The Lorax is one of Dr. Seuss’ most morally clear characters. The mustachioed “shortish oldish brownish” thing defended the trees — “those Truffula trees!” — and the ecosystem that relied on them. Those who chopped the trees, however, brushed him off: “Business is business! And business must grow.”

Iman Vellani can relate. Her trees? The Marvel Cinematic Universe. The businessmen? Anyone who tries to mess with MCU canon. “I am the Lorax of the MCU in a lot of ways,” Vellani tells Inverse.

The 21-year-old Marvel super-fan turned Marvel star made her debut in the Disney+ series Ms. Marvel, where she plays Kamala Khan, an in-universe Avengers fangirl who winds up gaining superpowers of her own. But it’s Vellani’s obsessive knowledge of MCU canon, which comes up surprisingly often in red-carpet interviews, that’s made her a hero to her fellow diehard fans.

Star Wars television, once an experiment, has become a franchise within a franchise. After the 2019 launch of Disney+ and the success of The Mandalorian, the “Mando-verse” has become the main focus of Disney+ Star Wars originals. These live-action series have explored the New Republic era with smaller-scale stories focused on characters like Din Djarin and Boba Fett, but in 2024, a new slate of series will look to usher Star Wars into its next chapter.