While Star Wars: The Last Jedi has been very successful at the box office having earned over $1 billion and becoming the highest grossing film of 2017. But that didn't change the fact that the film has attracted more than it's fair share of critics since it's release in December. And as to be expected, many Star Wars fans have been extremely vocal about their gripes with Episode VIII, sometimes engaging the creators behind the film on social media.
Writer/director Rian Johnson has had a strong presence online all throughout the production of The Last Jedi, and when faced with some of the various criticisms of his film, Johnson has not kept quiet. Earlier today on Twitter, Rian fired back at the critics in a hilariously epic fashion. First off, he addressed the naysayers regarding Luke's Force-Projection on Crait in a thread of photos:
👀— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) January 19, 2018
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) January 19, 2018
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) January 19, 2018
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) January 19, 2018
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) January 19, 2018
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) January 19, 2018
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) January 19, 2018That thread then lead to some back and forth between Rian and a few fans about Leia's space scene, in which the character used the Force to propel herself back inside the Raddus after its bridge was destroyed. His response to the critics is truly priceless, and it also contains coarse language, so younger reads need not scroll further:
Anything in there on Mary Poppins Leia? Thanks...asking for a friend https://t.co/5179fUMgiX— Joe Haggerty (@HackswithHaggs) January 19, 2018
I never really understood the complaint - can you articulate it for me? Is it just that Leia shouldn’t be able to use the force?— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) January 19, 2018
Not at all. To me, the manifestations of the Force w/Leia had always been more emotional than physical. But that wasnt what my issue. The visual of her flying Mary Poppins-style & banging on window to be let back in hit me as more absurd than emotional. I just didn't connect w/it— Joe Haggerty (@HackswithHaggs) January 19, 2018
Ah. She’s floating not flying, but if the visual just didn’t work for you, that’s fair.— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) January 19, 2018
Rian, it was just very odd. She should be able to use the force, but my perception would've been that it would've been in a very limited capacity due to her focus on politics and not training with the force. That wasn't some simple force jump she did.— Aaron (@achisling) January 19, 2018
Interesting. I guess the fact that she’s in zero G and that space offers no resistance meant (to me) that it wasn’t a big feat at all - kinda minimal, in fact.— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) January 19, 2018
Thanks for your response. I thought about that, but then I also thought about the what kind of physical torment that being in the cold vacuum of space would do when you're trying to channel the force? How could she focus to do that much with little to no training?— Aaron (@achisling) January 19, 2018
It's nice to see Rian having fun with things like this, and I hope we all can learn to appreciate things like this, regardless of our opinions. (Seriously, if you didn't like the movie, don't be a jerk to Rian or anyone else behind the scenes! That kind of behavior is completely uncalled for.)Cause she’s a badass muthafucka.— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) January 19, 2018
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