Twitter was abuzz yesterday when news of a “fan remake” of Star Wars: The Last Jedi went viral. Then the man behind The Last Jedi put the cherry on top of the fun.
“And they started a Twitter account and everything.” Photo: Disney
Earlier this month, a group using the Twitter handle @RMTheLastJedi began a campaign to raise money to remake writer/director Rian Johnson’s eighth episode in the Star Wars saga. We don’t have to go into the reasons. We have a good idea. Suffice to say, the project itself raises so many questions it’s mind-boggling, paramount among them “Did you secure the rights from Disney?”
*SPOILER ALERT* Here’s who would write the Remake of “The Last Jedi” #RemakeTheLastJedi #ForceOutHate #lastjediawful #StarWars pic.twitter.com/nylEEkQxQd
— Remake The Last Jedi (@RMTheLastJedi) June 15, 2018
Anyway, these tweets began to spread like wildfire, gaining the attention of Star Wars author Chuck Wendig, actor and producer Seth Rogen, and, finally, Johnson himself – who responded perfectly.
please please please please pleeeeeeeaaaase please actually happen please please please please please 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 https://t.co/mNpSjgovax
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) June 21, 2018
If you want a good laugh, we highly encourage going down the rabbit hole of their ideas. It’s hilarious.
As of writing, the group’s site claims to have pledges of over $US25 million ($34 million) but, if you “pledge”, you don’t actually have to “donate”. So we assume some of that is just people having a bit of fun with them.
We’re with Rian. Please, please, please make this happen.
[Twitter]