https://twitter.com/DerfelBarada/status/1010328264840306688
Star Wars: The Last Jedi just started streaming on Netflix today, but not everyone seems to be happy about it. First there was the “De-Feminized Fanedit,” a 46 minute-long edit that removed several scenes with female characters, resulting in a cut that made no sense but was totally alpha or something. Speaking of alphas who definitely aren’t creeps, supposed “fans” of Star Wars reportedly harassed Vietnamese-American actress Kelly Marie Tran (who played Rose Tico) to the point where she left social media earlier this month. Keeping up with the theme of “having a normal one” online, a Twitter campaign started last Wednesday to remake The Last Jedi. The Twitter account claimed to have a “team of producers” willing to cover the $200 million budget to remake the movie to “save Star Wars,” a promise that prompted funny responses from Seth Rogen, director Rian Johnson, and others.
The jokes have continued on Twitter all week, with other people offering up their own ideas for a Star Wars: The Last Jedi remake:
I’ve written a script for the Last Jedi remake. Make this, you cowards: pic.twitter.com/eHSRxCyISb
— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) June 21, 2018
I will pay for a remake of the remake of The Last Jedi, starring only corgis.
— Conan O'Brien (@ConanOBrien) June 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/KrangTNelson/status/1009926198154145792
https://twitter.com/carriesnotscary/status/1009846477781422085
wow these guys might really be onto something pic.twitter.com/pY8srM5Bep
— Wampler™ (@ScottWamplerRIP) June 21, 2018
TLJ remake Luke: hello rey. i'm here on this island on a top secret jedi mission to discover a mystical artifact that will defeat snoke, who is a clone of emperor palpatine. it's a special lightsaber that is a new unseen colour. also, i am your father
— Shaun (shaunvids on bsky) (@shaun_vids) June 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/McKelvie/status/1009819111063543808
I'm raising capital for a remake of The Last Jedi except all the roles are played by dinosaurs. #JurassicJedi
— Ragnarok Lobster 🐺 (@eclecticbrotha) June 22, 2018
wow these leaked pages from the Star Wars Last Jedi Remake screenplay are amazing pic.twitter.com/1OGH0FU910
— dom nero (@dominicknero) June 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/erikgregersen/status/1009880956654800896
https://twitter.com/alicialutes/status/1009837681243639808
Proposed The Last Jedi "Fan" Remake pic.twitter.com/D6F1hmV34j
— RETRO: OLD MEDIA ENTHUSIAST 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 (@ThatRetro) June 21, 2018
Some people’s remake ideas focused on getting their faves to make out:
Spending $200 million to remake the last Jedi so there’s no girls in it. Just 2 and a half hours of Kylo Ren and Chewbacca kissing
— Jules (@Julian_Epp) June 21, 2018
https://twitter.com/MildlyAmused/status/1009870342536548353
Things I Will Fix in The Last Jedi:
1. Leia and Holdo kiss
2. Luke = more crotchety
3. Kylo Ren and Rey sing a funny duet about becoming friends in their mind-link set to a montage of Rey pissing off the nuns
4. Kylo Ren actually never wears a shirt now and is wider every scene— kivan (@KivanBay) June 21, 2018
Some uncovered conspiracies:
OMG I CRACKED THE CODE pic.twitter.com/yDirLQieNG
— Preeti Chhibber is over on 🟦 ☁️ (@runwithskizzers) June 13, 2018
Others kept their eyes focused on the future:
https://twitter.com/grhmthmsn/status/1009881440199290880
As a society we terrorized a kid in 2003 for playing out a lightsaber fight yet for some reason allow this new modern vile Star Wars fan to exist. Ostracize them.
— Eric Szyszka (@ericszyszka) June 20, 2018
For future reference if you want to write “lost and angry men, desperate for attention, intimacy, and status, flailing blindly against enemies real and imagined in pursuit of a mythical final state of deathless masculine godhead” you can save time by just writing “dudes”.
— “itinerant amuser” Jake Young (@BestJakeYoung) June 21, 2018
Some maintained a positive outlook:
I loved The Last Jedi, but I realize that remaking it will give Incels something to do.
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) June 21, 2018
here is my official review of Star Wars The Last Jedi:
all movies are a miracle. it’s a teeny tiny play you can watch on your computer any time you want. your ancestors would have dropped to their knees and wept in pure wonderment. show some goddamn gratitude you shitheels
— america's lounge singer (@KrangTNelson) June 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/thatdangdingus/status/1009873137696010240
But some remain skeptical:
Talking about a remake of The Last Jedi the same year Ready Player One came out, like a toddler who won't eat his peas because he wants peas
— the federalist stinks!!!! (@rajandelman) June 21, 2018
If only there were a franchise, something really popular we all could've grow up watching, about how it's never ok to give into anger and hate, even to protect the things you love. https://t.co/edNeAP3DMe
— Mary Gillis (@living_marble) June 5, 2018
Fake nerd girl: I love Star Wars! I'm a big fan!
True fan: Oh yeah? Harass five cast members. I'll wait— Shaun (shaunvids on bsky) (@shaun_vids) June 7, 2018