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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Petition

Home > Movies > Fans Start A Petition To Remove Star Wars: The Last Jedi From Canon

Fans Start A Petition To Remove Star Wars: The Last Jedi From Canon

Staff WriterbyStaff Writer
December 19, 2017
in Movies
Tags: Movie NewsStar Wars

First, it happened to Justice League, now it’s happened with The Last Jedi too.

Disgruntled Star Wars fans have taken to Change.org to start a petition to remove Star Wars: The Last Jedi from canon and urging Lucasfilm to give Luke Skywalker a fitting ending. Currently sitting at nearly 6000 signitures, Henry Walsh’s bid for Disney to allow fans to “keep our heroes” continues to grow in popularity.

The petition reads:

Episode VIII was a travesty. It completely destroyed the legacy of Luke Skywalker and the Jedi. It destroyed the very reasons most of us, as fans, liked Star Wars. This can be fixed. Just as you wiped out 30 years of stories, we ask you to wipe out one more, the Last Jedi. Remove it from canon, push back Episode IX and re-make Episode VIII properly to redeem Luke Skywalker’s legacy, integrity, and character.

Luke Skywalker The Last Jedi
Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in The Last Jedi

Many fans have very strong feelings about what director Rian Johnson chose to do with the film. Internet trolls have been sabotaging The Last Jedi on Rotten Tomatoes by voting for low User Scores. However, in an interview with LA Times, Rian Johson, the director of The Last Jedi, has defended the film:

“Having been a “Star Wars” fan my whole life, and having spent most of my life on the other side of the curb and in that fandom, it softens the blow a little bit. I’m aware through my own experience that, first of all, the fans are so passionate, they care so deeply, sometimes they care very violently at me on Twitter. But it’s because they care about these things, and it hurts when you’re expecting something specific and you don’t get it from something that you love. It always hurts, so I don’t take it personally if a fan reacts negatively and lashes out on me on Twitter. That’s fine. It’s my job to be there for that. Like you said, every fan has a list of stuff they want a Star Wars movie to be and they don’t want a “Star Wars” movie to be. You’re going to find very few fans out there whose lists line up.”

The Last Jedi



He also went on to say that, despite all the negative talk, he also received a lot of positive praise from fans about the film:

“And I also know the same way the original movies were personal for Lucas. Lucas never made a “Star Wars” movie by sitting down and thinking, “What do the fans want to see?” And I knew if I wrote wondering what the fans would want, as tempting as that is, it wouldn’t work, because people would still be shouting at me, “F— you, you ruined ‘Star Wars,'” and I would make a bad movie. And ultimately, that’s the one thing nobody wants. And let me just add that 80-90% of the reaction I’ve gotten from Twitter has been really lovely. There’s been a lot of joy and love from fans. When I talk about the negative stuff, that’s not the full picture of the fans at all.”

It’s hard to believe that fans would react so strongly to a film that really has a lot of merits. Does The Last Jedi warrant a petition or are fans becoming far too spoilt?





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Comments 44

  1. Avatar Justin Hoar says:
    3 years ago

    People complain when they said Force Awakens was a rip off of a New Hope, and now we get something original in the canon, and they are bitching and moaning about that. Cry babies need go have a sad wank

    Reply
    • Avatar Liren Naidoo says:
      3 years ago

      More likes for this lad.

      Reply
    • Avatar Jeremiah Greenawalt says:
      3 years ago

      The only issue i had with it was no explanation of snoke how can u have such a poweful force being and not give one hint and then kill him that was my only issue with it

      Reply
  2. Avatar Darien Thorne says:
    3 years ago

    Lucas never sat down and thought about what the fans want to see?

    Oh yes, he did. He did very hard. That‘s why he more or less removed Jar-Jar Binks – Darth Jar-Jar, that is.

    Reply
  3. Avatar Aubrey Fraetas says:
    3 years ago

    I hated the movie. Star Wars ended with Return of a Jedi

    Reply
    • Avatar Andrew Hallett says:
      3 years ago

      ‘Return of a Jedi’ – says all we need to know about your opinion…

      Reply
      • Avatar Natasha says:
        3 years ago

        LOL!

        Reply
  4. Avatar Christopher Alexander says:
    3 years ago

    Yes.

    Reply
  5. Avatar Jonker Fourie says:
    3 years ago

    Keyboard Warrior Fans… Just like to complain all the time. It doesn’t matter what the producers of whatever movie do, the keyboard warriors will always find something to bitch and moan about.

    Reply
  6. Avatar Mathew Wilson says:
    3 years ago

    Lol wow

    Reply
  7. Avatar Pedro Fernando says:
    3 years ago

    you better talk to the pope first. ahahahah

    Reply
  8. Avatar John Teros says:
    3 years ago

    Welcome to the house of mouse! I called it years ago those same people were so happy yay more star wars…. Wait till they push X-men marvel crap… Prepair for your inner children to be rapped by mickey

    Reply
    • Avatar JJ van der Westhuizen says:
      3 years ago

      Raped

      Reply
    • Avatar John Teros says:
      3 years ago

      If that’s what you got out of that ?

