'Star Wars' Fans Are Trying to Kill Rian Johnson's New Trilogy. He Shot Back at Them on Twitter.
Star Wars fans have made the latest trilogy in the beloved sci-fi saga a living hell, to say the least. Between racist attacks and toxic fandom, the conversation surrounding the latest three movies in the Star Wars franchise has become a disease. Having endured the last four years of Star Wars trolls, it's time to prepare for whatever fresh hell awaits us next. And this week we got a little look into that future.
Much of the debate about Star Wars the last few years has been about Rian Johnson's second entry into the new trilogy, The Last Jedi. If you ask critics, the movie was a triumph, a much needed leap in the storytelling we typically get from Star Wars films. Depending what fans you ask, it either "supported a white genocide" or it simply destroyed their childhood and everything they hold dear. Throughout it all, Johnson has spent an entire year fighting with fans online-whom he calls "manbabies"-and defending his film from trolls.
Despite the toxic fans, Disney has entrusted Rian Johnson with the next era of Star Wars-with an entirely new trilogy that "is separate from the episodic Skywalker saga" and "will introduce new characters from a corner of the galaxy that Star Wars lore has never before explored."
Unfortunately, even though that new trilogy is years away, Johnson is already fighting with the toxic Star Wars fans.
Earlier this week, a now-deleted post on something called Super Bro Movies dot com claimed that Johnson had walked away from the planned trilogy. Fan sites that have been critical of Johnson gleefully jumped all over the news, hinting that he'd quit the trilogy because of fan outrage.
Johnson then took to Twitter to dispel these rumors.
No it isn’t true, I’m still working on the trilogy. With all due respect to the movie bros, who I’m sure are lovely kind bros with good fraternal intentions.
- Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) February 14, 2019
"No it isn’t true, I’m still working on the trilogy. With all due respect to the movie bros, who I’m sure are lovely kind bros with good fraternal intentions," he said in response to an article claiming he'd stepped away from the trilogy.
This is just a tease of what's to come from the next trilogy in this franchise. Johnson is currently in post-production for his next film, Knives Out, a crime movie with an impressive cast that includes Daniel Craig and Chris Evans. Star Wars IX isn't due out until the end of this year, yet we're already dealing with controversy for the next movie. Star Wars fandom has evolved into an ugly bizarre thing where fans will stop at nothing to kill the thing they love. Thankfully, Johnson is not dissuaded.
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