Star Wars Celebration: Divest from ICE

ReedPop, Lucasfilm Ltd.

Star Wars is a story about the fight against systemic oppression, surveillance, and the overreach of a fascist regime. However, the company that produces our largest fan gathering is profiting from these very transgressions in the real world.

Star Wars Celebration is produced by ReedPop, a subsidiary of RELX Group. RELX also owns LexisNexis, which currently holds multimillion-dollar contracts with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). These contracts provide ICE and the CBP (Customs and Border Protection) with Accurint, a surveillance tool that aggregates our personal information into a digital dragnet. This is a weaponization of personal information to facilitate the stalking, kidnapping, and unjust deportation of our immigrant neighbors and working-class families.

A franchise built on the legacy of anti-fascist revolutions should not be used to launder the reputation of a company that provides the high-tech backbone for ICE’s raids. We refuse to let our Star Wars community be used as a shield for corporate complicity in state violence.

We will not hand over our money to a corporation that sells out our people. Disney/Lucasfilm must dump ReedPop, and RELX must kill its ICE contracts. No more data-mining. No more profiting from the oppression and surveillance of immigrants in the United States. Disney and Lucasfilm MUST ensure their event partners respect the rights of the people. We refuse to let our ticket money fund state-sanctioned violence.
Petition by
Kelly C
Kelly C
Oakland, California
Sponsored by
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Star Wars Celebration: Divest from ICE

To: ReedPop, Lucasfilm Ltd.
From: [Your Name]

TO: the Leadership at Disney and Lucasfilm
FROM: Star Wars fans and global community members

We, the undersigned, call upon the Leadership at Disney and Lucasfilm to immediately divest from your partnership with ReedPop for Star Wars Celebration 2027 and end the franchise’s complicity in the surveillance and deportation of immigrant communities.

For years, Star Wars Celebration has marketed itself as a safe haven for fans, yet its producer, ReedPop, remains a subsidiary of RELX Group—a corporation that actively profits from the tracking and removal of our neighbors. Through its subsidiary LexisNexis, RELX contracts directly with ICE and CBP to sell "Accurint" software, providing the digital infrastructure used to stalk, harass, and deport immigrants. We, the fans, refuse to be complicit in state-sanctioned violence by effectively funneling our money into the pockets of a global data-broker, and demand that Lucasfilm honor its narrative of rebellion against oppression by severing these ties.

The core values of Star Wars—resisting authoritarianism, protecting the oppressed, and dismantling dehumanizing systems—are fundamentally incompatible with ReedPop’s parent company. By hiring ReedPop, Disney is partnering with a corporation that facilitates the very type of surveillance state that Star Wars warns against. Furthermore, we have reason to believe that sensitive personal data harvested during ticket sales—including legal names and billing addresses—is vulnerable to being funneled into RELX Group’s broader data ecosystem, which markets its ability to maintain exhaustive profiles on millions of individuals. By purchasing a ticket from ReedPop, fans are put in danger when their information is commodified as a tool for a digital dragnet.

Star Wars Celebration serves as a beloved fan gathering for our community, a place where we come together to celebrate a shared love for Star Wars. Yet it is currently compromised, as the profits generated fuel the machinery of oppression and deportation. We want Star Wars Celebration to be a space where ALL fans, regardless of their backgrounds, can gather without fear. We are organized, we are watching, and we demand that you align your business practices with the spirit of the stories you tell.

Our Demands:
1. Immediately terminate the contract with ReedPop as the producer of Star Wars Celebration 2027 and all future projects.
2. Implement an enforceable vendor policy that prohibits Disney and Lucasfilm from partnering with any entity that maintains contracts with agencies involved in mass surveillance or human rights violations.
3. Commit to transparency and social responsibility by finding an event producer for 2027 that aligns with basic human rights and protects fan safety and privacy.