So this particular topic was slated for this past Friday’s show, but we never got around to it, amongst all of the hijinks and hilarity we had with King Science. This has been a pretty prominent topic amongst the YouTube Commentator sphere.
As the story flows, it would seem that one of the longest term Star Wars creators on YouTube decided to join in a harassment campaign against Star Wars Theory, Geeks + Gamers, RK Outpost, and Nerdrotic. The attempt was published on X (formerly Twitter), articulating a scathing accusation that these channels orchestrated a several year long harassment campaign against several other Star Wars Creators and actors alike, alleging bigotry and racism. The “letter of concern” in question was retweeted numerous times, tagging @TeamYouTube, in an attempt to request that YouTube demonetize or terminate their channels.
The call to action by these Disney shills did not go unanswered, however, as Geeks + Gamers, and then shortly after Star Wars Theory, responded. Geeks + Gamers’ reply was very direct, countering every single allegation that was levied at them by Star Wars Explained.
Specifically, the allegations they cited accused Geeks + Gamers of online harassment against Kelly Marie Tran, eventually leading to her quitting all social media. Jeremy on G+G soundly refuted these claims with very clear evidence. He showed the very video that was referenced in the targeted deplatforming attempt. In said video, Jeremy clearly stated that he believed Kelly Marie Tran was a very sweet woman, and a very good actress. He also stated that she deserved a better role than what was given her in the Rose Tico character.
Star Wars Theory’s response to the accusations in more than one video proved to be much more damaging to Star Wars Explained than anything the other channels could provide. His reply included details and chats logs with various other Star Wars creators, as well as his attackers, that painted a pretty bleak picture of what was happening. Star Wars Theory has shown Star Wars Explained to be incredibly jealous of Theory’s meteoric rise. It was proven in many of his points and logs that these people behind Explained are very catty.
Not long after Explained tried to get YouTube to deplatform these heavy hitters, YouTube replied to the coordinated effort with a reply, basically stating “Hey, we looked into this, and no violations of policy have occurred.” This triggered the shills, and their response was absolutely terrible. Many of them began to give the most unhinged tweets, vitriol, and hatred. Some went as far as to issue death threats against YouTube executives.
One of the channel runners of Explained even came out after the YouTube response and backtracked hard, claiming that she didn’t start a harassment campaign. Obviously, the evidence was against her, and several other YouTubers came out clearly stating that Explained broke YouTube ToS themselves.
Unfortunately, YouTube hasn’t taken action against those that participated in this coordinated harassment campaign. There is still time, though, as this story is continuing to develop.
We at Laggin’ Out NEVER condone hate or harassment. Do not attempt to contact any of these people. We are only reporting on this topic because we think paying attention to the YouTube ecosystem is very important. We care about fandoms, and debates on lore and best characters are the bread and butter of fandoms. This, however, is out of pocket.
If there’s any further development, we’ll be sure to update our fans as we can.
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