A 'Stars Wars' trailer trolling the trollers

LATE NIGHT HOST Steven Colbert, a self-professed fanboy of the Star Wars franchise, has come out in support of Kelly Marie Tran.

Tran, who starred in the most recent Star Wars: The Last Jedi installment as mechanic Rose Pico, is the first Asian American lead (man or woman) of one of the Star Wars movies.

Her groundbreaking role -- as a woman and as an Asian American -- was attacked by a small, but very vocal, racist and sexist fanboys who felt that the George Lucas-created galaxy far, far away, should be the peopled only by white, male heroes.

Actress Kelly Marie Tran portrays Rose Tico in 'The Last Jedi.'

The Internet bullies harassed Tran's Instagram site criticizing her appearance, her race and gender and the substance of the character that she portrayed. The harassment got so bad that last week, Tran deleted all her posts and left only the messsage: "Afraid, but doing it anyway."

Colbert introduced the trailer:

“They attacked this beautiful, talented young actress for her ethnicity, her appearance, and her sex. And may I remind you: Kelly Marie Tran is the first lead woman in a ‘Star Wars’ movie who is not white. So, just to teach these fanboys a lesson, we here at ‘The Late Show’ have partnered with Lucasfilm to create a new ‘Star Wars’ movie — and we’ve got the world premiere of the exclusive trailer right now.”

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