While many fans on Twitter are acknowledge that the new name is just a reflection of the model of ship Firespray is, some see it at Disney's continued bowing to political correctness on George Lucas' legendary franchise, especially after actress and former MMA star Gina Carano was fired from The Mandelorian in February.

He has since made several further tweets opposing the name change. This is the way,' Austin wrote on Twitter in June. Not even #disney can or will change that. Renaming Slave I has been met with backlash from fans and even actor Mark Anthony Austin, who has worked on the series and who portrayed Boba Fett in the 1997 special edition of the original film, now titled A New Hope. It included slapping cultural warnings on movies and TV series like Peter Pan, Jungle Book and The Muppet Show removing Snow White's kiss from the Prince on a ride at Disney World and entirely eliminating the legendary 'boys and girls' greeting from the 'Happily Ever After' fireworks show at Disney World. In the past two years, especially since the launch of the Disney+ streaming service and it's acquisitions of properties from Star Wars to Fox Entertainment, Disney has faced backlash for making a number of politically correct changes to its movies, theme parks and rides. He has since made several further tweets opposing the name change

Disney has also added content warnings to films and TV series on its Disney+ streaming service and made changes at theme parks.

Some Star Wars diehards see the change as bowing to political correctness, citing Disney's firing of Gina Carano from Disney+ series The Mandelorian.

Actor and digital artist Mark Anthony Austin, who worked on the 1990s re-releases of the original film, is strongly opposing the name change, saying 'My ship will forever be Slave1'.

The design director of the Star Wars LEGO series said that the name 'is just something that Disney doesn't want to use any more' in May.The new name carries reference to the ship's official model classification as a Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft.The ship was known as Slave I because it has a reputation earned from decades of successfully capturing fugitives.The new name was revealed as Firespray by Marvel in a tease for a new series of comic books called War of the Bounty Hunters.Disney will be giving Star Wars bounty hunter Boba Fett's ship, previously known as Slave I, a new name.From Wookies to Wokies! Disney officially renames Boba Fett's Slave I cruiser to Firespray in entertainment giant's latest PC move

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