      Reply
    • Avatar Jeremiah Greenawalt says:
      3 years ago

      Someone needs a nap cranky are we

      Reply
    • Avatar John Teros says:
      3 years ago

      No I think it’s funny

      Reply
  9. Avatar Preshen Inderjeeth says:
    3 years ago

    “Fans” who only showed when it was cool on big bang theory

    Reply
  10. Avatar Jon Enright says:
    3 years ago

    MASSIVE OVERREACT!

    Stop being whiny bitches

    Reply
  11. Avatar Cleo Fitzgerald says:
    3 years ago

    I didnt hate it and I def wouldnt sign any petition — it just left me feeling “meh”. Visuals were gorgeous, Fin & Rey character dev was great, I loved Princes Leia (who doesn’t), Lukes showdown with Kylo Ren was genuinely thrilling… but his death felt almost as a afterthought. I loved Holdo character and her jump to lightspeed was, well, WTF amazing!! When Yoda waves away Luke’s attachment to the sacred Jedi books as “not exactly page-turners,” and then sets the library aflame – was perfect!!
    But there were so many things that felt like they were thrown in as filler or for quota and thats what left me with the Meh feeling.
    Still cant wait for the next one though – J.J. Abrams <3 !!!

    Reply
    • Avatar Nathanaël Coetzée says:
      3 years ago

      Rey has no development, or just the easiest in any star wars movie ever Oo, making no sense to why she can rraxt to the force, or even why she is connected somehow to Kylo Oo

      Reply
  12. Avatar Joshua Siewert says:
    3 years ago
    Reply
  13. Avatar Andrew Hallett says:
    3 years ago

    Luke died to save the Rebellion/Resistance. Rather fitting I would say.

    Reply
  14. Avatar Shahziar Ali Idris says:
    3 years ago

    Some people likes it some will hate it. But removing it from canon is a bit too far.

    Reply
  15. Avatar Matthew Anthony Freire says:
    3 years ago

    Idiots.

    Reply
  16. Avatar Johan 'Andy' Kruger says:
    3 years ago

    I think the people petitioning to have it removed from canon are too lazy to actually think about the events on the film and their implications. Since it’s still on circuit, I won’t spoil it by trying to explain how I see the implications. Suffice to say that I’m already looking forward to Episode IX to see where they take it from here.

    Reply
  17. Avatar Thom L. Cohle says:
    3 years ago

    Nah they’re just dumb

    Reply
  18. Avatar Jean-Louis Schlebusch says:
    3 years ago

    This coming awards season they will be adding a new category for the whiniest/biggest butthurt fandom. Going to be an awfully close race between Star Trek, Star Wars & The Walking Dead fandoms.

    Reply
    • Avatar Sam Cheung says:
      3 years ago

      You can’t forget DC fans.. oh wait, are there any of those anymore?

      Reply
  19. Avatar Paul Wheeler says:
    3 years ago

    I thought the Last Jedi was a new hope for Star Wars. If we want more films they must break the mold of the first 3. The rehashing was just getting dull.

    Reply
  20. Avatar Le Tux says:
    3 years ago

    Kyle Tidd lol

    Reply
  21. Avatar Phil Grippi says:
    3 years ago

    Have star wars fans always been horrible, or is this a relatively new development?

    Reply
  22. Avatar Fernando Ricart says:
    3 years ago

    Hilariously yes.

    Reply
  23. Avatar Andre W. Nieves says:
    3 years ago

    These petitions do nothing

    Reply
  24. Avatar David Eliacim Herrera Zambrano says:
    3 years ago

    Nahúm González

    Reply
  25. Avatar John Guidaboni says:
    3 years ago

    Mike Berube

    Reply
  26. Avatar Justin Kinley Atkins says:
    3 years ago

    Chops!

    Reply
  27. Avatar Mazin Hawasli says:
    3 years ago

    Bashar Almadani

    Reply
  28. Avatar Brandon Carl Keller says:
    3 years ago

    Fucking crybabies. Your petition won’t do shit

    Reply
  29. Avatar Rubence Lacombe says:
    3 years ago

    Wayyyyy overreacting, wth???

    Reply
  30. Avatar AnonymousNetizen says:
    3 years ago

    What a silly use of an online tool that’s supposed to be used for stuff that actually matters.

    Here, instead you should sign this petition to ban such frivolous petitions:
    https://www.change.org/p/change-org-ban-frivolous-petitions-from-change-org

    Reply
  31. Avatar Nick Bethea says:
    3 years ago

    Are they overreacting?? The short answer is yes.
    The detailed answer…
    Is yes. Severley

    Reply
  32. Avatar Tim Human says:
    3 years ago

    Star wars force awaken was not that great. It lacked storyline clarity. Kylo is a horrible new bad guy, does not fit profile and looks more like a joke. I would imagine the new film to be similar.

    Reply
  33. Avatar Phillip Gibb says:
    3 years ago

    Fans or trolls?

    Reply
  34. Avatar Andy Valentine says:
    3 years ago

    If it were entirely up to me, I would personally like to remove all the movies besides the original trilogy from canon. But I still accept all of them as canon, Even the ones (such as phantom menace and force awakens) that are particularly bad.

    Reply

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