A petitionto remove The Last Jedi from the Star Wars canon was introduced not too long ago, but it seems that some fanboys have gone ahead and taken matters into their own hands with a cut of the film that takes out all the women. How did the men of the film respond?

It all began with a tweet from writer Priscilla Page, who dignified The Last Jedi edit that removed all the female characters with the only kind of reaction it deserves: mocking laughter. She was then bombarded with many male commenters who helpfully explained to her why they didn’t like the film and the women with their talking and leadership and whatnot—to which director Rian Johnson added:

Priscilla hits all the major points here but I’ll just add hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha https://t.co/f0bKJ9NeUe — Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) January 16, 2018

And to which Mark Hamill then weighed in:

Agreed. But let me add

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣- mh https://t.co/H3jacep5sU — @HamillHimself (@HamillHimself) January 16, 2018

John Boyega gave this compelling point lots of consideration, to which he thoughtfully replied:

Great points. Hope it’s okay to make a final point…

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/YnXFrjW47r — John Boyega (@JohnBoyega) January 16, 2018

Anyway, thanks for the contribution, MRAs:

Good talk, everyone. I’m glad we hashed this out. — Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) January 16, 2018

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