SWTweets/status/1003833275738013697) of extensive harassment over her role in the [_Star Wars_](http://time.com/5045736/upcoming-star-wars-movies/)franchise. Tran’s galaxy far, far away debut—playing Resistance mechanic Rose Tico in Episode VIII— marked the first time an Asian-American woman appeared in a lead role in a _Star Wars_ movie. Since the installment’s December 2017 release, she has reportedly been subjected to months of sexist and racist comments. Examples of the harassment Tran has faced online include an incident in which her character’s description on the Star Wars ‘Wookieepedia’ site was altered to [feature offensive, racist language](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/kelly-marie-tran-racists-last-jedi%5Fus%5F5a4400fee4b06d1621b6b2bb), as well as a [tweet](https://twitter.com/ramzpaul/status/942992274232836096) from alt-right internet personality Paul Ray Ramsey that mocked her appearance. As of Tuesday afternoon, Tran’s Instagram account remains active despite the absence of her posts. Fans have already begun to speak out in support of her return. “Kelly Marie Tran’s quote on her Instagram page — ‘Afraid, but doing it anyway.’ is a thing I adore without reserve,” tweeted _Star Wars_ novel author Chuck Wendig in reference to Tran’s Instagram bio. “She is a force for light and joy and unabashed engagement with the things you love, and to think of the harassment she’s received is infuriating.” > [](https://twitter.com/ChuckWendig/status/1003981445604499456) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5301772/last-jedi-kelly-marie-tran-harassment/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5301772/last-jedi-kelly-marie-tran-harassment/"},"headline":"The Last Jedi Star Kelly Marie Tran Wipes Instagram Amid Reports of Harassment","datePublished":"2018-06-05T17:33:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:14.072Z","description":"Tran made her Star Wars debut as Resistance mechanic Rose Tico in Episode VIII","url":"https://time.com/5301772/last-jedi-kelly-marie-tran-harassment/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Star Wars topic","Star Wars: The Last Jedi"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt540212b1eef28cce/6988e6120a4a2220629d0bba/meet-the-new-kids-on-the-ship-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt540212b1eef28cce/6988e6120a4a2220629d0bba/meet-the-new-kids-on-the-ship-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kelly Marie Tran is Rose in THE LAST JEDI.","caption":"Kelly Marie Tran is Rose in The Last Jedi","creditText":"Jonathan Olley—Lucasfilm Ltd","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5301772/last-jedi-kelly-marie-tran-harassment/","name":"The Last Jedi Star Kelly Marie Tran Wipes Instagram Amid Reports of Harassment"}}]}] ```