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Star Wars Fans Launch Very Realistic Crowdfunder to Remake 'The Last Jedi'

Published Thu, 21 Jun 2018 11:15:28 -0500

Last updated Thu, 21 Jun 2018 11:25:05 -0500

Following the measured backlash from certain segments of Star Wars fandom over The Last Jedi and the box office bombing of Solo: A Star Wars Story, and in the wake of rumored trouble at Lucasfilm, a crowdfunding campaign has sprung up offering the Star Wars franchise a chance to start fresh and challenging Snyderbronies — proponents of the Snyder Cut of Justice League — for most totally reasonable and grounded-in-reality expectations for a movie studio to give in to their demands. The "Remake The Last Jedi" campaign claims to have garnered over $2 million in pledges to support a remake of the controversial film on its homegrown and definitely trustworthy crowdfunding website.

And on Twitter, the campaign claims that a group of producers have agreed to cover the cost of making a big budget feature film to rival the $200 million budget of the original Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

Our team of producers is offering to cover the budget for a remake of The Last Jedi in order to save Star Wars. Share this and spread the word to let @RobertIger & @Disney know you want this! This isn't a joke, we're ready to have the convo now! #RemakeTheLastJedi #StarWars

— Remake The Last Jedi (@RMTheLastJedi) June 20, 2018

Correct

— Remake The Last Jedi (@RMTheLastJedi) June 20, 2018

And they'll be seeking screenwriters of the highest quality from a very reliable source: social media!

In fact we want the writing team to be a diverse group of people that both loved and hated TLJ, so we will have an inbox for story treatment submissions and actually hire people onto the writing team from what we receive! So this is your chance to write a Star Wars film!

— Remake The Last Jedi (@RMTheLastJedi) June 20, 2018

But it's not just about having a chance to seize control of a multi-billion dollar movie franchise from its corporate masters. It's also a chance to prove you don't live in a basement:

The people in power think the fans who disliked TLJ are an irrelevant minority of basement dwellers who are just keyboard cowboys that will never actually effect real change. If you don't want them to win then spread #RemakeTheLastJedi and let your voice be heard!

— Remake The Last Jedi (@RMTheLastJedi) June 20, 2018

Sure, we know what you might be thinking. Someone would have to be completely off their rocker to believe that Disney would ever agree to this. Well, perhaps this Twitter rant from the project's mysterious benefactor will prove that these are rational people with a rational plan:

Stand by for a thread coming from the main investor/producer behind the #RemakeTheLastJedi push. It's not going to hold anything back, so be ready to share the ever loving crap out of it so all of those tagged in it see it and respond. I'll tweet it once I have the manifesto.

— Remake The Last Jedi (@RMTheLastJedi) June 19, 2018

to do this by making the unconscionable decision to make a trilogy w/o a treatment set in stone. Sure the story can organically change as you progress, much like a TV series, you add or remove elements but you fit them into the overall story & it only stays if it helps THE story.

— Remake The Last Jedi (@RMTheLastJedi) June 19, 2018

all of those plot lines were tossed aside by @rianjohnson & @Lucasfilm & replaced w/what they believed was a better story. It's a terrible idea to not have the trilogy mapped out because the story ends up looking juvenile at best, the simplest example in the @Disney Star Wars is

— Remake The Last Jedi (@RMTheLastJedi) June 19, 2018

Did Luke just say, "Well the caretakers are washing all of my ponchos & pants, so might as well throw on the old Jedi outfit if I want any blue milk today." Then the story delves into creating things that weren't there, i.e. Leia had at best shown a sensitivity to the force but

— Remake The Last Jedi (@RMTheLastJedi) June 19, 2018

If she could pull that off w/o training, then why couldn't a powerful force user like say, Emperor Palpatine, be able to force pull himself back up to the ledge Darth Vader threw him over in ROTJ? Then from a basic storytelling standpoint, there is

— Remake The Last Jedi (@RMTheLastJedi) June 19, 2018

shredded in front of the authors eyes. Not to mention, why would Poe be kept out of the loop for the rescue plan they were executing? What is he like 12 & can't keep a secret? In what scenario does he say anything other than, "Oh that's a good idea". There are countless more

— Remake The Last Jedi (@RMTheLastJedi) June 19, 2018

make a non-compelling story that is either enjoyed by the crowd that would be happy w/anything as long as it was fun at the theater, or despised by the fans that drive the long term success of the Star Wars brand. The biggest issue TLJ created for @Disney is apathy, as proved by

— Remake The Last Jedi (@RMTheLastJedi) June 19, 2018

they are no longer interested in the story @Disney is telling w/Star Wars. Apathy is what can kill @Disney's investment in @Lucasfilm. If you go to a @DisneyPark & see who's at the Jedi Training Academy attractions you'll see a bunch of kids there enjoying the experience, but

— Remake The Last Jedi (@RMTheLastJedi) June 19, 2018

ensures a legion of future consumers waiting to gladly hand @Disney their money for anything Star Wars. Now that half of the fans, the more fanatic half mind you, essentially don't care about @Disney's version of Star Wars it's put their investment in @Lucasfilm in jeopardy. Now

— Remake The Last Jedi (@RMTheLastJedi) June 19, 2018

thought she was some badass pilot, who maybe was going to give Poe a run for his money as best pilot in the resistance. Instead she was handed a terrible character, not her fault, @rianjohnson's. I'd love to see KMT's Rose have a better role.

— Remake The Last Jedi (@RMTheLastJedi) June 19, 2018

the hero archetypes that made the OT so great. If you have the hero archetype it doesn't matter what the actor looks or sounds like, everyone can identify

— Remake The Last Jedi (@RMTheLastJedi) June 19, 2018

@Disney needs 2 get back to this type of good storytelling in order to stop damaging their investment in @Lucasfilm. I believe the best way to do this is to scrap TLJ & remake it, which is why I've offered to cover the production budget for @Disney in order 2 make this a reality.

— Remake The Last Jedi (@RMTheLastJedi) June 19, 2018

them in the long run. I believe it's something Disney should consider for many reasons, but also it's no coincidence Comcast has suddenly challenged @Disney for Fox. A clear plan laid out showing how Star Wars films are going to return to being

— Remake The Last Jedi (@RMTheLastJedi) June 19, 2018

End.

— Remake The Last Jedi (@RMTheLastJedi) June 19, 2018

You see? Totally hinged. Completely lusional. And if you're worried about production value, well, they've got an answer for that as well:

Remake The Last Jedi you say? #FridayFeeling #lastjediawful #boycottsolo #StarWars pic.twitter.com/tea7ygXMxk

— Remake The Last Jedi (@RMTheLastJedi) June 15, 2018

This looks like it's basically a sure thing, so if you want to get in on the ground floor and earn rewards such as the chance to be an extra in the film, an invite to the premiere, or your name in the credits, head to the website and pledge your life savings today!

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