--- title: Ken Jennings Tweets Offensive Joke About Dead Star Wars Fan description: Ken Jennings is coming under fire for yet another offensive tweet. canonical: https://time.com/4107234/ken-jennings-tweets-insensitive-joke-about-dead-star-wars-fan/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-11-10T22:27:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:26:49.119Z og:title: Ken Jennings Tweets Offensive Joke About Dead Star Wars Fan og:description: He has a history of insensitive tweets og:url: https://time.com/4107234/ken-jennings-tweets-insensitive-joke-about-dead-star-wars-fan/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b17a1245a744fcd/69887068a988ca5dac6b538a/ken-jennings.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: "Jeopardy!" & IBM Man V. Machine Press Conference og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ken Jennings Tweets Offensive Joke About Dead Star Wars Fan twitter:description: He has a history of insensitive tweets twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b17a1245a744fcd/69887068a988ca5dac6b538a/ken-jennings.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ken Jennings Tweets Insensitive Joke About _Star Wars_ Fan Who Just Died  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 10, 2015 10:27 PM UTC  Ken Jennings attends a press conference on Jan. 13, 2011 in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. Ken Jennings attends a press conference on Jan. 13, 2011 in Yorktown Heights, N.Y.Ben Hider—Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 10, 2015 10:27 PM UTC Former _Jeopardy_ star Ken Jennings is coming under fire for a tweet that some found offensive. On Tuesday, he took to Twitter to post about Daniel Fleetwood, a [terminally ill _Star Wars_ fan](http://time.com/4102195/star-wars-the-force-awakens-forcefordaniel-daniel-fleetwood/) who [died Tuesday morning](http://time.com/4106160/star-wars-patient-early-screening/) after getting an early screening of the series’ latest installment. “It can’t be a good sign that every fan who has seen the new Star Wars movie died shortly thereafter,” he wrote. > [](https://twitter.com/KenJennings/status/664148482177929216) Since the tweet was posted, Jennings’ followers have been firing back at him. > [](https://twitter.com/bunnymother/status/664182657358540800) > [](https://twitter.com/chasingkadie/status/664185241343361024) > [](https://twitter.com/lmontheradio/status/664189226880122880) > [](https://twitter.com/operajunky/status/664185126272655360) This isn’t even the first time he has gotten himself in hot water for an insensitive remark on social media. In 2014, he caused outrage with a tweet about disabled people. “Nothing sadder than a hot person in a wheelchair,” he wrote. > [](https://twitter.com/KenJennings/status/514125105426071553) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4107234/ken-jennings-tweets-insensitive-joke-about-dead-star-wars-fan/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4107234/ken-jennings-tweets-insensitive-joke-about-dead-star-wars-fan/"},"headline":"Ken Jennings Tweets Insensitive Joke About Star Wars Fan Who Just Died","datePublished":"2015-11-10T22:27:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:26:49.119Z","description":"He has a history of offensive tweets","url":"https://time.com/4107234/ken-jennings-tweets-insensitive-joke-about-dead-star-wars-fan/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Social Media","movies","celebrities","twitter","Star Wars topic","Fans","films","star wars: the force awakens"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3b17a1245a744fcd/69887068a988ca5dac6b538a/ken-jennings.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/blt3b17a1245a744fcd/69887068a988ca5dac6b538a/ken-jennings.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Jeopardy!\" & IBM Man V. 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