by Thomas Bacon – on Jun 21, 2018 in Movie News

Director Rian Johnson has the perfect response to a surreal call by fans to remake Star Wars: The Last Jedi. He also seems very much in favor of a reality show exploring what's sure to be a very troubled production.

The Last Jedi was actually a box office success, grossing $1.3 billion in the global box office. That officially made the film the highest-grossing movie of 2017. It was adored by critics, and has a current critic score of 91% on review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes. Unfortunately, Johnson's script proved a little more divisive among certain Star Wars fans. As a result, the film actually has the lowest Rotten Tomatoes audience score of any Star Wars movie to date.

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With Disney reevaluating their Star Wars strategy after the poor box office performance of Solo: A Star Wars Story, some of these fans have taken the opportunity to propose a remake of The Last Jedi. A new Twitter account, Remake The Last Jedi, claim to have a "team of producers" who will cover the remake. They promise to consult with Star Wars fans directly through the writing of the remake, and are even accepting fan submissions. Their goal is simple; "to make a version of TLJ that is as close to universally accepted as possible!" When director Rian Johnson came across the idea, he gave a simple response:

please please please please pleeeeeeeaaaase please actually happen please please please please please